Vocabulary
What is the Age of Imperialism?
With the growth of the industrial economy, manufacturers soon produced more goods than the consumers could by which led to a search of new markets
What is overproduction of goods?
The beliefs that fueled America's drive towards imperialism.
What is Anglo-Saxonism, Social Darwinism, and Social Gospel.
President who served two non-consecutive terms and opposed territorial expansion believing Americans should buy or purchase only in America.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
Politicians who shared the views of the Anglo-Saxon race being superior and that stronger countries should rule over weaker ones.
Who were Albert Beveridge and Josiah Strong?
The action of a stronger nation or country taking over a weaker nation.
What is imperialism?
The US imposed these on European countries to prevent trade of European goods.
What are tariffs?
The idea of racial superiority to all others.
What is Anglo-Saxonism?
President who pursued negotiations to build a canal through Panama.
Who is William McKinley?
To protect overseas business interests, the US did this.
What is modernizing the US Navy?
The belief that the US should acquire new territories.
What is expansionism?
What is Social Gospel?
A movement within the Protestant Church to solve social problems as a way to address the growing problems of urbanization.
What is Social Gospel?
A supporter of imperialism; He convened the first Pan-American Conference to promote cooperation among the North, Central, and South American countries.
Who is Benjamin Harris?
This policy did not contribute to US imperialism.
What is isolationism?
The act of intervening in the affairs of other countries.
What is interventionism?
Used to justify imperialism by stating that stronger nations should naturally dominate weaker nations.
What is Social Darwinism?
The idea of survival of the fittest.
What is Social Darwinism?
President who began the process of building a modern US Navy.
Who was Chester Arthur?
President who successfully annexed Hawaii.
Who is William McKinley?
US policy that warned Europe not to extend their influence in the Western Hemisphere, and it would not form alliances with European nations or intervene in their affairs.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
A downturn in a nations economy.
What is a recession?
Writer of The Influence of Sea Power Upon History; promoter of a more modern stronger navy.
Who is Alfred T. Mahan?
He pursued trade with China and used the military to intervene in a Chinese rebellion.
Who is William McKinley?
These three things created the need for new markets for American goods.
What are tariffs, panics, and overproduction?