AP US History Vocab 6

President Taft favored a foreign policy that increased AMerican investment in the world as a method of exerting influence

American newspaper magnate who pioneered yellow journalism

1890 influential book written by Admiral Mahan, which argued that the most powerful nations have great navies

American foreign policy based on strident nationalism; was most evident in America during Spanish-American War

authorized a large increase in the building of ships to be used for offensive purposes; helped ensure world-class navy

held that China should be open to trade with all the great powers and all should have equal rights

was crucial for American economic growth, and was constructed by American builders between 1904 and 1914

Cuba agreed to this amendment to obtain independence after the Spanish-American War

in 1896, the Spanish tried to control the Cuban people by forcing them to live in fortified camps

this policy declared by TR extended the Monroe Doctrine

TR recruited a special unit of soldiers in the Spanish-American War

between the 1870s and the outbreak of WW1, the European powers competed for colonial territory in Africa

Secretary of State William Seward bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million; people laughed at him

1898 war stemmed from American outrage at the Spanish treatment of Cubans

as Americans prepared for war, this Senate measure stated that the US would not annex Cuba

ended the Spanish-American War

sent to Havana Harbor in early 1898 to protect American interests in Cuba; explosion sank ship killing 275 sailors

line from a poem by Rudyard Kipling that justified imperialism by the white man around the world

uses accounts and illustrations of lurid and sensational events to sell newspapers