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Unit 6 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | a policy of extending a country's power through diplomacy or force |
| Spanish-American War | fought between Spain and US; Spain granted Cuba independence and ceded the islands of Guam and Puerto Rico to the US; Philippines given to US for $20 million |
| Yellow press | US press exaggerating facts about conditions in Cuba to turn people against Spain |
| Maine battleship | American battleship sunk off the coast of Cuba; killed 250 Americans; became rallying cry for war with Spain |
| "The Rough Riders" | US Army group led by Theodore Roosevelt during Spanish-American War; helped lead a small, untrained army to victory in Cuba |
| Philippine-American War | USA defeats guerrilla forces and Philippines become American territory from 1902-1946 when Filipino independence occurs |
| Panama Canal | Connected the Atlantic to the Pacific; shortened the travel time by ship between the East and West coast of the U.S.; building was begun by President Teddy Roosevelt |
| President Theodore Roosevelt | 26th US president; Republican; imperialist who practiced Big Stick Diplomacy and added the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine; established national parks; progressive reformer (Pure Food & Drug Act) against big business |
| Roosevelt Corollary | addition to Monroe Doctrine: Europeans not welcome in Western Hemisphere & US will intervene in Latin American countries to prevent takeover; angered Latin Americans who did not think they needed protection |
| "Big Stick Diplomacy" | “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” Negotiate then use military force in necessary. |
| World War I | aka The Great War |
| Neutrality | refusal to choose sides on a conflict; stance US took at the outbreak of World War I in Europe |
| President Woodrow Wilson | 28th US President; Democrat; president during World War I & peace negotiations after; centralized American economy & increased government's wartime powers |
| Allies (World War I) | alliance between France, Russia, Great Britain, & eventually US in WWI |
| Unrestricted submarine warfare | form of fighting practiced by Germany; expanded submarine attacks from strictly Allied warships to also include any commercial ships belonging to belligerent (fighting) and neutral (not fighting) nations. |
| Lusitania | British cruise liner with 128 Americans aboard sunken by a German u-boat |
| Zimmerman telegram | telegram sent from Germany to Mexico encouraging Mexico to attack US & regain territory lost in Mexican-American War; intercepted; one of the reasons for US entry into World War I |
| Liberty Bonds | loans to the government from American people used to finance World War I; accounted for 2/3 of war funds |
| Espionage Act | Made it a crime to communicate any information that would interfere with U.S. military operations or aid its enemies. |
| Eugene Debs | Socialist Presidential candidate that was arrested on June 30, 1918 for making a series of speeches against the war urging American men not to fight |
| Great Migration | more than 1 million African Americans moved from the South to Northern cities, where they could find jobs in manufacturing |
| Fourteen Points | Wilson’s design to create lasting peace in the world; guiding point for negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles |
| League of Nations | An international peacekeeping organization proposed by Wilson and established after World War I; the US never joined |
| Treaty of Versailles | ended World War I; never approved by the US |
| Isolationism | The practice of keeping your nation separate from international relationships (alliances, etc.); reason US didn't join League of Nations |
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