1. Imperialism – a policy by which stronger nations attempt to create empires by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, or military; also called expansionism. 2. annexation – addition of a new territory to an existing country 3. most-favored nation – Trade status granting a nation the same trading privileges as other nations 4. banana republic – a central American country in the early 1900s that depended upon banana exports and whose politics and economy were dominated by American businesses 5. guerrilla – soldier who fights …showed first 75 words of 248 total…

…showed last 75 words of 248 total…to prevent other fore4ign powers from intervening in the affairs of western hemisphere countries 10. dollar diplomacy – policy that increased unites states investments abroad to keep foreign societies stable; adapted by president William Howard Taft in the early 1900s 11. paradox of power – combination of contradictory attitudes toward a powerful country 12. Alfred T. Mahan – author who argued in 1890 that the economic future of the united states rested on new overseas markets protected by a larger navy