Chapter 20 Key terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 matthew c. perry | commanded us warships in 1853 |
| isolationism | avoiding involvement in other countries affairs |
| imperialism | building empires by imposing political and economic contol over people around the world. |
| Fredrick Jackson Turner | put forth the idea that the western frontier had dfined american history |
| Liluokalani | sister to Kalakuana who died in 1891 |
| spheres of influence | areas where another nation has economic and political control |
| reconcentration camps | to force a group of people out of one place to a "camp" for military and political reasons |
| jose marti | cuban leader and poet |
| williams randolph hearst | tried to outdo pullitzer in the use of sensational stories and headlines |
| yellow journalism | a type of journalism that uses propaganda and sensatsionalism to sell newspapers |
| emilio auginaldo | Leader of the Philippine rebels, helped americans in the spanish american war, wanted independence so he turned on us. |
| Isthumus | narrow stip of land joining two larger strips of land |
| panama canal | shortcut through south america |
| william c gorgas | american expert on tropical disease |
| rosevelt corollary | rosevelt added to monroe doctrine |
| dollar dimplomacy | idea thta economic ties were the best way to expand american influence |
| Francisco "Poncho" Villa | mexican rebel general nicknamed Pancho. Him and more marched into colombus land, burned, and killed mexicans |
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