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What was the ideology of stronger countries dominating the weak
Imperialism
What is yellow journalism
The exaggeration of events in journalism and news
What did the progressive era aim to address
economic inequality, political corruption, and poor working conditions
who was the president during WW1
Woodrow Wilson
who argued that a strong navy and overseas bases were necessary
Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan
What did anti-imperialist argue?
They argued that imperialism betrayed American democratic ideals
How was yellow journalism used to fuel public anger?
When the USS main exploded and the papers blamed it on spain
what were muckrakers
journalist who meant to expose the true harsh living and working conditions
Who used submarine warfare on american ships
Germany
what diplomacy did Woodrow Wilson use
A moral diplomacy, which promoted democracy overseas and abroad
What reasoning for imperialism did social Darwinism best help to justify.
racial theories that said the strong had to dominate countries of other races to help "civilize" them
What did the platt amendment do
It gave the US rights to intervene in Cuban affairs AND gave the US more naval bases
what did women reform groups aim to accomplish
giving women the right to vote, band protecting children from unpaid labor
What were Woodrow Wilson reasons to stay out of war called
Wilson's fourteen points
what was the book that exposed the meatpacking industry
The Jungle
How did manifest destiny help to push imperialist beleifs
With the closing of the western frontier, overseas expansion was seen as a continuation of manifest destiny
What did the open door policy call for
equal trading rights with China
what did the 17th amendment establish
direct popular election of US senators
what did the Zimmerman telegram entail
That Germany was contacting mexico for an alliance and promised they would get their old land back
Witch country assassinated the archduke of Austria-Hungaria
Serbia
What was the economic route of justification for imperialism state?
That by expanding overseas we would gain new markets and raw materials.
why did the US support panama's independence from colombia
So that we could build the Panama canal
what did the secret ballot do
erased intimidation on voters to vote someone
what treaty ending WW1
The treaty of versailles
What eventually led to the US entering WW1
The Zimmerman telegram