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Chapter 23
Becoming a World Power
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Social Studies
8th Grade
02/09/2012

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Isolationism
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To have little to do with the political affairs of other nations
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Expansionism
Definition
Extending one's boundaries
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Annex
Definition
To take control of a territory or country
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"Seward's Folly"
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Seward annexed Alaska from Russia, and it was called…
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Treaty of Kanagawa
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Japan accepted demands to help shipwrecked sailors and opened 2 ports to American Trade in this treaty.
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Imperialism
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One country controls the economy and politics of another
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Racism
Definition
One race is superior to another.
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Yellow Journalism
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Biased news in order to sell papers
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Roosevelt's Rough Riders
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Roosevelt lead rebels in the Spanish-American War
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Buffalo Soldiers
Definition
African Americans who played a key role in the Battle of Santiago
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Protectorate
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Country with limited independence
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Foraker Act
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Gave Puerto Rico limited independence
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Isthmus
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Narrow strip of land connecting larger bodies of land
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Corollary
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Amendment, addition to a pre-existing document
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Dollar Diplomacy
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Taft's policy to build strong economic ties with others
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Moral Diplomacy
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Wilson's policy of condemning imperialism, spreading democracy and promoting peace
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