American Imperialism: 1898–1913

to officially incorporate, or take in as part of a whole

formal incorporation of land or territory into another nation or state

foreign policy providing economic aid to areas around the world to encourage economic stability and safeguard American business interests

fleet of battleships that circumnavigated the globe in 1907 in a show of U.S. military might

foreign policy that prohibited European powers from interfering with former colonies in the Western Hemisphere

international trade agreement between the United States and several foreign nations over trade with China

40-mile-long system of locks and dams that allows ships to easily navigate between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

war waged by Filipino nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo against the United States from 1899 to 1902

corollary to the Monroe Doctrine reserving the right of the United States to intervene in conflicts between Caribbean or Latin American countries and Europe

brief military conflict that began on April 25, 1898, with a declaration of war by the United States against Spain

areas of political control by a foreign power

U.S. battleship sent by President McKinley to patrol the harbor of Havana, Cuba's main port

newspapers that used sensationalism to attract readers