History Chapter 9 Flashcards
policy by which stronger nations extend their political, economic, and military, control over weaker territories
Imperialism
colonial economies based on an imperialist nation extracting or removing raw materials
Extractive Economy
naval historian who advocated for naval power as the basis for a great nation; urged the U.S. to build a modern fleet
Alfred T. Mahan
belief that Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest should be applied to societies, justifying imperialism
Social Darwinism
historian who noted the closure of the American frontier; his ideas were used by others to urge U.S. overseas expansion
Fredrick J. Turner
U.S. naval commander who sailed a fleet into Tokyo Bay and opened trade with Japan in 1853
Matthew Perry
Hawaiian monarch dethroned in 1893 by rebel American planters in an action backed by U.S. Marines
Queen Liliuokalani
Cuban patriot who launched a war for independence from Spain in 1895
Jose Marti
owner of the New York Journal who, along with Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World, started the Yellow Press
William Randolph Hearst
sensationalized and exaggerated reporting on Spanish atrocities in Cuba
Yellow Press
aggressive nationalism
Jingoism
commodore of the U.S. squadron that destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay
George Dewey
leader of Filipino nationalists who defeated the Spanish Army
Emilio Aguinaldo
volunteer cavalry unit assembled by Theodore Roosevelt, famous for their 1898 charge at San Juan Hill
Rough Riders
ended the Spanish-American War and included U.S. acquisition of Puerto Rico and the purchase of the Philippines
Treaty of Paris