| A | B |
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| isolationist | a person or country that wants to stay out of the political affairs of other countries |
| protectorate | a country that is partly controlled and protected by a more powerful country |
| annex | to add or take possession of a smaller country |
| Seward's Folly | the purchase of Alaska from Russia |
| Open Door Policy | all countries should be free to trade with China |
| Queen Liliuokalani | person who ruled Hawaii from 1891-1893 |
| Boxer Rebellion | when in 1900 an organization tried to get rid of foreigners |
| Great White Fleet | 16 battleships that Teddy Roosevelt sent on a world tour |
| yellow journalism | publishing of exaggerated or made-up news stories to influence readers' ideas |
| imperialism | policy of one nation gaining control over other lands and using them to build empires |
| U.S. battleship called the Maine | exploded in Havana Harbor with 260 American sailors killed |
| April 25, 1898 | U.S. declared war on Spain. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | leader of army unit called the Rough Riders and hero of Spanish-American War |
| Guantanomo Bay | home of large U.S. naval base in Cuba |
| Jones Act of 1917 | made Puerto Rico a U.S. territory |
| Jose Marti | famous fighter in Cuba's battle for freedom against Spain |
| foreign policy | the way a country deals with other countries |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land that connects two larger-sized lands |
| corrollary | an addition to a document |
| "Speak softely and carry a big stick." | Use the threat of force to carry out foreign policy. |
| Panama Canal | 9-year construction project that created shortest water route between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Roosevelt Corollary | only the U.S. had the right to act or settle problems in countries in the Western Hemisphere |
| arms race | contest to build weapons and military power |
| terrorist | person who uses violence for a political cause |
| stalemate | situation in which neither side wins or loses |
| 1914 | World War I began in Europe when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed by a Serbian. |
| Central Powers in WWI | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire |
| Allies in WWI | Great Britain, France, Russia, U.S. |
| Western Front | long line of battle on the borders of France and Belgium |
| trenches | ditches 6-8 feet wide and 5 feet deep in ground |
| machine guns, tanks, poison gas, submarines, airplanes | new weapons used in WWI |
| Woodrow Wilson | U.S. President who tried to keep U.S. out of WWI |
| propaganda | spreading of ideas, information, and beliefs to help or hurt a cause |
| ambassador | person sent to another country to speak for the government of his/her country |
| Lusitania | British ship sunk by a German submarine in 1915 |
| Zimmerman Telegram (1917) | message sent to German ambassador in Mexico to try to enlist Mexico's help in WWI |
| April 1917 | President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany and Central Powers. |
| victory garden | how citizens in the U.S. raised their own food during WWI |
| bond | a paper document that is sold to raise money for a government or business |
| Selective Service Act | draft law that required young men to join the armed forces |
| communism | an economic system in which government owns all property and businesses |
| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
| November 1917 | Communists took power away from the tsar (powerful leader) in Russia, and Russia stopped supporting Allies. |
| Belleau Wood and Argonne Forest | 2 important battles Americans fought in France that helped end WWI |
| Nov. 11, 1918 | Allies and Central Powers signed an agreement to end WWI. |
| The Fourteen Points | President Wilson's plan for peace, which included League of Nations (but U.S. never became a member) |
| June 1919 | U.S., Italy, Great Britain, and France signed Treaty of Versailles |
| League of Nations | a place Pres. Wilson wanted where countries could meet to solve problems without fighting |
