Expansion and Imperialism

a nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations based on spreading philosophy, protecting citizens, gaining power and increasing profits

series of armed conflicts between Indians of the northern plains and the U.S. Army (1864-1890)

areas of federal land set aside for American Indians. displacement removing a group of people from their traditional lands

1887 law which gave all Native American males 160 acres to farm and also set up schools to assimilate Native American to the American culture

a foreign policy of extending your power over foreign countries

a war between the United States and Spain over the control of Cuba.

when newspaper publishers sensationalize news events, USS Maine: Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana harbor and helps contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War

addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs

to adopt or take on the traditions of the larger or surrounding group.

manmade waterway linking the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama to decrease shipping times

a method used by the government to acquire new territory, by force or purchase. The United States annexed Hawaii in 1898.

an idea, proposed by the US in 1899, under which all nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.

Working with another country through negotiation rather than force