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Imperialism
Origins
Fighting
Homefront
Legacy
100
Built as a short cut through the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Panama Canal
100
An alliance of other countries during World War 1.
Allies
100
A type of warfare where soldiers fought in trenches.
Trench Warfare
100
When African Americans moved north for jobs.
Great Migration
100
President Woodrow Wilson's goals for peace after WWI.
Fourteen Points
200
A style of journalism that exaggerates the news.
Yellow Journalism
200
Refusing to take sides during a war.
Neutrality
200
An end to fighting.
Armistice
200
Opinions expressed for the puropse of influencing the actions of others.
Propaganda
200
An organization set up after WWI to settle international conflicts.
League of Nations
300
A 1900 violent uprising, caused by Chinese resentment toward foreigners.
Boxer Rebellion
300
An alliance of Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria during World War 1.
Central Powers
300
Was a genral that led the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).
John J. Pershing
300
Low intrest loans by civilans to the goverment, meant to be repaid in a number of years.
War bonds
300
A treaty that stripped Germany of it's colonies, most of it's armed forces, and had to accept full blame for the war.
Treaty of Versailles
400
An area where foreign nations claim special rights and economic privileges.
The Spheres of Influence
400
A British ship sank by a German submarie.
Lusitania
400
An American force led by John J. Pershing during the war.
American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
400
A law that made it illegal to critize the war.
Sedition Act
400
Money that a defeated country pays for the destruction of the war.
Reparations
500
The 1904 addition to the Monroe Doctrine allowing the United States to be the "policeman" in Latin America.
Roosevelt Corollary
500
A message sent in 1917 by the German foregin minister to the German ambasador in Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the United States entered World War 1.
Zimmerman Telegram
500
A 1918 battle during World War 1 that marked the turning point in the war.
2nd Battle of Marne
500
A law that set heavy fines and long prision terms for antiwar activities and for encouraging draft resisters.
Espionage Act
500
When agents burst into peoples homes and dragged them to jail.
Palmer Raids