Chapter 18 and 19 (Terms)

Question 1

Imperialism

Answer 1

desire to rule, dominate or control another nation for your nation’s benefits

Question 2

Yellow Journalism

Answer 2

exaggerated newspaper publishing

Question 3

Annex

Answer 3

to take over

Question 4

Re-concentration camps

Answer 4

prisons for Cuban Freedom fighters established by Spain by Weyler.

Question 5

Maine

Answer 5

US battle ship that sunk in Havana harbor leading to the Spanish-American War

Question 6

Teller Amendment

Answer 6

Amendment promising Cuban freedom after the Spanish-American War (Never happened)

Question 7

“You may fire when ready Gridley”

Answer 7

Dewey’s quote

Question 8

Battle of San Juan Hill

Answer 8

most famous battle in Cuba. Teddy Roosevelt’s roughriders become famous here.

Question 9

“Remember the Maine”

Answer 9

Battle cry for the Spanish American War

Question 10

DeLome Letter

Answer 10

letter sent by Spanish foreign minister calling McKinley weak. Printed in the papers

Question 11

Platt Amendment

Answer 11

document overruling Teller amendment. Said US got Guantanamo Base in Cuba and said US could send troops to Cuba to establish order any time.

Question 12

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 12

1900 Anti Foreign Movement in China put down by military forces of US, Britain, Russia, France and Germany

Question 13

Open Door Policy

Answer 13

US policy to establish free trade for all nations in China

Question 14

Spheres of influence

Answer 14

Chinese coastlines controlled by European powers before the open door policy

Question 15

“speak softly but carry a big stick”

Answer 15

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous foreign policy quote

Question 16

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 16

US policy to exclude Europeans from involvement in Latin America

Question 17

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 17

US policy that says US can send troops to any Latin American nation to help establish order.

Question 18

Roughriders

Answer 18

Teddy Roosevelt’s all volunteer cavalry unit during the Spanish-American War

Question 19

Lusitania

Answer 19

British passenger sunk by German U-boats in 1915. Carried munitions in the hull.

Question 20

“make the world safer for democracy”

Answer 20

Wilson’s Slogan as the US entered WW1

Question 21

Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 21

Secret note from Germany to Mexico promising support if they would attack the US

Question 22

Central Powers

Answer 22

term for Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria during WW1

Question 23

Allies

Answer 23

Term for British, France, Russia, Italy and US during WW1 (beside the ‘good guys’

Question 24

U-boats

Answer 24

name for German submarines

Question 25

Sussex Pledge

Answer 25

promise Germans made to stop unrestricted submarine warfare.

Question 26

Espionage Act and Sedition Act

Answer 26

Laws restricting US citizen’s rights (especially freedom of speech) to help the war effort.

Question 27

American Expeditionary Force

Answer 27

Fancy name for the US military forces in Europe during WW1

Question 28

Reparations

Answer 28

term for payments Germany was forced to make under the Versailles treaty ($33 billion)

Question 29

Territorial integrity

Answer 29

concept that borders should be determined by ethnicity

Question 30

Self-determination

Answer 30

nation that people of the nation should decide their leaders and their form of government

Question 31

Fourteen points

Answer 31

Wilson’s ideas to create world peace. The last point was the League of Nations.

Question 32

Versailles Treaty

Answer 32

: Treaty ending WW1. Its harshness helped to cause WW2

Question 33

Convoy

Answer 33

Group of US ships crossing the Atlantic together “strength in numbers”