Imperialism
land annexed for naval purposes in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
a type of journalism based on sensationalizing and exaggerating the news.
Yellow Journalism
This President said, "speak softly and carry a big stick" (also known as Big Stick Diplomacy)
President Theodore Roosevelt
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Small, but deadly, German submarines with a minimal crew of 35 men targeted enemy warships, as well as merchant ships transporting weapons for the allies.
U-Boat
What was one thing the US wanted to spread to other countries through its imperialism?
1. Government (Democracy)
2. Religion (Christianity)
Name of the ship sunk in Havanna harbor that sparked the Spanish-American War
The USS Maine
party candidates are nominated by a direct vote, and the direct election of US Senators
direct primary
This flower became a symbol of the sacrifice made by the soldiers in WWI (9M worldwide, almost 900,000 in Britain alone).
Poppy
This technology was mounted atop trenches to mow down attacking soldiers more efficiently.
Machine Guns
term for avoiding entaglements in foreign countries
isolationism
John Hay (then US Sec of State) proposed this to all countries with spheres of influence in China.
Open Door Policy
Teddy Roosevelt was this... or someone who would fight to curb the power of big business by vigorously enforcing antitrust legislation
trustbuster
The corps of soldiers sent to fight in Europe during WWI
heavily armed vehicles used treads instead of wheels used to cross no-man's land and plow directly into enemy trenches
Tanks
This states the US could act as a "policeman" and intervene in European disputes with Latin American countries if US national interest was involved.
The Roosevelt Corollary
The attacks by bands of rebels wandering the countryside outside of Beijing, attacking foreigners (mostly Christian missionaries)
The Boxer Rebellion
Woodrow Wilson created this system of 12 banks located around the country and overseen by board members appointed by the president
Federal Reserve System
This communication between Germany and Mexico, laying out a plan to financially support Mexico if it attacked the United States was intercepted and led to US involvement in WWI
Zimmerman Telegram
this artillery countered both planes and airships in WWI.
Anti-aircraft guns
people who opposed US imperialism organized into this group...became a voice against McKinley's foreign policy decisions
American Anti-Imperialist League
purchase of this land was originally dubbed 'Seward's Folly" until gold was discovered in the late 1800's
Alaska
this gave the government the power to prosecute and break up corporations and trusts that monopolized
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The peace program proposed by US President Wilson, included freedom of the seas, free trade among nations, no secret treaties, and an assembly of nations to safeguard sovereignty of all countries
Fourteen Points
A strategy used by the Allies to end the threat of German submarines included warships surrounding and protecting vulnerable merchant ships as they crossed the Atlantic
Naval Convoy