Vocabulary
Land that is a part of the United States that is not a state.
What is a territory?
The U.S. wanted to annex Hawaii in order to do this at Pearl Harbor.
What is to build a navy base?
The event that sparked the start of World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The name for the Allied leaders who met in Paris and dominated the peace conference was called this.
What is the Big Four?
The president that promised a “return to normalcy.”
Who is Warren G. Harding?
National policy of avoiding political or economic situations with other countries.
What is isolationism?
The explosion of this ship led to America declaring war on Spain in 1898.
What is the USS Maine?
The four major factors that led to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914
What are militarism (arms race), alliance system, imperialism, and nationalism?
This U.S. president who asked Congress to declare war on Germany which brought the United States in to World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The first women’s rights convention held here.
What is Seneca Falls, NY?
When a country increases their power and wealth by controlling other areas, either by diplomatic, economic, or military force.
What is imperialism?
This U.S. president often said to "speak softly and carry a big stick" to describe his foreign policy.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This British passenger ship (carrying American passengers) was attacked and sunk by German U-Boats off of the coast of Ireland causing widespread anger in the United States.
What is the Lusitania?
This court case said the government could set limits on free speech when there was a “clear and present danger,”.
What is Schenk v. United States?
The first woman elected to Congress.
Who is Jeannette Rankin?
Information that supports a particular point of view. It is spread to influence people’s opinions.
What is propaganda?
What is the Spanish-American War?
Germany asked Mexico to an alliance against the U.S. with this.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
The League of Nations was weak for these two reasons.
What is the League of Nations had no military power and the US never joined it?
After the Bolshevik Revolution, the Russian Empire becomes this new country that is commonly referred to as the Soviet Union.
What is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
A type of loan where an individual loans money to the government and is paid interest on the loan until the loan is repaid after a certain period of time.
What is a government bond?
The Roosevelt Corollary was a statement added to this.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany were a part of this alliance.
What is the Triple Alliance?
This government agency used propaganda to “sell” the war to the American people.
What is the Committee on Public Information?
The First Red Scare hurt this movement that started in the Progressive Era .
What is the labor movement?