| A | B |
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| 1914 - 1918 | when World War I occurred |
| 1917 - 1918 | when the United States became involved in World War I |
| Allies | U.S., France, Great Britain, Russia |
| anti-colonialism | people who did not the U.S. to turn other areas into Colonies |
| anti-imperialism | people who were against the U.S. taking over other lands/areas |
| Archduke Franz (Francis) Joseph | the ruler of Austria-Hungary who was shot in June 1914 & caused the beginning of World War I |
| Austria-Hungary | had an Empire in Eastern & Southeastern Europe - ruled over many different ethnic groups |
| balance of power | several countries/nations - each is equal to the other in strength / also used to refer to Government: 3 branches each is as strong as the other |
| banana republics | slang term used to refer to countries in Latin America - a put down - all they grow is bananas |
| Bolshevik Revolution | Russian Revolution - occurred 1917 |
| Bosnia | a place in Southeastern Europe - site of World War I & 1990s wars |
| Boxer Rebellion | 1899 - 1900 Chinese students tried to get rid of all foreign influence out of China |
| bully pulpit | refers to President Teddy Roosevelt (early 1900s) & how he referred to the Office of the President (he interpreted the office & US Constitution to meet his needs |
| Central Powers | World War I (think "geography" here) Germany, Austria-Hungary & the Ottoman Empire |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Chinese were not allowed in the US - done to protect American interests on the US west coast |
| Cuban Rebellion (1890s) | Spain controlled Cuba - poor people treated harshly by American business interests that owned Sugar Plantations - people wanted US help |
| Dawes Plan of 1924 | tried to help Germany pay back its war debt after World War I - but actually helped to start World War II |
| dollar diplomacy | US goal: maintain stability in other nations by investing in them |
| extraterritoriality | people who commit a crime in a country are sent back to their own country to be tried under their own laws instead of the country they committed the crime in |
| Fourteen Points | President Woodrow Wilson's peace proposal at the end of WWI - he wanted a "League of Nations" for permanent peace |
| Good Neighbor | US under President Teddy Roosevelt - US would help out its neighbors, i.e. Latin American nations |
| Great War | another term for World War I |
| Great White Fleet | another term for the U.S. Navy around 1900 |
| Hawaii | late 1890s - pineapple owners (Dole) & US Marines overthrew this queen - US wanted naval bases in the Pacific |
| industrialists | people who owned large factories |
| jingoism | a song around 1900 - talked of National Pride & Strength |
| June 28, 1914 | the official beginning of World War I |
| Kellog-Briand Pact | issued in 1929 - it outlawed war - said things could be done by "peaceful" means |
| League of Nations | it was a model in the late 1920s for the United Nations - this one failed because not all countries, including the US belonged |
| Lusitania | the Germans sunk this ship & brought the US into World War I |
| WWI | it stands for World War I |
| Manchu Dynasty | the last family to rule China (1644 - 1911) |
| manifest destiny | it was the US right & foretold that it would stretch from ocean to ocean |
| Meiji Restoration | when Japan modernized/westernized/militarized (armed) late 1800s/early 1900s |
| Monroe Doctrine | 1820s - US told Europe hands off Latin America - the U.S. would protect them |
| mustard gas | chemical warfare which killed people in World War I |
| November 11, 1918 | it marked the end of World War I |
| Open Door Policy | established by Secretary Hays - US wanted free trade with all nations, including China & Japan |
| Opium War | 1839 - 1842 Britain defeats China |
| Ottoman Empire | modern day Turkey + most of north Africa & Middle East + part of SE Europe |
| Palace of Versailles | built by King Louis XIV of France - World War I peace treaty was signed in its Hall of Mirrors |
| Panamanian Revolution | US helps people of this country break from Colombia & in return gets to build a canal through it |
| Pearl Harbor | site of a US naval base - a Japanese attack on it in 1941 brought the US into World War II |
