Vocabulary
a sensationalist style of news reporting that uses exaggerated headlines, dramatic illustrations, and fabricated or biased stories to attract readers and increase newspaper sales, often at the expense of factual accuracy and journalistic integrity
yellow journalism
Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy, which relied on the threat of military force rather than actual warfare
Big Stick Diplomacy
The battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor Harbor in 1898, leading to the Spanish American War
U.S.S. Maine
The president of the United States during World War I
Woodrow Wilson
Official treaty that officially ended WWI
A policy where stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
imperialism
U.S. foreign policy primarily focused on using the nation’s private bank loans and investments (economic measures) to exert influence and maintain stability in foreign countries
Dollar Diplomacy
Cuba or Philippines
Which side did American businesses and banks give more loans/supplies to?
Wilson's 14th Point called for an international organization formed to prevent future wars by providing a forum for countries to resolve disputes peacefully. What was the name of this organization?
the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.
reparations
Give at least one reason why the U.S. wanted to annex Hawaii
Sugar industry / close proximity to Asia / military base
Following the Spanish American War the U.S. was faced the difficult decision whether to annex which former Spanish colony?
Germany's secret message that proposed a military alliance with Mexico against the United States.
Zimmermann Telegram
These acts, passed to prevent individuals from undermining the war effort, were controversial because they limited civil liberties, making it illegal to criticize the war effort or the government.
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Biased or misleading information, often used by a government to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Propaganda
foreign policy which sought to support only democratic, non-oppressive governments that had similar ideals to the U.S.
Moral Diplomacy
The THREE territories the U.S. acquired from Spain following the Spanish-American War
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
Germany technology/weapon used to attack Allied shipping vessels in the Atlantic Ocean.
U-Boats
Why did the U.S. senate reject the Treaty of Versailles
Senators feared the League of Nations would pull the U.S. into future foreign wars
The belief that the fittest nations were naturally meant to dominate weaker ones.
social darwinism
In order to build a canal in Panama, first the U.S. had to
aid the Panamanian people in their revolution against Colombia
Year when the U.S. entered WWI
1917
Government organization created to Creating propaganda (posters, films, speeches) to build support for the war effort. Led by George Creel.
Committee on Public Information