Imperialism Vocab. Review

 the practice of extending a nation’s power by gaining territories for a colonial empire

• Expansionism
• Imperialism
• Colonialism
• Nationalism

a national policy of avoiding involvement in other countries’ affairs

• Interventionism
• Isolationism
• Globalism
• Isolationist Diplomacy

an area where foreign countries control trade or natural resources of another nation or area

• Economic partnership
• Colonial territory
• Sphere of influence
• Trade embargo

a policy established by the United States in 1889 to promote equal access for all nations to trade in China

• Equal Trade Agreement
• China Trade Act
• Foreign Trade Initiative
• Open Door Policy

(1900) siege of a foreign settlement by Chinese nationalists who were angry at foreign involvement in China

• Taiping Rebellion
• Sino-Japanese War
• Opium Wars
• Boxer Rebellion

the reporting of exaggerated stories in newspapers to increase sales

• Tabloid journalism
• Yellow journalism
• Investigative reporting
• Public relations tactics

a part of the Cuban constitution that limited Cuba’s right to make treaties, gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs, and required Cuba to sell or lease land to the U.S.

• Teller Amendment
• Jones Act
• Hepburn Act
• Platt Amendment

 a group of citizens opposed to imperialism; specifically the treaty that gave the U.S. control of Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

• Imperialist Society
• Cuban Independence League
• Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
• Anti-Imperialist League

(1823) U.S. statement forbidding further colonization in the Americas by foreign countries

• Monroe Doctrine
• Treaty of Ghent
• Louisiana Purchase
• Emancipation Proclamation

(1904) an addition to the Monroe Doctrine warning nations in the Americas that if they did not pay their debts, the U.S. would get involved

• New Deal
• Roosevelt Corollary
• Marshall Plan
• Monroe Doctrine