Imperialism Vocabulary

Protectorate

annexed territory under control of the United States

Imperialism

the policy or practice of extending a nation's rule over other less powerful territories

John J. Pershing

Leader of the American Expeditionary Force sent to Mexico to hunt down famous Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa

Yellow Journalism

sensationalized events in Cuba by American newspapers eager for war with Spain .

Spanish-American War

fought on two fronts, in the Caribbean and in the Pacific against the Spanish Empire

Wm. R. Hearst

Owner of competing New York newspaper responsible for sensationalizing reports from Cuba in order to sell papers

Monroe Doctrine

policy that prevented Europeans from establishing colonies in Western Hemisphere

San Juan Hill

famous turning point for American victory in the Spanish-American War

Queen Liliuokalani

said Hawaii should be led and controlled by Hawaiians, later surrenders to Americans

DeLome Letter

letter written by a Spanish official claiming Pres. McKinley was weak

Rough Riders

a group of volunteers led by Teddy Roosevelt gained fame in the SpanishAmerican War

Platt Amendment

asserted the United States' right to intervene in Cuban affairs at any time

Roosevelt Corollary

addition to the Monroe Doctrine stating the US would intervene in the affairs of Caribbean nations as a police presence if necessary

Foreign Policy

consists of a country's policies toward other nations

Yellow Fever

mosquito borne illness responsible for thousands of deaths in Panama Canal Zone

USS Maine

mysteriously exploded in Havana Harbor

Dr. Wm. Gorgas

responsible for eliminating breeding areas for mosquitos thus helping to control spread of yellow fever

John Jay

US Secretary of State responsible for opening trade with China in the Open Door Policy

Panama Canal

completed in 1914 connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans

Open Door Policy

gave equal trading rights to all countries in China

Big Stick Diplomacy

Roosevelt boasted he would "speak softly and carry a big stick"

Dollar Diplomacy

President Taft's foreign policy toward Latin America advocating investment

Joseph Pulitzer

owner of the New York World newspaper, literary award bears his name

Sanford B. Dole

first governor of Hawaii, led a group of plantation owners to overthrow the queen

Alfred Thayer Mahan

argued that to achieve world power a country needed a powerful Navy