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topic 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Annexation | Bringing an area under the control of a larger country. |
| Armistice | An agreement to stop fighting; WWI November 11, 1918 |
| Boxer Rebellion | An attack by members of the Righteous Order of Fists in China against foreigners, killing more than 200. |
| Foraker Act | Setup a government in Puerto Rico, giving Puerto Ricans a limited say in their own affairs |
| Fourteen Points | Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after WWI, which included the creation of the League of Nations |
| Great White Fleet | Nickname for the large, steam-powered ships of the U.S. Navy |
| Imperialism | The policy by which a powerful country takes control of the eco- nomic and political affairs of a weaker country or region; this foreign policy was especially followed from 1870 to 1914 |
| Isolation | A foreign policy of having little to do with foreign nations - Americans thought this was the best policy in the 1800s and after WWI |
| League of Nations | International organization formed after WWI as part of the Treaty of Versailles to promote world peace. The US Senate refused to allow the US to join |
| Militarism | Building up the military forces to prepare for war - one cause of WW1 |
| Nationalism | Pride in one's nation; many small groups in Europe felt this - was one cause of WWI |
| Open Door Policy | Policy toward China that allowed a nation to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence |
| Outcome of the Treaty of Versailles | 1. Germany takes full blame for the war; 2. Germany had to disarm completely; 3. Germany had to pay huge reparations; 4. Germany lost its colonies |
| Platt Amendment | Amendment to Cuba's constitution that limited Cuba's freedom and allowed the U.S. to intervene in Cuban affairs |
| Propaganda | The spreading of ideas or beliefs that help a particular cause and hurt an opposing cause by using half truths using famous people |
| Reparations | Payment by the losing country in a war to the winner for the damages caused by the war |
| Roosevelt Corollary | Expansion of the Monroe Doctrine by Theodore Roosevelt that claimed America had the right to interfere in Latin America to preserve law & independence |
| Self Determination | The right of national groups to own their own territories and have their own forms of government without interference & control by stronger nations |
| Socialist | A person who believes that industry should be publicly owned by the government than by private individuals |
| Spanish-American War | 4 months in 1898; US became a colonial power and gained territories such as Puerto Rico and the Philippines |
| Trench warfare | The type of fighting in WWI in which both sides dug trenches, which were protected by mines and barbed wire - "no man's land" was in the middle |
| US Foreign Policy after WWI | Senate voted not to accept the Versailles Treaty; 2. US not in the League of Nations; 3. Many Americans feared communism; 4. wanted to remain isolationist |
| Use of Submarines and Airplanes in WWI | These weapons were new and the technology was tested, per- fected, and deadly |
| USS Maine | American warship that exploded in Havana, Cuba and was used by American newspapers to create support for war with Spain |
| Yellow Journalism | sensational style of reporting that began in the late 1800s by Pulitzer and Hearst. |
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