Unit 8 Rise of American Power Vocabulary

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Open Door Policy

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A rule that said any country could trade with China, even in areas controlled by other countries.

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Yellow journalism

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A way of writing in newspapers that made stories sound exciting or shocking, even if they weren’t true.

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Roosevelt Corollary

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A rule added to the Monroe Doctrine that said the U.S. could use its military to protect its money and interests in Latin America.

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Big Stick Diplomacy

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President Theodore Roosevelt’s idea that the U.S. should be ready to use force to keep order in Latin America.

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Dollar Diplomacy

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President Taft’s idea that the U.S. should invest money in Latin American countries to help them and protect U.S. interests.

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Zimmerman Note

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A secret message from Germany to Mexico in 1917 offering help to take back land from the U.S. if the U.S. joined World War I.

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Great Migration

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When many African Americans moved from the South to the North in the early 1900s to find jobs and escape racism.

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Xenophobia

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Fear or hatred of people from other countries or things that are different.

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Red Scare

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Times in the 1920s and 1950s when Americans were very afraid of communism and thought it might spread to the U.S.

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Boxer Rebellion

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A fight in China in 1900 where a group tried to kick out foreign countries and influences.