Imperialism
The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
What is imperialism?
Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism, & the Alliance System
What are the causes of World War I?
The act of getting a nation ready for war by raising an army and increasing wartime production
What is mobilization?
Established during WWI to encourage mass-production techniques in manufacturing companies to make them more efficient
What is the War Industries Board?
International organization formed after WWI that ensured security and peace.
What is the League of Nations?
Heir to the Austrian throne whose assassination by a Serbian nationalist directly led to WWI
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
Sensational writing style that exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers
What is yellow journalism?
Style of fighting during WWI in which both sides dug around the battle front which continued in virtually the same places for over three years.
What is trench warfare?
Required men to register for the draft; the main way the US built up its army upon entering WWI
What is the Selective Services Act?
The way about 2/3rds of war finances were raised; sold to patriotic Americans to essentially borrow money from the public
What are War Bonds (Liberty / Victory Bonds)?
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What WWI was called before WWII began
What is the Great War?
US warship sent to Cuba to bring home American citizens and protect American property; The Spanish were blamed for its mysterious explosion in the harbor at Havana.
What is the USS Maine?
The fighting was over in Europe, some believed war was wrong, people didn't want our boys to go fight and die for a European conflict
What are reasons the US wanted to stay out of the war?
Method of getting US ships, men, and supplies safely to Europe by having armed battleships escort cargo ships across the Atlantic to prevent them from being sunk by U-boats
What is the convoy system?
Biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions
What is propaganda?
Convinces German people that the source of their problems were the Jews
Who is Adolf Hitler?
Wilson's slogan when he won the 1916 presidential election
What is "He Kept Us Out of War"?
A corollary is a logical result of another statement, in this case, THIS, which stated that the U.S. would not allow Europeans in the Western hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
A British ocean liner carrying 128 American passengers sunk by German u-boats since it was also carrying ammunition; turned Americans more against Germany
What is the Luisitania?
The name for the American forces led by General Pershing
What is the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)?
Limited free speech during the war by allowing a person to be fined or imprisoned for speaking out against the government or war effort
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
Woodrow Wilson's vision for the world after World War I; it called for free trade, self-determination for all peoples, freedom of the seas, open diplomacy
What are the Fourteen Points?
Person who refuses to enter the military or bear arms due to moral or religious reasons
What is a Conscientious Objector?
A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power, though it is officially independent
What is a protectorate?
A telegram from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico that was intercepted by the British; it proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany if the US entered the war.
What is the Zimmerman note?
U.S. soldier whose action in the Argonne Forest made him an American hero
Who is Alvin York?
Large-scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern Blacks to cities of the North in search of jobs and to escape discrimination
What is the Great Migration?
As part of the Treaty of Versailles, this country had to accept blame for WWI
What is Germany?
Nickname given to the AEF soldiers in WWI under the direction of John J. Pershing.
What are the "Dough Boys"?