S.S chptr 22
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- platt amendment
- limited Cuba's right to make treaties and allowed the U.S to intervene in Cuban affairs
- panama canal
- linked the atlantic and pacific oceans
- imperialism
- building an empire by founding colonies or conquering other nations
- lili queen
- hawaiian queen proposed a new constitution that would return power back to monarchy
- dollar diplomacy
- influencing govs. through economic, no tmilitary intervention
- yellow journalism
- to attract readers often exaggerated news stories
- isolationism
- to avoid involvement in the affairs of other countries
- spheres of influence
- areas where foreign nations control resources
- open door policy
- stated that all nations should have equal access to chinese trade
- tellar amendment
- stated that the U.S had no interest in taking control of Cuba
- anti-imperialist league
- a group that opposed the treaty, and the creation of an American colonial empire
- roosevelt corollary
- warned that in any case of wrongdoing by latin america the u.s can exercise international police power
- mexican revolution
- a long, violent struggle for power in mexico
- boxer rebellion
- chinese nationalists who were angered by foreign involvment in China