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| Cuba | This nation gained its independence in the Spanish-American-Cuban War |
| USS Maine | soon after it was destroyed, the US declared war on Spain |
| Rough Riders | this volunteer calvary unit fought in a famous land battle in Cuba |
| William McKinley | He asked Congress to declare war on Spain |
| de Lome letter | it criticized the American president, causing American public opinion to turn against Spain |
| Valeriano Weyler | this general forced CUbans to relocate to concentration camps, where thousands of them died |
| Philippine islands | after the war, the US paid $20 million dollars to Spain for the annexation of this nation |
| battle of San Juan Hill | Theodore Roosevelt was declared the hero of this, even though he and his units played only a minor role in its capture |
| China | in which nation did the Boxer rebellion take place? |
| Phillippine islands | for which nation's independence did Emilio Aguinaldo fight? |
| China | which nation was the focus of John Hay's "Open Door notes"? |
| Theodore Roosevelt | the Panama Canal was built during his presidency |
| John J. Pershing | he led American forces into Mexico in pursuit of a Mexican revolutionary leader |
| Pancho Villa | American troops were sent into Mexico to try and capture this Mexican revolutionary leader |
| dollar diplomacy | also known as "big stick" diplomacy, this official American policy stated that disorder in Latin America could force the US to send its military into Latin American nations to protect American economic interests |
| William Randolph Hearst | he told artist Frederic Remington, "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war" |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | his assassination sparked WWI |
| Lusitania | this British liner was sunk by a German U-Boat |
| pacifists | opposed WWI because theyperceive all wars as evil |
| Allies | in 1914, this alliance consisted of France, Great Britain, and Russia |
| Central Powers | in 1914, this alliance consisted of Germany, Austria Hugary, and the Ottoman Empire |
| Zimmerman Note | this suggestion of an alliance between Mexico and Germany deeply angered the American people |
| militarism | this long-term cause of the war led to anaval arms race between nations in Europe and the US |
| imperialism | this long-term cause of the war--involving a contest for colonies--was closely linked with industrialization |
| trench warfare | in the Battle of the Somme, this resulted in the exchange of 1.2 million casusalties for seven miles of territory |
| nationalism | this long-term cause of the war encouraged competitiveness between nations and encouraged various ethnig groups to attempt to create nations of their own |
| convoy system | this American idea defeated the German U-boat campaign |
| conscientious objector | this term describes a person who opposes war on moral grounds |
| mechanized warfare | this began with the introduction of the tank and the airplane as weapons |
| convoy system | this involved merchant vessels traveling in large groups with naval ships acting as guards |
| Selective Service Act | when the US entered the war, it lacked a powrful army. This solved that problem |
| Selective Service Act | although American women servved in the navy, marines, and Army Corps of Nurses, they were not subject to this |
| Treaty of Versailles | it was rejected by the Senate |
| Fourteen Points | they called for the creation of a League of Nations |
| Treaty of Versailles | it called on Germany to demilitarize, pay war reparations, and return territory to France |
| Fourteen Points | they included a war-guilt clause, forcing Germany alone to accept blame for WWI |
| Treaty of Versailles | it was written by the leaders of the "Big Four" without any input from leaders of the smaller Allied powers or the defeated nations |
| "Big Four" | United States, Britain, France, Russia at Versailles |
| Fourteen Points | they expressed the belief that colonial policies should consider the interests of colonized people as well as those of imperialist powers |
| Bosnia | the event that triggered WWI was an assassination that occurred here |
| U-boats | German submarines |
| France | where was the Western Front located? |
| Western Front | European battlefields located in France were collectively known as this |
| Serbia | Austria-Hungary blamed this country for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for this |
| Russia | suffered the most casualties of any country in WWI |
| Germany | the "Zimmerman Note" suggested an alliance between Mexico and this country |
| Mexico | the "Zimmerman Note" suggested an alliance between Germany and this country |
| Woodrow Wilson | president during WWI |
| Alfred T. Mahan | published a book urging the US to develop a modern navy |
| Queen Liliuokalani | Hawaii's last monarch |
| Rough Riders | famous volunteer calvary unit that fought in the Battle of San Juan Hill |
| San Juan Hill | the Rough Riders fought in this famous battle |
| Theodore Roosevelt | leader of the Rough Riders |
| Rough Riders | Theodore Roosevelt was their leader |
| William McKinley | he was described as "weak" by the de Lome letter |
| Theodore Roosevelt | his foreign policy was known as "big stick" diplomacy |
| Theodore Roosevelt | his diplomatic style was based on the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick" |
| yellow journalism | name for sensational and foten irresponsible news headlines and stories, used to increase readership |
| "no man's land" | the space between trenches in trench warfare |
