TEST Flashcards

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Isthmus Panama

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Narrow strip of land that connects North and South America

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Panama Canal

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Waterway which connects the Atlantic and pacific oceans through the isthmus of Panama.

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Rough Rider

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Volunteer infantry group led by Teddy Roosevelt

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Platt Amendment

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Protect Cuba from invasion and foreign intervention

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Yellow Journalism

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Distorts or exaggerates new to attract readers

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Teddy Roosevelt

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President that led the rough riders

Fought in Spanish American War

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Battle of San Juan

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Rough riders participated in it

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USS Maine

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Explodes in the Havana Harbor

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Imperialism

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A stronger nation dominates and controls a weaker nation.

1. Politically (control of their gov.) 
2. Economically ( control of economy and resources)
3. Socially (control over way of life)
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Alfred Mahan

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Stressed that US must expand and build its navy

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Woodrow Wilson

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Moral diplomacy

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Jose Marti

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Leader of Cuban rebellion against Spain

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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Led revolutionaries against USA with the Philippines

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