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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |