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monroe docterine |
december 1823 president issued final message to congress. he said that the us would not tolerate european interference in the westerrn hemisphere. |
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The white man;s burden |
many europeans believed that they had a duty to spred their religion and culture to people whom they considered to be less civilized said by rudyard kipling |
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Sewards folly |
the purchase of alaska which was mockingly called _____ ice box |
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open door policy |
under this plicy any nation could rade in the spheres of others |
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spheres of influence |
an area usually around a seaport where a nation had special trading privilages. each nation hade laws for its own citizens |
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yellow journalism |
a styal that william randoulph and joseph pulitzer of the 1890's used melodrama romance and hyperbole to sell millions of newspapers |
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empire |
Imperial or imperialistic sovereignty, domination, or control |
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Commadore matthew perry |
was sent by president millard fillmore to japan in early 1850s.presented japanese officials with a letter from president fillmore asking japan to open trading rfelations with the united states. he reterned to the u.s with seven war ships |
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alfred thayer mahan |
leading supporter of american eimperialism was in the u.s. navy |
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queen liliuokalani |
was queen of hawaii when american took it over |
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commadore george dewey |
commadeore of the pacific fleet who immediately after the was was declared sailed his fleet swiftly to manila and on april 30 1898 his ships slipped into manila harbor under covor of darkness |
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rudyard kipling |
british writer who alled responsibility to spread religiion and culture to people whom they considered to be less civilzed the wite mans burden |
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theodore roosevent |
assistand secretart of the navy who realized colflict with spain would be fought not only in the caribbean but wherever spanish shea powers lay |
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william randolph hearst and joeseph pulitzer |
news paper owners who started yellow journalism |
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mexican- american war |
the first successful international war of USA ‘manifest destiny’ imperialism, in which Pres Polk provoked a border dispute in order to seize the New Mexico territory (all of today's south-western states) and California |
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