12.1-12.3 Vocab

Question 1

isolationism

Answer 1

a policy of staying out of the world’s affairs

Question 2

expansionism

Answer 2

extending its national borders

Question 3

treaty of kanagawa

Answer 3

a treaty between the US and Japan that opened up Japanese ports to America

Question 4

annex

Answer 4

take over

Question 5

imperialism

Answer 5

the policy of powerful countries seeking to control the political and economic affairs of weaker countries or regions

Question 6

racism

Answer 6

the belief that one race is superior than the other

Question 7

great white fleet

Answer 7

name for steam powered ships of the enlarged and modernized american navy of the 1900s

Question 8

sphere of influence

Answer 8

an area, usually around a sea port, where a nation had special trading privileges

Question 9

open door policy

Answer 9

a policy that allowed the nation to trade in any other nation’s sphere of influence in china

Question 10

boxer rebellion

Answer 10

an uprising in china against westerners and western influence in china

Question 11

reconcentration

Answer 11

a policy of moving large numbers of people into camps for political and military purposes

Question 12

atrocities

Answer 12

wartime acts of cruelty and brutality

Question 13

yellow journalism

Answer 13

reporting that relied on sensational stories and headlines

Question 14

spanish-american war

Answer 14

a war between america and spain in 1898

Question 15

theodore roosevelt

Answer 15

26th president of the US that was the assistant secretary of the navy

Question 16

rough riders

Answer 16

a nickname for a military unit organized by theodore roosevelt during the spanish american war

Question 17

buffalo soldiers

Answer 17

nickname for african american members of the 9th and 10th cavalry during the spanish-american war

Question 18

platt amendment

Answer 18

an amendment to the cuban constitution that allowed the US to intervene in cuba

Question 19

protectorate

Answer 19

a nation whose independence is limited by the control of a more powerful country

Question 20

foraker act

Answer 20

a law passed in which the US gave Peurto Ricans little say in the gov

Question 21

isthmus

Answer 21

a narrow strip of land that has water on both sides with the strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land

Question 22

corollary

Answer 22

addition

Question 23

roosevelt corollary

Answer 23

statement made by theodore roosevelt that the US had the right to intervene in latin america to preserve law and order

Question 24

dollar diplomacy

Answer 24

president taft’s policy of building strong economic ties to latin america

Question 25

woodrow wilson

Answer 25

28th president

Question 26

moral diplomacy

Answer 26

president wilson’s policy of condemning imperialism, spreading democracy, and promoting peace