A | B |
U.S.S. MAINE | Sunk in Havana Harbor, Spanish wrongly blamed |
YELLOW JOURNALISM | Exaggerated news reports |
PHILIPINES, GUAM, PUERTO RICO | Possessions gained by the U.S. in Spanish American War |
U.S. EMERGES AS A WORLD POWER | A result of the Spanish American War |
CUBA (and the Philippines) | Where Spanish American War was fought |
CUBAN REBELS | Wanted independence from Spain |
WWI ALLIES | Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium |
CENTRAL POWERS | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) |
LEAGUE OF NATIONS | A peace-keeping organization proposed by Woodrow Wilson |
LUSITANIA | Sunk by German sub - Led to US joining war in Europe |
REASONS FOR US INVOLVEMENT IN WWI | Couldn't remain neutral; German sub warfare; ties to Great Britain |
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON | Prepared peace plan after WWI calling for League of Nations |
1898 | Year Spanish American war was fought |
1914 | The year WWI breaks out in Europe after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand |
1917 | The year the U.S. enters WWI |
1919 | The year WWI ends with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles |