Vocab
People
Imperialism
WWI
Unit 1
Unit 2
100

someone that died, was wounded, or went missing in battle

casualty

100

President during WWI

Woodrow Wilson

100

This event led the US to declare war on Spain

The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine

100

This was the main trigger of WWI 

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

100

Black American that moved to Kansas for freedom/safety

Exoduster

100

Someone who exposes corruption in society or companies through journalism, art, or photography

Muckraker

200

an agreement to stop fighting

armistice

200
Muckraker president who built the Panama Canal and advocated "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick" 

Theodore Roosevelt 

200

The US built this to shorten travel time for trade ships 

The Panama Canal 

200
Germany asked Mexico to join them. In return, Germany offered to help them get back the territory lost during the Mexican-American War. Britain gave this document to the US and the US joined WWI.

The Zimmerman Telegram

200

Gave individual land to Native Americans to get them to be farmers; failed

The Dawes Act

200

Many U.S. citizens blamed the Chinese for economic problems faced on the West Coast of the U.S. so Congress passed this law

The Chinese Exclusion Act 

300

to give up power or the throne

abdicate

300

President during the Spanish-American War 

William McKinley 

300

America fully controlled these territories at the end of the Spanish-American War

Guam, Puerto Rico, The Phillipines

300

List the 5 causes of WWI (MANIA) 

Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination

300

In the late 1800s, the _________ was the West. Once the west was settled, the ________ expanded to other countries. 

Frontier
300

business strategy where a company owns or controls its supply chain. This means the company controls multiple stages of production for a good or service, from the raw materials all the way to the finished product

vertical integration

400

a narrow strip of land that connects two larger parts of land, surrounded by water

Isthmus

400

Queen of Hawaii; deposed by Reform Party and Benjamin Harrison 

Liliʻuokalani

400

In this 'battle' Spain surrendered to the US because they were too embarrassed to surrender to the Philippines

The Mock Battle of Manila 

400

The Allied powers 

Great Britain, The US, France, Russia, Serbia

400

Believed equality is achieved through working with whites, vocational training, and settling for social segregation

Booker T. Washington

400
The typical _______ was a farmer, hated the elites, and supported free silver and government ownership of industries

Populist 

500
a government requiring able bodied men to serve in the military

conscription

500
Revolutionary leader from the Philippines during the Spanish American War 

Emilio Aguinaldo

500

This extension of the Monroe Doctrine warned Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere and the US could interfere in the economies and governments of Latin America

The Roosevelt Corollary 

500

The Central Powers:

Austria Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

500

Believed that the Talented Tenth would lead Black Americans to equality through higher education; founded the NAACP 

WEB Du Bois

500

The typical _________ was middle to upper class, and wanted to regulate and improve the existing capitalist system. 

Progressive

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