Altruism1
the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others
What is Altruism
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
What is imperialism?
foreign policy that opposed European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. Made by James Monroe.
What is Monroe Doctrine?
Policy that said that America should use its economic strength to enter and dominate all the underdeveloped parts of the world.
What is Open Door Policy?
years leading up to what would be called the Progressive era
What is Gilded Age or Industrial Revolution?
person that made White Man's Burden
What is Rudyard Kipling?
the treaty that ended the Spanish - American war in 1898 and gave the U.S. multiple territories
What is Paris Treaty?
naval bases that America needed to have around the world to support the world-wide navy and refuel their ships
What is Coaling Stations?
Pieces of land taken over by UFC that were exceptional for farming and growing bananas
What is Banana Republics?
The U.S. were involved in these two wars in the middle of the twentieth century because of imperialism. Only need One to get it right
What is Korean and Vietnam Wars?
the life of humans in society was a struggle for existence ruled by “survival of the fittest"
What is Social Darwinism?
amendment that called out Spain to relinquish control of Cuba
What is Teller Amendment?
Imperialism that the US engaged in to protect the global power and to protect from hostile European aggression
What is Defensive Imperialism?
Policy made by Roosevelt that gave the U.S. an excuse to exert power in an aggressive way in Latin America without increasing aggression from powers across the Atlantic.
What is Roosevelt Corollary?
an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China
What is Boxer Rebellion?
poem about the Philippine–American War that exhorts the United States to assume colonial control of the Filipino people and their country
What is White Man's Burden?
Amendment that allowed the U.S. to intervene in Cuban affairs and prevent interference from Europe
What is Platt Amendment?
the european nations rushing to imperialize africa
What is the Scramble for Africa?
The banana that caught the Panama Disease
causes of the Spanish - American war
What is sinking of the USS Maine or aiding Cuba?
book that introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection
What is Charles Darwin's Origins of Species?
person that showed that American foreign investment barely harmed the workers and land owners of the nation affected and in some cases it helped them
What is Lebergott?
person that published writings that called for the US to have a strong and powerful navy
What is Alfred Thayer Mahan?
The area that many American companies reached into Latin America to monopolize goods.
What is World of Goods?
dihydrogen monoxide
What is water?