M.A.I.N.E
When a country expands its influence and power into a large empire.
Imperialism
American planters living in what area overthrew the local government and subsequently requested annexation to the United States?
Hawaii
When did the U.S. join WWI?
1917
When a country drastically increases spending on their armed forces in order to create a powerful military.
Militarism
This term is used to describe a type of sensational journalism that was popular in the late 1800s.
yellow journalism
What was the name of the peace treaty that ended WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
This US law was passed to prosecute (charge) people with spying and expressing anti-war views during WWI.
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Intense pride in one's country leads to tensions with other countries
Nationalism
Three motivating factors for imperialism
thirst for new markets/extractive economies, belief in cultural superiority, and military strength
This group would settle disputes between countries, work out their differences and avoid secret agreements
League of Nations
Gave the U.S. President the ability to draft soldiers and build an army.
Selective Service Act 1917
France, the United Kingdom, Russia, and later the United States make up this alliance group known as...
Allied Powers
a mutual agreement between at least two (or more) countries that if one country is attacked the other countries in the alliance will come to their aid and fight.
Alliance
Who argued that to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
Alfred Mahan
Of Wilson's 14 Points, which did the European leaders eventually agree to establish
League of Nations
During WWI, families were issued coupons to use for things like meat and gas. This is an example of
rationing
A treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention
Platt Amendment
The assassination of this political figure of Austria, On June 28, 1914 sparked the Great War
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Three territories the U.S. gained after the Spanish-American War
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
U.S. senator who opposed the Treaty of Versailles
Henry Cabot Lodge
Those who joined the armed forces as nurses and office workers; they also worked jobs to replace men at war
women