imperialism political

  • monroe doctrine

    monroe doctrine

    U.S foreign policy of opposing European colonization of the Western hemisphere.
  • De Lôme Letter

    De Lôme Letter

    This letter criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd.
  • Battle of San Juan

    Battle of San Juan

    A decisive battle of the Spanish–American War. The San Juan heights was a north-south running elevation about 2 kilometers east of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • USS Maine

    USS Maine

    American naval ship that sank in Havana Harbor during the Cuban revolt against Spain
  • Open Door Policy

    Open Door Policy

    The foreign policy proposed by the U.S. in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.
  • Platt Amendment

    Platt Amendment

    Gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and put a naval base in Cuba to protect it and the US holdings.
  • Big Stick Diplomacy

    Big Stick Diplomacy

    President Theodore Roosevelt’s imperialistic foreign policy of intimidating other countries by showing U.S. power and readiness to use military force when necessary.

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