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Unit 3
Rise of US Power vocab
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History
11th Grade
10/03/2013

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Isolationism
Definition
opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries.
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Imperialism
Definition
the policy of extending a nation’s authority over other countries by economic, political, or military means.
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
the 19th-century belief that the U.S. would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican Territory.
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Monroe Doctrine
Definition
a policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, announced by President Monroe in 1823.
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Yellow Journalism
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the use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers.
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Treaty of Paris {1898}
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the treaty ending the Revolutionary War, in which Spain freed Cuba, turned over the islands of Guam and Puerto Rico to the U.S., and sold the Philippines to the U.S. for $20 million.
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USS Maine
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a U.S. warship that mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on February 15, 1898.
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Platt Amendment
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Cuba to stay out of debt and giving the U.S. the right to intervene in the country and the right to buy or lease Cuba land for naval fueling stations.
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Protectorate
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A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.
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Annex
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to corporate territory into an existing country or state.
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Ratify
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to make valid by approving.
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Corollary
Definition
an additional statement that follows logically from the first one.
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Panama Canal
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an artificial waterway cut through the Isthmus of Panama to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, opened in 1914.
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Big Stick Diplomacy
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the U.S. would use its influence and the threat of war to enforce the Monroe Doctrine or meet other forging policy needs.
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Roosevelt Corollary
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to strengthen the Monroe Doctrine, and the U.S. was willing to use military power to protect business interests.
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Dollar Diplomacy
Definition
increase investment in other countries to maintain and increase its power.
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Moral Diplomacy
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the U.S. would only support Latin American governments that were democratic and supported U.S. interests.
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