All terms in this list:
Alfred T. Mahan: Wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History (1890)
Strong navy= Strong nation
Social Darwinism: The strongest countries survive, it is their obligation to take over other countries
Yellow Press: a type of journalism that presents little to no legitimate well researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers
Imperialism: An attempt to create and empire
Theodore Roosevelt: Roosevelt gathered a rough group of people, they went to Cuba
• Roosevelt led them up San Juan hill
• Bloody battle
• Roosevelt wins
Teller Amendment: The U.S. would let Cuba govern itself. U.S. did not leave Cuba
Platt Amendment: The U.S. was allowed to enter Cuba for any reason
Annex: To incorporate territory into the domain of a city, country, or state
Open door policy: • the US wanted to trade with China
• China was divided between Japan, France, Germany, and Russia
• US demanded to be allowed to trade with China
• China had an "open door" to trade
The boxer rebellion: - Chinese rebels
• did not want other countries there
• killed many
• took seven weeks to take them out
Big stick diplomacy: Used to describe the foreign policy of the US at the time, Roosevelt claimed the US had the right to oppose European actions in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine: No European countries could set up colonies in America
Roosevelt Corollary: US would exercise "international police power" in response to chronic misconduct by any nation in the Western Hemisphere
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