- Vocab Words
Imperialism: expanding the country's (a strong country) power and taking over (phyiscal) other countries
Militarism: maintaing a strong military but also using it as a threat (Hilter)
Nationalism: being patriot to a country or a ethnic group
Diplomacy: how we deal with other countries
Spheres of Influence: areas of the world where we had a lot of control over
Protectorate: a strong country would control a weaker country
Arbitration: the settlement of disputes of countries
Old Diplomacy
1. Noninterventionist
-the US did not intervene in foreign affairs, especially Europe's
2. Isolationist
-the US acted alone in foreign affairs as compared to working with other nations
3. Passive and Reactive
-the US waited for event to occur and then acted accordingly
4. Weak army and navy
New Diplomacy
1. Imperialistic
-going out and conquering territory to create an empire
-Alfred Mahan, Henry Cabot Lodge, Teddy Roosevelt
2. Stronger army and navy
3. Interventionist- especially in Central and South America
- becoming more involved in other countries affairs
- Monroe Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine- telling European countries not to mess around in Latin American countries
4. Strong nationalism
- having strong pride and confidence in one's countries
Section 1
- Imperialism became very common with the major powers of the world
-Which countries were the most powerful in the 1900?
- Great Britain,
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Russia
- U.S
- Japan
- Austria- Hungary
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