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ch.6 World Power
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alaska | Purchased from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. fur trade fishing, timber, and gold. |
| Hawaii | gave U.S. presence in the Pacific 50th state. became military base |
| annex | when a larger country protects and supports a smaller country in exchange for their cooperation |
| yellow journalism | false or exaggerated reporting in the news just to push papers |
| USS Maine | a ship that blew up then was used as propaganda against the Spanish in the Spanish-American war |
| Spanish-American War | congress declared war on Spain on April 25th over the Caribbean. Established America as a world power |
| Theodore Roosevelt | assistant secretary of the navy left his job to organize a group of volunteer soldiers to fight. He became a national hero and later was elected president of the United States. |
| Rough Riders | a group of cowboys, Native Americans, college athletes and wealthy New Yorkers led by T.T.R in Spanish-American War |
| Buffalo Soldiers | units of experienced African American Soldiers who got their name by fighting against Native Americans on the Great Plains |
| San Juan Hill | July 1, 1898-Americans troops defeated |
| August 1898 | the U.S. 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 doctor who discovered that many diseases were carried by mosquitoes and tested his theory on himself |
| 1st Problem | P: United States had to get control of land for the Panama Canal S: backed by the U.S. Panama gained independence and agreed to let the U.S. build the canal |
| 2nd Problem | P: Diseases such as malaria and yellow fever were in the hot wet areas of panama S: Areas of standing water were drained and the mosquito population went down, so did the cases of disease. |
| 3rd Problem | P: Harsh terrain made hard to build the canal. S: More workers were brought in and better systems were put in place. |
| Panama Canal | opened August 15, 1914. turned a two month trip into a nine hour trip. |
| Progressives | reformers who worked to stop unfair practices by businesses and improved the way the government worked. |
| mucrackers | Progressive writers who uncovered what some people saw as "muck", shameful conditions in business and other areas of american life. |
| Ida Tarbell | wrote anti monopoly magazines. Wrote against trusts |
| Trust | Two companies coming together to control a market |
| Upton Sinclair | Wrote a novel called The Jungle exposing conditions in the meat packing industry. Helped convince Roosevelt to pass the meat inspection and Food and Drug act |
| Blue Laws | laws designed to solve social problems and made it illegal to buy alcoholic drinks on Sundays |
| 16th Amendment | Set up income tax |
| Conservation | protecting something from being destroyed or used up |
| John Muir | helped set up the national park system with teddy roosevet |
| World War 1 | from 1914-1919. Called the war to end all wars. |
| Nationalism | a love of one's country and a desire to have your country to be free from all others |
| Central powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria |
| Allied Powers | United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Serbia, U.S., Russia |
| alliance | An agreement between countrys to protect one another |
| Isolationism | A country who stays neutral in foreign affairs |
| Woodrow Wilson | President during World War 1 |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | one of first american ace pilots |
| league of Nations | an international organization formed to prevent wars |
| Treaty of Versailles | ended WW1. Punished the central powers. |
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