us history chapter 18
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what happened within a year of United States Navy Commodore Matthew Perrys arrival in Tokyo Bay in 1853
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perry negoiated a treaty that opened trade to the united states
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why did United states navy commodore george dewey lead and attack on ships in the manila bay during the spanish-american war
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manila bay was ruled by spain and the ships belonged to the spanish
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the rough riders were
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a volunteer calvary unit iin the spanish-american war
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unlike britain, france, and russia the United states
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wanted to keep trade in china open
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an economy that is based on mining or producing raw materials to be used in foreign industries is called
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an extractive economy
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social darwinism is the theory that
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life consists of competitivestruggles in which only the strong survive
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the teller amendment stated that
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the united states could not annex cuba
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emilio aguinaldo was
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a filipino freedom fighter
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who ran mexico for decadees as a dictator
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porfirio diaz
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privileged access by Britian france germany and russia to chinese ports and markets
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spheres of influence
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governor of the phillippines who later became president of the united states
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william howard taft
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a Filipino nationalist who rebelled seperately against spain and the united states
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emilio aguinaldo
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president theodore roosevelts foreign policy
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big stick diplomacy
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the belief that life is a competitive struggle in which only the fittest survive
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social darwinism
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president woodrow wilsons foreign policy
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moral diplomacy
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effectively brought cuba with the US sphere
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the platt amendment
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aggressive form of nationalism popularized by the US press
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jingoism
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a policy in which strong nations control weaker countries or territories
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imperialism
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owner of the New York Journal
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William Randolph Hearst
