Unit 1 Imperialism Review

When a country expands its power/influence either through diplomacy or military force

• Colony

• Protectorate

• Sphere of Influence

• Imperialism

Taft's approach to diplomacy, utilized American economic power to get our way, withhold investment/call back loans

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Moral Diplomacy

• Sphere of Influence

Wilson's approach to diplomacy, refused to work with countries who were not free and democratic

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Moral Diplomacy

• Sphere of Influence

Narrow strip of land with the ocean on either side; ideal for a canal

• Anathema

• Plateau

• Sphere of Influence

• Isthmus

Type of territory where they retained their independence but remained under US government oversight and military protection

• State

• Protectorate

• Colony

• Territory

Group that opposed US imperialism and advocated to end the US occupation of the Pacific

• Yellow Journalists

• Progressive Party

• Bull Moose Party

• Anti-Imperialist League

Construction began in 1904, completed in 1914, US would control for 99 years

• Hoover Dam

• Suez Canal

• Eerie Canal

• Panama Canal

Military group led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War

• Rough Riders

• Progressive Party

• Anti-Imperialist League

• Great White Fleet

Former Secretary of State; purchased Alaska from Russia, was seen as a failure at the time

• William McKinley

• William Seward

• William Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

26th President of the US, became famous after the Spanish American War

• Teddy Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

• Warren G Harding