| A | B |
|---|
| Armistice | truce |
| Dollar diplomacy | US policy of using economic influence over other countries |
| Great Migration | movement of African-Americans north during WWI |
| Imperialism | policy of extending a nation's authority over others |
| League of Nations | association of nations to promote peace and cooperation |
| Militarism | aggressive building up of armed forces |
| Platt Amendment | part of Cuban constitution; gave US right to intervene |
| Protectorate | country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger country |
| Reparations | war debts paid by loser in a war |
| Roosevelt Corollary | US claimed right to protects its economic interests in western hemisphere |
| Rough Riders | volunteer regiment in Spanish-American War |
| Treaty of Paris | ended Spanish-American War |
| Trench warfare | fighting from system of fortified ditches |
| Yellow journalism | use of sensationalized reporting to gain readers |
| USS Maine | US ship that exploded in Havana harbor |
| Lusitania | British ship destroyed by German U-boat |
| U-boats | German submarines |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | heir to Austria-Hungarian throne; killed in 1914 |
| Alfred T. Mahan | US admiral; urged US to build stronger navy |
| Jose Marti | Cuban revolutionary |
| Open Door policy | Western powers shared control of China |
| Zimmerman telegram | message to German minister on Mexico urging Mexico to ally with Germany |
| Allied Powers | Britain, France, Russia |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary |
| doughboys | nickname for US soldiers in WWI |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | Republica Senator; opposed Treaty of Versailles |
| Treaty of Versailles | ended WWI |
