Standard 5.1
remaining apart from the political affairs of other countries
What is Isolationism?
the war involving the USS Maine
What was the Spanish-American War?
In an effort to open trade with China, the US issued a series of diplomatic notes asking that all foreign powers allow other foreign powers equal opportunity to trade within their sphere of influence
What is the open door policy?
The igniting incident of the Great War was the assassination of
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
pledged that the US would not interfere in Latin America and would engage in mutually-beneficial exchanges
What is the Good Neighbor Policy?
governmental involvement in political affairs of another country
What is Intervention?
journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
secret group in China mad about europeans coming into trying to take over
Who are the Boxers/Boxer Rebellion?
The 1915 German U-boat’s sinking of the British passenger ship
What was the Lusitania?
restructured Germany’s reparations payments (payments for war damages) to make them more manageable for Germany
What was the Dawes Plan?
Spread Christianity around the world
Social Darwinism
What are the feelings of spreading cultural superiority?
Letter written by the Spanish Ambassador to the US which criticized Pres. McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd.
Big Stick Diplomacy
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany.
What was the Zimmerman Note?
reduced the overall amount of payments
expand American naval power to compete with other nations that were already engaged in imperialism (empire-building) activities
Nationalism
those against empire-building
Who are anti-imperialists?
Dollar Diplomacy
Who is William Taft?
Weapon that shoots liquid fire, created by the Germans
What is a flamethrower?
delay American involvement in World War II
What were Neutrality Acts?
President during WWI
Who is president Woodrow Wilson?
the US supported Cuba based on political views
What are democratic views?
Moral Diplomacy
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Treaty that ended WWI
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The United States took this approach to events in Europe as dictators rose to power in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s.
What is hands off approach?