America Builds An Empire: Imperialism/Expansionism Study online at quizlet.com/_o2ljo

1. "Watchful Waiting": Policy by Woodrow Wilson of rejecting 17. Sanford B. Dole: Took Hawaii over from Queen Liliuokalani alliances with leaders who took control through force in Mexico until Hawaii was annexed into the United States.

2. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Navy officer whose ideas on naval 18. Spanish-American War: (1898) war fought between Spain warfare and the importance of sea-power changed how America and the United States that began after the sinking of the viewed its navy battleship USS Maine; the US supported Cuban independence;

3. Big Stick Policy: A policy enacted by President Teddy Roosevelt the United States won the war in four months, gaining control of that encouraged being peaceful in making resolutions but using Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines force if necessary. 19. Theodore Roosevelt: President 1901-1909. 26th president,

4. Boxer Rebellion: (1900-1903) secret society called Boxers killed known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe 200 foreign ministers and thousands of Chinese Christians. food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, Great White Thought foreign missionaries were undermining Chinese Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo- society. Japanese War 20. U.S.S. Maine: Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in 5. De Lome Letter: A letter, written by a Spanish ambassador named De Lome, that said President McKinley was weak. This Havana harbor and helps contribute to the start of the Spanish- letter was found and published in newspapers and angered many American War Americans against the Spanish. Partially led to the Spanish- 21. William Randolph: A highly successful publisher of several American war papers who used yellow journalism to boost success, competed

6. Dollar Diplomacy: \ President Taft's policy of building strong with Pulitzer economic ties to Latin America. (Nicaragua, Haiti, Virgin 22. Yellow Journalism: One of the causes of the Spanish- Islands) American War (1898) - this was when newspaper publishers like

7. Foreign Policy: A nation's overall plan for dealing with other Pulitzer sensationalized news events (like the sinking of the nations. Maine) to anger American public towards Spain.

8. Imperialism: A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically especially through colonization

9. John Hay: ..., Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt who pioneered the open-door policy and Panama canal

10. Joseph Pulitzer: A muckraker who designed the modern newspaper format (factual articles in one section, editorial and opinion articles in another section).

11. Muckraker: Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public during the Progressive Era

12. Open Door Policy: 1899 U.S. turns into an imperial power after the Spanish-American War ends in 1898. USA gets the largest trade relationship with China and made a policy which let all countries do business with China freely.

13. Panama Canal: The US built the Panama Canal to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic. It increased the trading power of the US as we were becoming a world power. Built under Teddy Roosevelt's presidency.

14. Pancho Villa: A Mexican peasant rebel leader who sought to overthrow the Mexican government and stop another man from taking it over first, gathering an army in Northern Mexico. In anger at President Wilson's support of the other man, Villa eventually terrorized Americans in Mexico and burned Columbus, New Mexico.

15. Platt Amendment: Legislation that severely restricted Cuba's sovereignty and gave the US the right to intervene if Cuba got into trouble

16. Queen Liliuokalani: - Queen of Hawaii who was overthrown by American interests during the expansionist/imperialist period