Big Sister Policy- Was a foreign policy that aimed at rallying Latin American nations behind American leadership and trading between Latin American markets and American markets.
Great Rapprochement- When American diplomats developed close friendships with Great Britain.
McKinley Tariff- Was a tariff that increased duties on Hawaiian sugar.
Insurrectos- Cuban insurgents who wanted freedom from Spanish rule.
Maine- An American battleship that was dispatched to watch Cuba but then it exploded.
Teller Amendment- Was made to proclaim that when the United States overthrow Spanish misrule, Cuba will gain freedom.
Rough Riders- Was a regiment of Cuban war volunteers that consisted of western cowboys and ex-convicts.
Anti-Imperialist League- Was a group that protested American colonial oversight in the Philippines.
Foraker Act- Allowed Puerto Ricans a limited degree of popular government.
Insular Cases- The Supreme Court stated that the Constitution did not follow the flag, meaning that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos would not enjoy all of the American rights.
Platt Amendment- Limited Cuba's treaty-making abilities and controlled its debts.
Open Door note- Where John Hay tried to urge the great powers to respect China's rights.= and free and open competition within their spheres of influence.
Boxer Rebellion- Was a rebellion in China against foreign influence and was stopped by 18,000 soldiers, with some thousand American soldiers.
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty- Allowed Americans to build a canal in Central America.
Roosevelt Corollary- The United States would retain a right to intervene in the domestic affairs of Latin American nations in order to restore military and financial order.
Root-Takahira agreement- The United States and Japan were to respect each other's territorial possession in the Pacific.