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| to add to an existing country's area of land |
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| disparaging term used to describe a Central American nation dominated by United States business interests |
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| a grant for a piece of land in exchange for a promise to use the land for a specific purpose |
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| President Taft's policy of encouraging American investments in foreign countries |
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| favorable balance of trade |
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| having more exports than imports |
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| a force of US Navy ships which undertook a world cruise in 1907 |
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| one people ruling over or controlling other peoples |
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| places where products are sold |
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| love for and loyalty to one's country |
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| USA advoctaed equal opportunity trading for all nations dealing with China |
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| built bu USA across Central America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
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| addition to the Cuban constitution; gave USA the right naval bases in Cuba; to intervene in in Cuba whenever necessary |
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| 1904 addition to Monroe Doctrine: USA claims right to intervene in the affairs of western hemisphere countries |
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| area of economic and political control by one counrty or countries over another |
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| sensational "news" coverage that exagerates in order to increase sales |
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| the position that a country should not take-over foreign lands or subjugate aliens. |
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| TR's attitude of using military power when negotiations failed |
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| a narrow area of land that connects two larger land masses |
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| an enclosed section of a canal which is filled or emptied of water to raise or lower a ship's altitude |
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| a deadly disease caused by a mosquito bite: chills, fevers, sweating |
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| the idea that Divine Providence ordained that the USA expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. |
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| In 1823, Pres. Monroe warned European countries to not re-colonize Latin America. |
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| an edition to the Cuban constitution that gave the USA to intervene in Cuban affairs, whenever necessary |
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| deadly disease carried by mosquitos causing fever, chills and jaundice |
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| not diplomacy at all but rather coercion through using a navy |
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| purchased by USA from Russia in 1867 by Sec. of State Seward; "Seward's Folly" |
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| cut into spheres of influence by imperial powers in 19th C |
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| USA naval base of Guantanamo located on SW shore to protect Panama Canal |
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| US island near the Philippines won from Spain in 1899 |
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| Imperialistic Asia nation as of 1870s |
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| annexed by USA in 1867 as a refueling depot |
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| Asian Pacific archipelago won from Spain in 1899 |
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| Central American isthmus over which the USA built a canal, 1914 |
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| commonwealth of the USA; won from Spain in 1899 |
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| sold Alaska to the USA for very little money in 1867 |
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