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Unit 3
Overseas Expansions and World War II
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Yellow Journalism | sensational style of reporting that began in the late 1800’s by Pulitzer and Hearst |
| Imperialism | the policy by which a powerful country takes control of the economic and political affairs of a weaker country or region - this foreign policy was especially followed from 1870 to 1914 |
| Roosevelt Corollary | expansion of the Monroe Doctrine by Theodore Roosevelt that claimed America had the right to interfere in Latin America to preserve law & independence |
| Spanish American War | 4 months in 1898 - US became a colonial power and gained territories such as Puerto Rico and the Philippines - Cuba also became an independent nation |
| Annexation | bringing an area under the control of a larger country |
| Isolationism | a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs |
| Open Door Policy | policy toward China that allowed a nation to trade in any other nation’s sphere of influence |
| Sphere of Influence | area in China where a foreign nation had special trading privileges and made laws for its own citizens |
| Treaty of Kanagawa | agreement by Japan to open two ports to trade with the U.S. and to help shipwrecked US sailors |
| Great White Fleet | nickname for the large and steam-powered ships of the US navy |
| Nationalism | pride in one’s nation - many small groups in Europe felt this - was one cause of WWI |
| Militarism | building up the military forces to prepare for war - one cause of WWI |
| Trench Warfare | the type of fighting in WWI in which both sides dug trenches, which were protected by mines and barbed wire - “no man’s land” was in the middle |
| Armistice | an agreement to stop fighting - WWI November 12, 1918 |
| 14 Points | Wilson’s goals for peace after WWI - Point 14 established the League of Nations |
| Outcome of the Treaty of Versailles | 1. Germany takes full blame for the war 2. Germany had to disarm completely 3. Germany had to pay huge reparations 4. Germany lost its colonies |
| Reparations | payments to the winner of a war for the war damages inflicted by the loser during the war |
| Use of Submarines and Airplanes in WWI | these weapons were new and the technology was tested, perfected, and deadly |
| Self Determination | the right of national groups to own their own territories and have their own forms of government without interference & control by stronger nations |
| US Foreign Policy after WWI | 1. Senate voted not to accept the Versailles Treaty 2. US not in the League of Nations 3. Many Americans feared communism 4. wanted to remain isolationist |
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