SS chp 23

Question 1

Policy of having little to do with the political affairs of other nations

Answer 1

Isolationism

Question 2

Policy of extending national boundaries

Answer 2

Expansionism

Question 3

Treaty between the United States and Japan where Japan opened ports to American trade

Answer 3

Treaty of Kanagawa

Question 4

Take over another country of territory

Answer 4

Annex

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Imperialism

Question 6

The belief that one race is superior to another

Answer 6

Racism

Question 7

Steam-powered ships from the American navy

Answer 7

Great White Fleet

Question 8

An area, usually around a seaport, where a nation had special trading privileges

Answer 8

Sphere of influence

Question 9

Policy issued by Secretary of State John Hay that allowed a country to trade in another country’s sphere of influence in china

Answer 9

Open door policy

Question 10

Rebellion of Chinese people against foreign influence led by the Righteous Fists of Harmony

Answer 10

Boxer Rebellion

Question 11

Policy used by General Valeriano Weyler where he moved Cubans into detention camps to prevent them from aiding Cuban rebels

Answer 11

Reconcentration

Question 12

Wartime acts of cruelty and brutality

Answer 12

Atrocities

Question 13

Reporting that relied on sensational stories and headlines, often biased or untrue

Answer 13

Yellow Journalism

Question 14

War between the United States and Spain that lasted only 4 months

Answer 14

Spanish-American War

Question 15

Another name for the First Volunteer Calvary Regiment, organized by Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 15

Rough Riders

Question 16

African American members of the 9th and 10th calvaries

Answer 16

Buffalo Soldiers

Question 17

An amendment to the Cuban constitution that allowed the United States to intervene in Cuba

Answer 17

Platt Amendment

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Protectorate

Question 19

Act that set up a new government in Puerto Rico

Answer 19

Foraker Act

Question 20

Narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land

Answer 20

Isthmus

Question 21

An addition

Answer 21

Corollary

Question 22

A corollary made to the Monroe Doctrine by Theodore Roosevelt that allowed the United States to intervene in Latin America

Answer 22

Roosevelt Corollary

Question 23

William Taft’s policy of building strong economic ties to Latin America

Answer 23

Dollar diplomacy

Question 24

Woodrow Wilson’s policy of condemning imperialism, spreading democracy, and promoting peace

Answer 24

Moral Diplomacy