| A | B |
|---|
| Imperialism | when larger nations attempt to control weaker nations |
| Nationalism | devotion or love of ones country |
| annex | join a new country to existing country |
| Countries who practiced imperialism before the U.S | Russia, Germany, Great Britain, and France |
| Yellow journalism | sensationalism in newspaper |
| The Maine | ship that was sunk off the shore of Cuba to start the Spanish American War |
| Rough Riders | led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War |
| Territories given to the U.S. to after the Spanish American War | Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam |
| Hawaii | annexed by the U.S. to have access to China's millions of counsumers |
| Panama Canal | built to allow trade and naval ships to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Roosevelt Corollary | expansion of the Monroe Doctrine that allowed the U.S. to protect neighboring countries of interest |
| Dollar diplomacy | increasing American investments in foreign countries to stabilize their economies |
| Great White Fleet | Roosevelt sent naval ships around the world to show America's naval power |
| Militarism | build up of a nations military forces |
| Major causes for WWI | imperialism, militarism, nationalism, alliances |
| Central powers | Germany and Austria-Hungry |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, France, Russia, and U.S. |
| Stalemate | a situation where neither side is advancing |
| Modern warfare | machine guns, hand grenades, mustard gas, and tanks |
| Neutrality | Americans response at the beginning of WWI |
| U-boat | submarine |
| Zimmerman note | Germany's attempt to gain alliance with Mexico in return Mexico would give them land |
| Lusitania | passenger ship that was sunk by German unrestrictive submarine warfare |
| Selective service act | authorizes a draft of young men to fight in a war |
| Trench warfare | military strategy used during WWI |
| Reasons U.S. entered WWI | Germany's unrestrictive submarine warfare, Zimmerman note, Russian revolution |
| Genocide | organized killing of entire groups of people |
| Liberty bonds | special bonds that supported the allied cause |
| Daylight savings time | started during WWI to save fuel,in summer we turn clocks ahead one hour |
| Fourteen points | Woodrow Wilson's program for promoting peace |
| Treaty of Versailles | ended WWI, made Germany pay for damage and reduced army |
| Reparations | payment for economic injury suffered during war |
| League of Nations | organization which countries would join together to promote security and safety for all |
| the country possessed one of the world's strongest navies in the early 1900's | Great Britian |
| this country was forced to disarm after WWI was over | Germany |
| Country was force to leave the war due to a revolution within it's own country | Russia |
| Most of the fighting was on the western front | France |
| This country was responsible for declairng war and starting WWI | Austria-Hungry |
