VOCABULARY 1
An economic policy that uses economic ties to expand the American empire.
What is Dollar diplomacy?
A narrow strip of land joining two larger areas of land.
What is an Isthmus?
A Mexican rebel general whose nickname was Poncho.
Who is Francisco Villa.
The country suppressing Cuba in 1868.
Who was Spain?
Commodore Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay in a show of these amazing things that had the Japanese focusing their efforts on industrialization.
What were the warships?
Forced movement or large numbers of people into detention camps for military and political reasons.
What is Reconcentration?
Areas where another nation has economic and political control.
What is sphere of influence?
An American expert on tropical diseases like malaria.
Who is William C. Gorgas?
This amendment was added to Cuba's constitution by force from the United States Government.
Germany, Britain and the US were nearly in armed conflict as they argued for control over this place.
What is Samoa?
Avoiding involvement in other countries affairs.
What is isolationism?
An independent country whose policies are controlled by an outside power.
What is protectorate?
Commodore of the US Navy who ailed warships into Tokyo Bay hoping to convince Japan to trade.
Who is Commodore Mathew Perry?
The United States convinced this country to open trade with them using the show of their weapons and ships making them realize how weak they were.
Who were the Japanese?
The policy that enabled countries outside of China to demand they remain open for trade to all partners.
What is Open Door Policy?
A logical extension of a doctrine or proposition.
What is corollary?
What foreign policy idea can be summarized like this: "America is SO excellent, we have a profound obligation to craft the world in our image. Others should want us in charge!"
What is Manifest Destiny?
Filipino rebel leader who helped Dewey seize Manila from the Spanish, rose against the US after the Spanish-American War.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
Spain lost both Cuba and Puerto Rico as a result of this event.
What is the Spanish-American War?
The place where Roosevelt planned to build a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is Panama?
Building empires imposing political and economic control over others.
What is imperialism?
A squadron of ground troops led by Teddy Roosevelt.
Who were the Rough Riders?
President Roosevelt came up with this foreign policy to deal with protecting American interests outside of America.
What is the "Wielding The Big Stick"?
The two arguments that were made by this group of people against isolationism that it was "our duty to spread western culture and values, and that we did not want to lose trade interests in the world.
Who were the expansionists?
China ended up under the control of the foreign powers and divided the country into these parts.
What is sphere of influence?