Key Vocabulary on Imperialism and U.S. Foreign Policy

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Imperialism

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The act of colonizing other countries.

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Queen Liliuokalani

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Hawaiian monarch overthrown in 1893.

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Alfred T. Mahan

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U.S. naval officer who promoted the need for a strong navy.

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Sanford B. Dole

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Leader of the new Hawaiian government after the queen was removed.

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Annexation

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Adding territory to an existing country.

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Monroe Doctrine

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Declared that Europe must stay out of Western Hemisphere affairs (1823).

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Roosevelt Corollary

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Expanded the Monroe Doctrine; gave U.S. 'police power' in Latin America.

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Platt Amendment

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Limited Cuban independence and allowed U.S. intervention.

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Dollar Diplomacy

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Policy under Taft; U.S. invested money in Latin America.

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Pancho Villa

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Mexican revolutionary who raided U.S. territory in 1916.