Chapter 7

2. Chinese society rebelled with violence.
4. Dollar Diplomacy (the policy of using economic investment to protect US interests abroad).
6. preserve order; take action; Roosevelt Corollary (US had right to get involved in the affairs of Latin American nations when they seemed unstable).
8. the practice of spreading a nation’s territorial or economic control beyond its borders.
10. Violent rebel leader responsible for many outrages and injuries in hopes of damaging Mexican-US relations.
12. US bought from Russia; icy, barren place; gold; became a US territory in 1912.
14. fight for Cuban independence; Spain vs. US and Cuba; 1898.
17. trade; warm, wet climate; land and sugar plantations; US annexed Hawaii
18. US ship that exploded in the Havana harbor; suspected to be caused by Spain; trigger of the Spanish-American War.
19. the policy of extending a nation’s rule over other territories and countries.

1. Moral Diplomacy (foreign policy based on moral principles).
3. a country under the control of a different country.
5. Sensational, biased, false reporting about triggers of the Spanish-American War that helped convince the US to join the Cubans in fighting.
7. section of a country in which a foreign nation enjoys special rights and powers.
9. canal made to improve transportation and trade by ship.
11. gave each nation rights to trade freely in each other’s sphere of influence.
13. Disorder and lawlessness from ineffective government
15. Truce; an agreement to end fighting
16. the belief that a nation should stay out of the affairs of other nation
20. US naval stations; trade; US, Germany, and Great Britain split competing for power.