Vocabulary
The action of taking over a territory.
What is annexation?
These are the two main newspapers during the 1890s. They had an intense rivalry. The first was founded in 1860 by Joseph Pulitzer, and the second was founded in 1895 by William Randolph Hearst.
What were the New York Journal and the New York World?
This is the treaty that officially ended WWI in June 1919. This treaty famously includes the "War Guilt Clause" which forced Germany to take all blame for the war, including the financial burden.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This reason for U.S. involvement in WWI can be described as German U-Boats and submarines controlling the seas around France, Germany, and the British Isles without reason.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This is the name of the time period China entered following the Second Opium Wars. This era would breakup China until the rise of the Chinese Communist Party.
This is the practice of countries building global empires in order to gain more wealth, power, and influence. This tends to increase nationalism and militarism.
What is Imperialism?
This is a practice done by many newspapers during the Spanish-American War. It usually consists of newspapers creating sensational headlines in order to attract readers.
What is yellow journalism?
This is the acronym historians use for the elements that led to the start of WWI.
What is M.A.I.N.?
This is the name of the list of things the U.S. wanted in the Treaty of Versailles, written by Woodrow Wilson. In the end, we got the League of Nations.
What is the 14 Points?
This revolution in China was started due to the Opium Wars allowing foreign influence in China. They mainly targeted Christian missionaries and Chinese converts.
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
This is when a country creates a large, strong military in order to gain more national pride and power. This is usually a rapid military build up.
What is Militarism?
This is the U.S. doctrine created by James Monroe that states that warns Europe to not colonize the Americas anymore. This doctrine allows the U.S. to make claims in South America.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This is the name used for the alliance between Britain, France, Russia, and the U.S.
What is the Allied Powers (formerly Triple Entente)?
This reason for U.S involvement in WWI was partially due to unrestricted submarine warfare. Germany had torpedoed a cruise ship that had American citizens on board for, seemingly, no reason. It was confirmed after the war that the ship had weapons on board.
What was the sinking of the Lusitania?
These are the reasons Russia left WWI in March 1917. (3 answers)
What is starvation, military defeats, and protests?
This is when countries make treaties to mutually defend each other. The major downside is that small conflicts can turn into large wars.
What is Alliances?
This was a very profitable sugar colony for the Spanish in the 1890s. The presence of American investors and rebel groups in the area led to the start of the Spanish American War.
What is Cuba?
This was the main way WWI was fought. This form of fighting created a stalemate, unbearable living conditions for soldiers, and forced countries to develop more war technology such as tanks and poison gasses in order to break the stalemate.
What is trench warfare?
These are the three main goals of Wilson's 14 Points.
What is allowing people to rule themselves, sharing the blame, and the League of Nations?
This is the name of the revolution in Russia started by Vladamir Lenin. This revolution overthrew the provisional government and established Russia as a socialist state in November, 1917.
What is the November Revolution?
This is an extreme feeling of national pride and usually the belief in national superiority. Sometimes this can be helpful, but it can also divide nations.
What is Nationalism?
These are the two amendments passed after the Spanish-American War that determined how Cuba would be treated. The first stated that the U.S. could not annex Cuba to allow Colorado to be the primary sugar producers, and the second established Guantanamo Bay.
What is the Teller and Platt Amendments?
This was the name for the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
What were the Central Powers?
This reason for U.S. involvement in WWI was when a German ambassador's message to Mexico was intercepted. This message asked Mexico to join Germany to keep the U.S. out of the war.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
These are the three pillars of Lenin's socialist state following the November Revolution.
What is an end to private land ownership, redistributed land to the working class, and gave ownership of factories to workers?