Terms and Concepts 1
The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political or military control over weaker territories.
Imperialism
U.S.S Maine
Mexican revolutionary who raided the United States.
Pancho Villa
built by the U.S to allow shorter travel from Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Panama Canals
Created the draft for males 18 to 45 in the United States
Selective Service Act
Yellow Journalism
The idea that the United States should prevent Europeans from intervening in the Western Hemisphere and police Latin America.
Roosevelt Corollary
Led the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War.
Teddy Roosevelt
Home of Queen Liloukalani, was taken over by Americans and later annexed by the U.S government.
Hawaii
President Woodrow Wilson's plan to secure world peace after World War I
Fourteen Points
Access to trade in China for all nations.
Open Door Policy
Hurt American shipping during World War I despite the nation being neutral.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare.
American naval commander who helped capture the Philippines.
George Dewey
Bought from Russia in 1867 and is known as Seward's Folly
Alaska
Warfare where both sides are deadlocked into defensive positions.
Trench warfare.
International organization created to settle disputes among nations and prevent war.
League of Nations
Gardens planted in homeowners yards to help increase food production during World War I.
Victory gardens
American admiral who wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History and argued for a strong U.S Navy with modern ships and global naval bases.
Alfred T. Mahan
These four Countries made up the core of the Allied powers during World War I.
(Must name at least three right)
Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy
Policy of the U.S to use its economic power to exert influence over other countries.
Dollar Diplomacy
A person who opposes going to war on moral grounds
Conscientious objector
Created terms for peace after World War I, created the League of Nations and punished Germany for the war.
Treaty of Versailles
Cuban revolutionary leader who used guerrilla warfare against the Spanish.
Jose Marti
The assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand of________by a Serbian nationalist sparked World War I
Austria-Hungary
The United States has a moral responsibility to deny recognition to any government it views as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to U.S interests.
Moral or Missionary Diplomacy.
Chinese revolt against Western influence in China
Boxer Rebellion
Telegram from Germany to Mexico that encouraged Mexico to invade the U.S to reclaim the Mexican Cession.
Zimmerman Note/telegraph
Spanish general who forced Cubans into concentration camps to combat Cuban rebels using guerrilla tactics
Valeriano Weyler
These four countries made up the core of the Central Powers.
(must name at least three right)
Germany, Austria-Hungary Empire, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
What were the four MAIN causes of World War I
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism
These acts made it a crime to interfere with the draft, obstructing the sale of government bonds, or saying anything against the government or its involvement in World War I.
Espionage and Sedition Acts
The Provision of the Cuban Constitution that gave the United States power to intervene in Cuban affairs.
Platt Amendment.
This Filipino led the Philippines in rebellion against Spain and later the United States.
Emilio Aquinaldo
The mass migration of African Americans from the South to Northern Cities.
The Great Migration
The government agency in charge of organizing the economy of the United States for war.
War Industries Board (WIB)