Imperialism Vocab

Imperialism

When a stronger country takes over a weaker one for its natural resources and their markets.

Sphere of Influence

Territory or area that a country controls and "protects."

Germany & Italy

Two new countries in Europe in the mid to late 1800s that grew quickly.

-Were previously made up of many different states (nations)

-Their leaders were called monarchs

-They will both become their own unified nations in the later 1800s

Mexican Revolution

Refers to the Civil war in Mexico where Wilson failed to capture Pancho Villa.

-Change in the Mexican government from 1910 to 1920.

-One side was pro-America, the other was anti-American

-Pancho was anti-American

Seward's Folly

The nickname was given to the Purchase of Alaska in 1867. The purchase was made by Secretary of State, William H. Seward, and he purchased the land from Russia for two cents an acre.

Jose Marti

Cuban Revolutionary (and poet) who brought international attention to the Cuban Civil War

Yellow Journalism

When the media makes up exaggerated stories to sell papers.

-Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst were the two famous publishers at the time who took advantage of the Cuban civil war

-They used Marti's accounts and exaggerated them

De lome Letter

A letter written by Senor Don Enrique Dupuy (the Spanish ambassador to the U.S.) that said McKinley was weak. McKinley responds by sending warships to "moniter" the coast of Cuba inland.

USS Maine

An armored cruiser (battleship) commissioned into the U.S. Navy in 1895. It was sent to Havana Habor in Cuba to protect American interests in the Cuban Independence movement against Spain. Sunk in Havana harbor causing America's involvement in SPAM (Spam begins).

George Dewey

Admiral of the U.S. Navy during SPAM, who destroyed Spanish fleet at Manila, Philippines. The battle takes place mostly in the spanish colonies to prevent large scale war in other nations.

Rough Riders

The name given to the First U.S. Volunteer cavalry regiment, led under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt (he gains national reputation).

Treaty of Paris, 1898

Treaty that ends the Spanish-American war and gave America possession of Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam for $20 million (YOU MUST KNOW THE DATE ALSO)

Platt Amendment

A treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention. It allowed the U.S. to get involved in Cuba's domestic affairs in order to enforce the Cuban revolution.

Insular Cases

Series of Supreme court cases that asks the question "Does the Constitution follow the flag?"

-Does taken territory also get constitutional rights

-The court will say the constitution does not follow the flag, but, natives do get some basic human rights

Common Wealth

Country owned by another nation, but gets limited independence.

ex. Cuba

Protectorate

A country that is completely dominated by another country

Ex.

Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines

Open Door Policy

US foreign policy to allow free trade in China.

Boxer Rebellion

Revolt by Chinese peasants against European Rule. It failed, and Europe allowed the open door

Roosevelt Corollary

Added to the Monroe Doctrine, U.S. reserves the right to intervene in any western hemisphere nation that is not handling its business.

Dollar Diplomacy

When the U.S. uses money to make friends and the military to back it up. (TAFT)

Hawaii

Pacific island taken by the U.S. for its sugar (McKinley). The best example of the application of Dollar diplomacy.

Panama Canal

Waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, vital for American commerce and security.

Treaty o' Portsmouth

Treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War; TR won the Nobel peace prize

White Man's Burden

Poem by Rudyard Kipling that said the U.S. had an obligation to bring "civilization" to natives