a national policy of

avoiding involvement

in world affairs

a policy that calls for

expanding

a nation's boundaries

a time period when

the actions used by one nation

to exercise political and economic

control over smaller,

weaker nations

bringing an area under teh

control of a larger country

section of a country where one

foreign nation enjoys

special rights and powers

a policy that allowed each foreign nation

in China to trade freely in

another country's sphere of influence

writing which exaggerates sensational,

dramatic and gruesome events

to attract readers 

a temporary peace agreement

to end fighting

a country that is technically independent,

but is actually under the control of another country

a narrow strip of land connecting

two larger land areas

 a policy of joining the business intersts

of a country with its diplomatic interests abroad

Sec.of State for Lincoln who

purchased Alaska from Russia

President who opposed

annexation of Hawaii

Joseph Pulitzer

William Randolph Hearst

newspaper publishers from New York

who competed by writing using

"yellow journalism"

led the Navy in the Phillipines during the

Spanish-American War, quickly defeated the

Spanish with a surprise attack (May 1, 1898)

group of cowhands and college students that were led by

Theodore Roosevelt, and fought in the

Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba

battle where Rough Riders defeated the Spanish

in Cuba

during the Spanish American War

nickname given to the

Spanish American War

by Sec. of State John Hay

people who opposed foreign expanision

(taking other land)

and the

Spanish American War

addition to the Monroe Doctrine

that says the U.S. is the

"police power"

in Latin America and the Caribbean