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Unit Seven AP US
Mrs. Grieve's Unit Seven APUSH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| imperialism | the building of empires by taking over – either politically OR economically – foreign lands |
| Alfred Mahan | theorist who claimed US needed strong navy to become a world power in a book called The Influence of Sea Power upon History |
| Great White Fleet | group of American battleships that sailed around the world in 1907-1909 to display American naval power |
| Theodore Roosevelt | President from 1901 to 1909 |
| Anti-imperialist League | group that opposed American expansionism because it was against American values of liberty, self-government, and equality |
| jingoism | intense nationalism that called for aggressive foreign policy |
| yellow journalism | term for when sensationalist papers printed exaggerations in order to increase paper’s circulation |
| Maine | US battleship sunk in Havana Harbor; let to calls for war with Spain |
| Teller Amendment | amendment to Congress’ war declaration on Spain that called for Cuban independence |
| San Juan Hill | major land battle in Spanish-American War; led by future President Teddy Roosevelt |
| Santiago Bay | place where US fleet destroyed Spanish fleet in Spanish-American War |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino guerrilla who led revolt against US occupation forces in the Philippines for 3 years |
| Platt Amendment | amendment to Cuban constitution that effectively made Cuba a US controlled territory |
| Foraker Act | act that created Puerto Rico’s government structure and gave it non-voting representation in Congress |
| Queen Liliuokalani | last monarch of Hawaii; overthrown by US settlers in 1893 |
| Open Door Policy | Secretary of State John Hay’s policy of telling Europeans that all nations would have EQUAL trading rights with China; started US involvement in China |
| Big Stick Diplomacy | nickname for Teddy Roosevelt’s aggressive foreign policy |
| Hay-Pauncefote Treaty | treaty that removed Britain from any involvement in the building of a canal in Panama |
| Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty | treaty that granted US a canal zone in Panama |
| Roosevelt Corollary | statement by Teddy Roosevelt that said only US would intervene in Latin American affairs |
| Dollar Diplomacy | Taft’s foreign policy of promoting stability abroad and US interests/power by supporting trade |
| “Moral” Diplomacy | Wilson’s foreign policy that showed he opposed imperialism and aggressive tactics of McKinley, TR and Taft (Republicans) |
| Lusitania | British passenger ship sunk by German navy in 1915 with 128 Americans on board |
| Zimmerman Telegram | German proposal to Mexico that asked Mexicans to declare war on the US so as to occupy American troops that might be used in Europe |
| War Industries Board | wartime government agency that set production goals and set prices |
| Food Administration | wartime government agency led by Herbert Hoover that tripled US exports to Europe |
| Fuel Administration | wartime government agency that implemented daylight savings time |
| Liberty Bonds | government bonds that helped fund the US war effort |
| Committee on Public Information | wartime government agency that promoted the war effort through pamphlets, posters. ads, celebrities, and “Four Minute Men” |
| Sedition Act | outlawed “disloyal” or “abusive” comments about US government during World War I |
| Schenck v. United States | Supreme Court ruling that said free speech could be limited when it caused “clear and present danger” to public safety; upheld the Sedition Act |
| John Perhing | commander of US forces in Europe during World War I; insisted on independence of US Army during war |
| war guilt clause | the Treaty of Versailles contained this war guilt clause forcing Germany to admit sole responsibility for starting World War I |
| Fourteen Points | Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace after World War I; outlined various territorial solutions and goals for the postwar world |
| national self-determination | idea that national groups should have their own countries |
| reparations | money payments for wrong-doing |
| “irreconcilables” | isolationist US Senators who disapproved of any US involvement in foreign affairs after World War I |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | leading “reservationist” senator who wanted to modify the Treaty of Versailles before the Senate would approve it |
| League of Nations | an association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace |
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