SPANISH- AMERICAN WAR
VOCABULARY
COMPETITION AND CONFLICT
WORD:
acquisition
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
The act of gaining (acquiring) something
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United States territorial acquisitions include
Guam, American Samoa and Puerto Rico
WORD:
refueling
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
Filling up a plane, automobile, or any other
combustion engine after it has run out of fuel.
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SENTENCE.
Refueling stations were set up
throughout the Pacific, so ships and
planes could island hop the long
journey.
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WORD:
expansionism
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
Extending a nation beyond its existing
borders
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American expansionism in the nineteenth
century focused on bordering regions whose
acquisition would enhance its security and
broaden its economic base.
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MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
WORD:
imperialism
building empires by imposing political
and economic control (Larger nations
overtaking smaller, weaker nations)
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SENTENCE.
European nations undertook a
policy of imperialism and imposed
political and economic control over
weaker nations all around the world.
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WORD:
isolationism
USE THE VOCABULARY WORD IN A
SENTENCE:
The US foreign policy was one of
isolationism until the mid-18th century
when it began to expand its borders
with the purchase of Alaska.
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
avoiding involvement in another
countries affairs
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WORD:
Yellow
journalism
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
exaggerated news report of events;
sensationalizing the news in order to
increase circulation (sales of papers)
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SENTENCE.
Yellow Journalism was use by Pulitzer
and Hearst to sell papers that
exaggerated the stories.
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WORD:
doctrine
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
A statement of official government policy,
especially in foreign affairs
USE THE VOCABULARY WORD IN A SENTENCE:
The Monroe Doctrine is a policy of the United
States that stated that further efforts by
European nations to colonize land or
interfere with states in North or South
America would be viewed as acts of
aggression requiring U.S. intervention.
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MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
WORD:
Corollary
logical extension of a doctrine or
proposition
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USE THE VOCABULARY WORD IN A
SENTENCE.
Roosevelt Corollary said that the United
States had the right to exercise military
force in Latin American countries in order to
keep European countries out.
WORD:
competition
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
the act of competing; rivalry
for supremacy
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USE THE VOCABULARY WORD IN A SENTENCE.
When it comes to world industries, the United
States is at the top of the competition.
WORD:
conflict
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
a disagreement through which the parties
involved perceive a threat to their needs,
interests or concerns
USE THE VOCABULARY WORD IN A SENTENCE
During the Age of Imperialism, there were
many conflicts over which country should
control a region.
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WORD:
overseas
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
Beyond the sea; abroad
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Many of the United States possessions are overseas.
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WORD:
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
A territory subject to foreign control.
possessions
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USE THE VOCABULARY WORD IN A SENTENCE.
Puerto Rico is a United States possession.
WORD:
annexation
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
To incorporate territory into a larger
existing unit
USE THE VOCABULARY WORD IN A SENTENCE.
In 1845, United States of America
annexed the Republic of Texas and
admitted it to the Union as the 28th
state.
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WORD:
MY DEFINITION FOR THE WORD :
Uprising against the government
Rebellion
USE THE VOCABULARY WORD IN A SENTENCE.
After the United States purchased the Philippines
from the Spanish, the locals went into a rebellion.
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