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| diplomacy | negotiations between countries to reach an agreement and avoid confrontation
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| neutrality | not taking sides in a war and having the right to trade with countries that are fighting
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| isolationism | country stays out of disagreement between other countries and avoids joining any military alliances
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| interventionism | country takes an active or more hands on role in the world with diplomatic or military action
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| Spanish American War | April 23, 1898
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| "yellow" journalism | exaggerated or untrue newspaper stories to get people's attention and increase circulation
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| humanitarianism | caring about the well being of other people and wanting to help those who are suffering or being mistreated
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| propaganda | words or pictures that bend the truth, misrepresent the facts, or lie to inlence the public opinion
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| National Security | Spain's army in cuba was a treat to America and other countries in the western hemispere
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| "Rememeber the Maine, to Hell with Spain" | US warship destroyed by an accidental explosion that is the immediate cause of the war with Spain in 1898
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| 3 reason to go to war with Spain | -humanitarianism-help Cuba get independence-national security
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| N.A.T.O. | North American TreatyOrganization
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| imperialism | to acquire a colonial empire overseas or trying to influence the outcome elections in other countries to set up governments friendly to the U.S.
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| annex(ation) | to acquire an area of land and make it part of a country as a colony
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| protectorate | weak country protected by a world power in exchange for certain benefits
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| Sphere of Influence | parrt of the world "policed" by a world power that is off limits to other world powers (the Western Hemisphere)
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| "Big stick" Diplomacy | T. Roosevelt would use the military to carry out the country's foreign policy and respond to any situation that effects the US
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| Great War | World War 1 1914-1918
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| nationalism | strong feelings of pride in a country who will support any descision made by the government + leaders
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| militarism | ideology that glorifies war, preparedness, and large armies and navies to fight in war
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| Alliance(s) | group between 2 or more countries that fight together to win a war
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| Triple Alliance | Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
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| Central Powers | germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey
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| Entente | countries are on friendly terms and agree to work to preserve peace in Europe
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| triple entente | France, Russia, Great Britain
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| Allie Powers | US, Russia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Romania, Serbia
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| June 28, 1914 | Franz (Francis) Ferdinand and Sophie were assasinated in Sarajevo, Serbia by Govrilo Princip ("Black Hand")
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| Emperor Francis Joseph | Austria-Hungary
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| Czar (Tsar) Nicholas II | Russia
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| Kaiser Wilhelm II | Germany
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| President W. Wilson | U.S.
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| mobilize | country calls up the army and sends soldiers to the fronts to fight
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| Western Front | France
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| Eastern Front | Russia
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| Battle of the Marne | 1914; French army stopped the Germans outside Paris to keep them from winning the war on the Western Front
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| Trench Warfare | type of fighting that will cause millions of casualties with little or no change in position on the Western Front (bloody stalemate)
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| War of Attrition | two armies try to wear each other down until one side gives up
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| defeatism | feeling that a war is unwinable, going on is useless, and the government should take the country out of the war
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| Battle of Galipoli | Turkey, 1915; allies failedvto reopen the Dardanelle's strait needed to send supplies to keep Russia in the war
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| Mustard gas | smells like lilacs but makes you suffocate
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| Chlorine gas | fills your lungs with water
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| fosfine gas | acid
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| Four Causes of World War I : | 1. nationalism, 2. militarism, 3. imperialism, 4. alliances
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