Jessica Metz

Chapter 14 vocab
Imperialism- Its the economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker ones. Its
a sstem of government. !he polic of e"tending the r#le or a#thorit of an empire or nation
over foreign co#ntries$ or of ac%#iring and holding colonies and dependencies.
&rotectorate- 'ome areas became colonies while others decided to become protectorates. In this$
the imperial power allowed the local r#lers to sta in control and protected them against
rebellions and invasion.
(nglo- 'a"onism- !he were )iskes ideas. !he were pop#lar in *ritain and the +nited 'tates.
It was linked to the idea of Manifest destin. ,ed to the e"pansion west for the +nited 'tates.
Matthew C. &err- &resident )illmore received a b#nch of petitions from Congress. !hat led him
to make Matthew C. &err to take a naval e"pedition to Japan to negotiate a trade treat. -n J#l
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$ 1./0$ fo#r of his ships entered 1do *a and Japan agreed to sign the treat knowing the
wo#ld fail to fight back.
2#een ,ili#okalani- took 3awaiian throne in 1.41. 'he tried to impose a new constit#tion that
reass#red her power over 3awaii. ( gro#p of planters then tries to overthrow the monarch.
&an- (mericanism- !he idea that +nited 'tates and ,atin (merica sho#ld work together. !here
was a conference in 5ashington 6C. It disc#ssed the was that the co#ntries wo#ld work
together.
Jose Marti- he was a writer and a poet. 3e bro#ght together C#ban e"ile gro#ps living in the
+nited 'tates. !he gro#ps raised f#nds$ p#rchased weapons$ and trained troops in preparation of
an invasion of C#ba.
5illiam 7andolph 3earst- 3e owned !he Jo#rnal. Most (mericans s#pported the rebels beca#se
of the o#trageo#s stories in the papers. Most of them were e"aggerated.
Joseph &#litzer- 3e owned !he 5orld. It was a paper that competed with each other. !he
competition increased their circ#lation. !he 5orld described C#ba as a place with 8blood on
roadsides blood on fields $ blood on the doorsteps$ blood$ blood$ blood9
:ellow Jo#rnalism- !he 5orld and !he Jo#rnal are both great e"amples. !he writers e"aggerate
c#rrent events for p#blicit. !he made #p stories to attract readers and people believed them
and contin#ed to b# them which helped make a lot of mone.
(#tonom- 'pain removed 5eler from power and offered C#bans this. It is the right to their
own government. !he had to remain part of the 'panish empire. !he C#bans rebels did not
agree.
Jingoism- It was a branch of the 7ep#lican part. It was aggressive nationalism. 7ep#blicans
feared if the did not go to war that 6emocrats wo#ld win the ne"t election.
1milio (g#inaldo- 6ewe contacted (g#inaldo. 3e was a )ilipino revol#tionar leader who had
staged an #nse#ccesf#l #prising against the 'panish in 1.4;. !hen he started another rebellion
against them. (merican troops then got control of the &hilippine capital.
&latt (mendment- Mc<inle wanted C#ban to remain part of the +nited 'tates. 3e enforced the
&latt (mendment. It contained fo#r main r#les. It co#ldnt make treaties with other co#ntries$ we
had to be able to b# naval stations in c#ba$ debts and to be kept low$ and we were allowed to
intervene at an time.
)oraker (ct- 5e needed o govern &#erto 7ico. !his established a civil government for the island.
!he legislat#re was elected and the president selected a governor and e"ec#tive co#ncil.
=rad#all the got more rights and became (merican citizens.
'phere of infl#ence- it was an area where a foreign nation controlled economic development
s#ch as a railroad constr#ction and mining.
-pen 6oor &olic- !his allowed all co#ntries to trade with China. *oth Mc<inle and 3a
s#pported this idea. 3a sent notes to the people asking them to not discriminate against the
Chinese and disr#pt the polic.
*o"er 7ebellion > *o"ers s#pported b some Chinese troops$ besieged foreign embassies killing
more than ?@@ foreigners and taking others prisoner. A nations than intervened. !he event#all
smashed the rebellion.
3a- &a#ncefote !reat- It gave the +nited 'tates the e"cl#sive right to b#ild an proposed canal
thro#gh Central (merica. It was signed b !he +nited 'tates and *ritain. ( )rench compan
then began to dig a canal thro#gh &anama.
7oosevelt Corollar- 7oosevelt gave an address to congress which became known as the
7oosevelt Corollar. It stated that the +nited 'tates wo#ld intervene in ,atin (merican affairs
when necessar. It was to maintain economic and political stabilit in the western hemisphere.
6ollar diplomac- !aft believed that if (merican b#siness leaders s#pported ,atin (merican
development$ everone wo#ld benefit. (merican b#sinessed wo#ld increase their trade and
profits$ and co#ntries in ,atin (merica wo#ld rise o#t of povert and social disorder. !afts polic
came to be called the 6ollar diplomac.
Bictoriano 3#erta- a general who seized to power. 3#erto ordered to m#rder Madero. 5ilson
ordered the nav in intercept an shipments coming for 3#erto. (lso he ordered them to arm
3#ertos opponents.
&ancho Billa- ,ed a gro#p of g#errillas to b#rn down the town of Col#mb#s$ Cew Me"ico. !he
killed 1; (mericans. 5ilson responded b sending ;@@@ troops across the border to find and
capt#re Billa. !he e"pedition failed.
=#errillas- ( gro#p of men who carried on the a specific fighting tactic. !he fo#ght #sing
s#rprise attacks. !he wo#ld sabotage rather than #se open warfare fighting.