| A | B |
|---|
| imperialists | believed that there were several reasons for a desire to gain new territories and peoples |
| rough riders | volunteer force that fought in Cuba |
| uboats | small submarines named after the German word unterserboot, meaning "undersea boat" |
| Meiji restoration | the period in Japan when the emporer was reinstated |
| Open Door Policy | Hay promoted an agreement with the nations of Great Britain, Japan, France, Germany Russia and Italy that kept China open trade with all nations |
| Lusitania | British ship sunk by a German U boat in 1915 |
| Charter Oath of 1868 | Japanese Emporer promised social, educational, and cultural reforms for Japan |
| Panama Canal | easy access for the U.S. to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for commerce and trade |
| Zimmerman Telegraph | an intercepted telegram from Germany to Mexico asking Mexico to go to war with US so Germany could conquer Europe |
| Russo-=Japanese War | Japan went to war against Russia in 1904 |
| Roosevelt's Corollary | US has the right to intervene if a nation in the Western Hemisphere had trouble paying back its foreign creditors...only intervene to prevent Europen powers from colnizing the newly freed nations. |
| Espionage Act | an act of Congress passed in 1917 jailed anyone that wrote spoke against the war |
| Treaty of Nanjing | China had to give up Hong Kon to the British |
| missionary diplomacy | US had the moral obligation to ensure that democractic governments would be fostered in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| conscientious objector | people opposed to war |
| Taiping Rebellion | took place in 1851 and started Modern China |
| nationalism | loyalty to the interests and culture of one's country |
| Treaty of Versailles | ended WWI |
| Boxer Rebellion | Anti-British sentiment resulted in a bloody rebellion in Chian in which thousands of Chinese boxers roamed the countryside removing the inifidels from China |
| Social Darwinism | only the strongest people will rule |
| war reparations | costs for causing war must pay winning Nations |
| Sun Yat-Sen | doctor who lived for some time in US, returned to China and was elected provisional President of the Republic of china |
| Triple Alliance | European powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy formed a secreet agreeement of mutual protection--if 1 was attacked they would all fight |
| global depression | economic collapse due to WWI distrubances |
| Alfred Mahan | wrote powerful book "Influence of the Sea" |
| Triple Entente | Great Britain, France, and Russia joined together when they heard about the Triple Alliance |
| League of Nations | created by Treaty of Versaille all nations together |
| Josiah Strong | author of the book "Our Country It's Possible Future and Present Crisis" |
| Archduke Ferdinand | heir to Austria-Hungary throne who was shot by Serbain..led to WWI |
| isolationism | national policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with other countries |
| yellow journalism | sensational writing was no the truth |
| trench warfare | soldiers dig trenches and fight from there |
