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Question | Answer |
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imperialism | greatening a country's power thru colonization, military powers or other means |
armstice | truce between two nations |
reparations | making amends for the wrong somebody has done through payment of money |
convoy | a group of vehicles or ships travelling together |
protectorate | state controlled by a different country or state |
nationalism | identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, |
guerilla | small group fighitng irregueraly |
yellow journalism | exxagerated stories that are biased |
propaaganda | biased news turn in ones favor |
jingoism | aggresive nationalism |
open door policy | policy that allowed any country to trade with china |
sphere of inluence | country that can affect development in a different country although it has no official authority |
dollar diplomacy | finance used to influence government (bribery) |
pan-americanism | idea that us and latin america should work together |
militarism | nation focuses on military for more power |
autonomy | right or condition of self government |
why did the us build up it's navy in thw 1880 | didnt want to be closed out of markets and more power overseas |
treaty of kanagawa | gave us rights to trade at 2 japanese ports |
why did the us annex hawaii in 1898 | so they could get trade routes and ports to asia |
what did the us do to support sugar cane trade in cuba | made plot ammendment, let usa intervene in all of cuba's affairs |
what happened to the uss maine | it got blown up reason is still unknown |
who were the rough riders and who was their leader | group who fought the spanish leader was roosevelt |
what was the platt amendment | protected peoples rights in cuba |
foraker act | president was allowed to choose puerto ricos president |
what was the boxer rebellion | rebellion in china because they didnt like foreigners in the country |
who was william gorgas and how his eforts lead to the completion of panama cnal | he was a doctor who helped cure disease in panama |
what was roosevelt coroliary | addition to monroe doctrine saying it will help latin american countries when they need it |
what was moral diplomacy or white mans burden | belief that stronger country's have to help third world countries |
who was gavrilo princip | someone who assasinated franz ferdinand |
who was franz ferdinand | emperor of austria |
who were the members of the triple alliance | germany, austria-hungary, italy |
who were the members of the triple entete | great britain france and russia |
why was germany jealous of england and france as war broke out | they had more powerful navy |
who was qeen victoria | she was the queen of england s |
how did tech outpace battlefield tactics at the beginning of ww1 | there were machine guns and grenades that changed fighting style |
what is a battle of attrition | battle where you graduallty wear down opp by small moves |
how did the us react to ww1 | claimed neutrality |
what was wilsons policy of strict neutrality | wanted us to stay out of conflict |
what was a u boat | german submarine |
what was the lusitania | uk ship that was blown up by the germans |
what was the sussex pledge | promised a change in germans naval policy, passenger ships wont be targeted, merchant shps would not be sunk |
he kept us out of war | wilsons campaign slogan |
zimmerman telegram | offered mexico germans help retaking american southwest lost in the mexican war |
what year did congress delcare war in ww1 | april 1917 |
who were doughboys | American infantrymen in ww1 |
what were the effects of the treaty of Versailles | it forced Germany's economy to go down and they got a bad reputation and their territories in Africa was freed and they lost territory |