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APUSH Chapter 21
Term | Definition |
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fourteen points | principles for a new world order proposed in 1919 by president wilson as a basis for peace negotiations |
open door policy | a policy proposed where all nations would have equal opportunities to trade with china |
panama canal | a canal connecting trade between the atlantic and pacific ocean |
remember the maine | a phrase remembering people of the USS maine a us battleship that exploded leading to the spanish -american war |
committee on public information | a organization set up by president wilson during WWI to increase support for America's participation in the war |
zimmerman telegram | a secret message sent by Germany to Mexico during WWI proposing military alliance against the US |
league of nations | an internation organization created after world war one to promote peace and cooperation against nations |
sedition act of 1918 | wartime law that prohibited any words or behavior that might promote resistance to the US |
roosevelt corollary | created the rights of the united states to inferfere in latin american affairs to maintain stability and protect american interests |
treaty of versailles | an agreement signed after world war I that redrew boundaries, reduced military forces, and required reparations. |