Chapter 10 Vocab

Queen Liliuokalani

Queen of the Hawaiin Islands; Surrendered to U.S.

Imperialism

Policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories

Alfred T. Mahan

Admiral of U.S. navy; urged government officials to build up american naval power to compete with other nations

William Seward

early supporter of American expansion; arranged for U.S. to buy Alaska from Russia; former secretary of state

Pearl Harbor

naval base in Hawaii; refueling station for American ships

Sanford B. Dole

Led government in Hawaii

Jose Marti

Organized cuban resistance against spain; poet and journalist in exile

Valeriano Weyler

General from spain sent to cuba to restore order; moved rebels to concentration camps

Yellow Journalism

Use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspaper or magazines to attract readers.

U.S.S. Maine

USS warship that mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana Cuba

George Dewey

U.S. commodore who helped defeat spanish for phillipeans

Rough Riders

Voluntary cavalry regiment in spanish American War

San Juan Hill

Strategically important land mark in spanish American war.

Treaty of Paris

ended spanish American war: Spain freed Cuba, turned over islands of Guam and Puerto Rico to U.S. and sold Phillipeans to U.S.

Foraker Act

ended military rule and set up civil government

Platt Amendment

U.S. insisted Cuba add to its new constitution, commanding Cuba to stay out of debt and give the U.S. the right to intervene in the country and the right to buy or lease cuban land for naval and fueling stations

Protectorate

Country who's affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.

Emilio Aguinaldo

Rebel leader in Phillipeans, wanted independence

John Hay

U.S. secretary of state; issued open door notes

Open Door Notes

letters addressed to leaders of imperialist nations proposing that the natons share trading rights with the U.S.

Boxer Rebellion

rebellion of chinese secret society; sought to free china from western influence

Panama Canal

Artificial waterway cut through the isthmus of Panama to provide a short cut between Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Roosevelt Corollary

extension of Monroe Doctrine; U.S. claimed the right to protect its economic interests by means of military intervention in the affairs of western hemisphere nations

Dollar Diplomacy

Policy of using the nations ecocnomic power to exert influence over other countries

Francisco "Pancho" Villa

Nationalist Leader of mexican rebels

Emiliano Zapata

Nationalist Leader; land reform

John J. Pershing

Brigadier General; Sent to mexico to capture villa