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Book: American Pageant, Ch. 27, Imperialism and Big Stick Policy There's a bit of shorthand, but most of it should be pretty clear if you've at least skimmed the chapter. Imperialist: The policy of the US toward other nations in the late 1800s, characterized by the takeover of Latin American countries in order to gain access to their resources. Pulitzer and Hearst: Famous for their 'yellow journalism', in which insane exaggerated, fabricated stories drove the public toward imperialism and war with foreign nations. Aggressive. Darwinism: The earth belongs to the strong and fit. <-- According to Teddy Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge. Larger nations have the obligation and right to dominate smaller ones, and to use them for all their worth.