Chapter 10 Vocab Flashcards
to add land to city/state/country
annex
extending a nations authority/power over other countries
imperialism
belief that U.S would expand territory into Mexican territory
manifest destiny
over exaggeration in newspapers and magazine reports to attract readers
yellow journalism
was the first United States Navy ship to be named after the state of Maine
sunk in cuba
U.S.S Maine
army unit organized by teddy roosevelt and Leonard wood that served in Spanish and american war
rough riders
series of provisions that consisted cuba add to its constitution and it said that cuba had to stay out of debt and the U.S could intervene in their country
it states 4 things:
- stay out of debt
- give US right to intervene in your country
- right to set up on Cuban land
- Cuba cant enter into any agreements w/ other countries
platt amendment
a state that is controlled and protected by another
protectorate
a government’s strategy in dealing with other nations
foreign policy
policies relating to how a government deals w/ activities in that country
domestic policy
messages sent to many countries by John Hay asking to not interfere w/ U.S trading rights in China
open door notes/policy
Chinese people in a secret society rebelled in order to free their country from western influence
boxer rebellion
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treaty that ended Spanish-american war and where Spain freed Cuba, U.S. gained other places
treaty of paris (1898)
ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
US owns it / operates it / controls it
pamana canal
U.S. claimed the right to protect its economy through military intervention in the western hemisphere
roosevelt corollary
