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The infulence of sea power upon history |
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It details the role of sea power throughout history and discusses the various factors needed to support and achieve sea power, with emphasis on having the largest and most powerful fleet. Scholars consider it the single most influential book in naval strategy; its policies were quickly adopted by most major navies |
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teller amend |
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in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition of the United States military in Cuba. According to the clause, the U.S. could not annex Cuba but only leave "control of the island to its people." |
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platt amend |
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The Amendment ensured U.S. involvement in Cuban affairs, both foreign and domestic, and gave legal standing to U.S. claims to certain economic and military territories on the island including Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. |
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filipino insurrrection |
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which arose from the struggle of the First Philippine Republic to gain independence following annexation by the United States |
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john hay's open door policy |
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which usually refers to the policy around 1900 allowing multiple Imperial powers access to China, with none of them in control of that country |
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big stick policy |
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The idea of negotiating peacefully, simultaneously threatening with the "big stick", or the military |
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roosevelt corrallary |
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extention of monroe doctrine |
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gentlemen's agreement |
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limits the number of japanese imigrnats |
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insular cases |
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erning the status of territories acquired by the U.S. in the Spanish-American War (1898)...is it part of the constitution to get these territories. |
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moral diplomacy-wilson |
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Moral Diplomacy was the idea that the United States would support only Latin American governmentsthat were democratic or otherwise supported United States interests |
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dollar diplomacy |
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to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries |
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treaty of paris |
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cuba is free. we get puerto rico, guam and maybe philpinnes |
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white man's burden |
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a characterization for imperialism that justified the policy as a noble enterprise. (a poem) |
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zimmerman note |
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intercepted note from germany saying germany will help mexico get their land back |
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kellogg-briand pact |
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The pact renounced aggressive war, prohibiting the use of war as "an instrument of national policy" except in matters of self-defence.The pact was the result of a determined American effort to avoid involvement in the European alliance system |
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mckinely |
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hawley-smoot tariff |
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fourteen points |
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wilson-The address was intended to assure the country that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe |
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the big four |
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u.s- wilson, George Clemenceau of FRANCE
David Lloyd George of BRITAIN
Vittorio Orlando of ITALY
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treaty of versailles |
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Germany to accept sole responsibility for causing the war,to disarm,pay |
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league of nations |
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he League's primary goals, as stated in its Covenant, included preventing war through collective security, disarmament, and settling international disputes throughnegotiation and arbitration.[1] Other goals in this and related treaties included labor conditions, just treatment of native inhabitants, trafficking inpersons and drugs, arms trade, global health, prisoners of war, and protection of minorities in Europe.[2] |
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washington naval conference |
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e first disarmament conference in history |
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self-determinaiton |
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the right to freely decide on their sovereignty and international political status without external compulsion or outside interference. |
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