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Ch. 6 World power
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alaska | Cost: -Purchased from Russia -2 cents per acre -End up costing 7.2 million dolars. Resourses- Fur -gold -fish -timber |
| Hawaii | Became a millitary base for the US |
| annex | When a larger country protects a smaller country for an exchangefor their cooperation |
| yellow journalism | False or exxagerated reporting on the news to change a voter's opinion |
| USS Marine | A battleship used to protect Americans in Cuba's revolution from Spanish rule. The ship was exploded , killing 260 people. |
| Spanish-American War | War against Spain in April 25, 1898. 1 million Americans volunteered to fight, making the US a world power. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | An assistant secretary of the Navy. Then he became President of the United States |
| Rough Riders | A group of american cowboys that led the American army into the Spanish-American War |
| Buffalo Soldiers | African Americans who got their name from fighting Native Americans on the Great Plains. |
| San Juan Hill | The Rough Riders and Buffalo soliders worked together to defeat the Spanish Troops on July 1, 1898 |
| August 1898 | The US and Spain sign a treaty to end the Spanish-American War |
| Isthmus | A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas |
| Walter Reed | a docter who discovered a disease that were carried by mosquitoes |
| 1st Problem | P: had to get land for the panama canal S:The US Panama gained independece so were able to have it |
| 2nd Problem | P:Diseases were around hot wet areas of the Canal S: drained standing waters and mosquito population |
| 3rd Problem | P:Mountains, Swamps, and mud made it hard to dig the canal S: John Stevens brought more workers and built railroads |
| Panama Canal | 1. opened 8/25/1914 2.Used for shipping 3. made for shorter distantes 4. 9hours instead of 2 months |
| Progressives | reformers who worked to stop unfair practices |
| muckrackers | writers that discover shamful conditions in American life |
| Ida Tarbell | Wrote series of magazines about trusts and monopolies |
| Trust | companies joining together to take control of whole industries |
| Upton Sinclair | wrote a novel about the conditions in a meat packing factory which made the Meat inspection act, Pure food act, and drug act |
| Blue Laws | law designed to solve social problem |
| 16th Admendment | started income tax |
| Conservation | protecting something |
| John Muir | worked with Conservation |
| World War 1 | from 1914-1919 ''War to end all wars'' |
| Nationalism | a love for ones country |
| central powers | Germany, Turkey,Austia-hungry,Bulgiria |
| Allied Powers | United Kingdom,France,Italy,Belgium,Serbia,US,Russia |
| alliance | an agrement upon nations to work together |
| isolationism | a country perfering to stay neutral |
| Woodrow Wilson | President during WW1 |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | one of the first ace fighter pilots |
| League of Nations | an organisation formed to prevent wars |
| Treaty of Versailles | ended WW1 |
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