After the war, both Japan and the major European powers expanded this.These were areas where foreign nations claimed special rights and economic privileges.
Spheres of Influence
100
A major cause of WWI
The assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand.
100
This type of warfare provided protection from the advancing British and French troops. But the conditions were not always so good.
Trench Warfare
100
The movement of African Americans between 1910 and 1920 to northern cites from the South. They cam to escape poverty, bigotry and the racial violence of the South.
The Great Migration
100
President Woodrow Wilson's goals for peace after WWI.
Fourteen Points
200
This shortcut that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Panama Canal
200
A German U-Boat torpedoed this ship in 1915 killing 1,198 people including 128 Americans. The sinking of this ship turned many people against Germany.
The Lusitania
200
This battle was the turning point of the war.
The Second Battle of the Marne
200
An opinion expressed for the purpose of influencing the actions of others.
Propaganda
200
The 1919 treaty that ended WWI. This treaty forced Germany to accept full blame for the war. Germany was stripped of it colonies and most of its armed forces. Germany also had to pay 33 billion dollars in reparations
Treaty of Versailles
300
Exaggerated news stories to sell in the Spanish American War.
Yellow Journalism
300
Arthur Zimmerman told the German ambassador in Mexico to propose that Mexico join the Germans and in return, Germany would help Mexico gain back its lost territories.
Zimmerman Telegram
300
An end to fighting.
Armistice
300
This act was conceived of a series of laws. These laws made it illegal to criticize the war.
Espionage and Sedition Act
300
Money that a country will pay after a loss in a war.
Reparations
400
Policies by which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories. (Countries trying to control other countries.)
Imperialsm
400
Austria-Hungary, Germany, The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.
Central Powers
400
The American Expeditionary Force; the U.S. forces during WWI.
AEF
400
Low interest loans by civilians to the government, meant to be paid in a number of years.
War Bonds
400
A wave of Panic from fear of a Communist Revolution.
Red Scare
500
Chinese tried to kick foreigners out of their country.
Boxer Rebellion
500
Serbia, Russia, France, Great Britain, Italy ans seven other countries.
Allies
500
The head of the AEF.
John J. Pershing
500
A distribution of a fixed amount; limited amount.
Rationing
500
in 1920, federal agents and police raided the homes of suspected radicals.