Key Terms 1
This term means the right to vote.
Suffrage
This is a payment meant to right a wrong.
Reparations
This man, known for leading the Roughriders in the Spanish-American War, later became President (and he's considered the 1st modern president)
Teddy Roosevelt
This baseball term is what happens when you hit the ball over the fence and make your way around all four bases to score a run.
Homerun
The M in the four main causes of the Great War refers to this term which means the building up of a nation's fighting force.
Militarism
This term means the idea of staying out of foreign conflicts and remaining neutral.
Isolationism
This was a journalist who exposed some kind of scandal or wrongdoing.
Muckraker
This archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in 1914, leading to the Great War.
Franz Ferdinand
This popular Christmas movie is about a young man named Kevin whose family forgets him when they leave for vacation.
Home Alone
The A in the MAIN acronym for what started the Great War refers to this which means an agreement between countries to protect each other.
Alliances
This was the time period following the Gilded Age.
This was the original name of World War I.
The Great War
This President was known for being the fattest president in our history. He even got stuck in a bath tub.
William H. Taft
This cartoon character is the father of the family and is known for eating donuts and saying things like "d'oh!"
Homer Simpson
The I in the MAIN acronym for what caused the Great War refers to this term which stands for countries trying to conquer lands in other parts of the world.
Imperialism
This was the name of the boat that was sunk in 1915 by a German Submarine (over 1000 people died including a couple hundred US citizens on board)
Lusitania
This was the name of the book by Upton Sinclair about the meat-packing industry.
The Jungle
This man was President during the Great War and came up with his 14 points in hopes to keep the peace at the end of the war.
Woodrow Wilson
The main character in the Wizard of Oz named Dorothy clicks her heels together and says this phrase.
Nationalism
This term refers to making the sale of alcohol illegal.
Prohibition
Teddy Roosevelt continued the Monroe Doctrine and added his own policies to make America the police of the western hemisphere. This is referred to as the Roosevelt...
Corollary
This young Tennessee legislator voted to give women the right to vote after receiving a letter from his mother encouraging him to do the right thing.
Harry T. Burn
A major 1980's hit movie features an extra terrestrial being named "ET" and he repeats this phrase.
ET phone home.
This telegram was intercepted and given to the United States to inform them that Germany was trying to recruit Mexico to attack the USA. This was one reason the US would enter the Great War.
Zimmerman Telegram