Imperialism Vocabulary
A country extending its power by gaining territories or influence
What is imperialism?
A policy promoting equal trade in China
What is the Open Door Policy?
War fought between the U.S. and Spain in 1898
What is the Spanish-American War?
This influenced Americans to support war with Spain
What is yellow journalism?
One economic reason the U.S. supported imperialism
What is new markets/resources?
The belief that a nation should avoid foreign involvement
What is isolationism?
A policy allowing U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs
What is the Platt Amendment?
Event that pushed the U.S. into war with Spain
What was the sinking of the USS Maine?
This allowed faster trade and naval movement
What was the Panama Canal?
One military reason the U.S. supported imperialism
What is naval power or global defense?
Sensationalized and exaggerated newspaper stories
What is yellow journalism?
Policy stating the U.S. would act as police power in Latin America
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
Agreement that opened Japan to U.S. trade in 1854
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa?
This increased U.S. influence in Latin America
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
One argument supporting the annexation of Hawaii
What is strategic location or trade?
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
What is an isthmus?
Policy focused on supporting U.S. businesses abroad
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
U.S. construction that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is the Panama Canal?
This increased U.S. economic power overseas
What was Dollar Diplomacy?
One argument opposing the annexation of Hawaii
What is loss of Hawaiian independence?
A man-made waterway connecting two bodies of water
What is a canal?
Policy supporting democracy and moral principles abroad
What is Moral Diplomacy?
U.S. involvement included pursuing Pancho Villa
What was the Mexican Revolution?
This policy increased U.S. trade access in China
What was the Open Door Policy?
How imperialism helped the U.S. become a world power
What is expanding trade, military reach, and global influence?