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Chapter 20, 22, 25- Semester Final Flashcards

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Mass media

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Newspapers, magazines, and other methods of communication to a mass audience

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Yellow journalism

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The exaggerated style of newspaper reporting during the late 1800’s

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USS Maine

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A battleship that mysteriously sunk in Havana Harbor, sparking American resentment toward Spain

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Armistice

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A cessation of hostilities (to stop fighting)

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Resolution

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A formal statement by a government about a course of action

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Rough Riders

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A volunteer cavalry regiment recruited by Teddy Roosevelt to fight in Cuba in the Spanish-American War- made up of cowboys and college athletes

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San Juan Hill

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The key battle in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders were given credit for the victory

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Protocol

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A first draft of a treaty to be submitted for ratification

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Anti-Imperialist League

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An organization formed during the Spanish-American War to oppose the establishment if U.S. colonies

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Platt Amendment

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Provisions in the Cuban Constitution added as a condition for the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 1902, allowing the USA to intervene in Cuban affairs and to buy or lease land for naval bases

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Yellow Kid

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Popular cartoon in the New York Journal and World-exaggerated stories

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The Journal

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New York paper published by William Randolph Hearst, first had yellow kid-rival to “The World”

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The World

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New York paper published by Joseph Pulitzer, rival to “The Journal”-copied the yellow kid

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Treaty of Paris

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Ended war-Spanish agreed to…

  1. Independence to Cuba
  2. Ceded Puerto Rico and the Pacific island of Guam to the U.S.
  3. Ceded Philippines to U.S. for $20 million
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Jose Marti

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A Cuban poet and journalist who was exiled because of his revolutionary ideas. Was killed in combat-considered revolutionist and a political martyr

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General Valeriano Weyler

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Forced thousands of Cubans into reconcentration camps-mean and ruthless Spanish general

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Enrique Dupley de Lome

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Spanish Ambassador that sent a letter to President McKinley saying he is weak

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Grover Cleveland

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President who followed strict neutrality

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William Randolph Hearst

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Wealthy American, owner of “New York Journal”-encouraged his reporters to use “yellow journalism”

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William McKinley

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President at the time of the Spanish-American War-called “weak” in De Lome letter

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Reasons for going to war with Spain

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Yellow journalism, sugar investments in Cuba, the de Lome letter, the sinking of the USS Maine, and Spain’s refusal to give Cuba independence were some…

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Sugar War

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Another name for the war used because many American investors had invested in sugar in Cuba and was one of the caused to go to war

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Most American deaths were caused by…

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Malaria and yellow fever

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How long was the Spanish-American War?

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Four months

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Spanish-American War did what to our foreign policy?

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It was the first time we got involved in foreign affairs and set the stage for getting involved in future foreign affairs

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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Lead “reservationists” against signing of the Treaty of Versailles

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Franz Ferdinand

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Archduke of Austria-Hungry who was murdered to spark WWI

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Woodrow Wilson

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American President who came up with the Fourteen Points and started the League of Nations

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

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Attack anything that’s floating, even if it is not a war ship. Germans did this, one of the reasons the US joined the war

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Propaganda

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Info or rumors spread to promote a set of ideas

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Central Powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

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Allied Powers

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Great Britain, France, Russia, and later the US

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Gavrilo Princip

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Assassinated Franz Ferdinand

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What were the MAIN causes of WWI?

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Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

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Stalemate

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The act of being in a deadlock or to have no advantage-no one is winning

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U-boat

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German submarine

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RMS Lusitania

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Unarmed British passenger ship that was sunk by German u-boat and caused USA to join war

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Sussex Pledge

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German promise during WWI to give warnings ahead if time about submarine attacks and spare lives and crew

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Preparedness Movement

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Led by President Teddy Roosevelt calling for the US government to train and be ready for war

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Zimmerman Note

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Telegram from Germany foreign minister Arthur Zimmerman to Mexico-said to attack USA to keep us out of the war and when Germany won the war in Europe, they would come help defeat us (angered Americans)

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Arthur Zimmerman

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Foreign minister of Germany who sent the Zimmerman Note

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Neutrality

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Not taking either side of a conflict

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Fourteen Points

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Wilson’s “blueprint for peace”

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Weapons of WWI…

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Trench warfare, tanks, long range artillery, planes, automatic weapons-machine guns
*due to these weapons WWI had most deaths and casualties of it’s time

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League of Nations

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World wide organization created after WWI to achieve peace and security

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Big Four

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Leaders of the largest Allied nations which were the USA, Great Britain, France, and Italy

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Reservationists

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Republican senators who said “maybe if changes were made” to the treaty

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Irreconcilables

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Republican senators who said “absolutely not” to the treaty

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Internationalists

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Democratic senators that said “yes!” to the treaty

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Partisanship

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Rivalry between political parties based on political principles

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Reparations

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Payment demanded of the winner of the war to be payed by the loser

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Trench warfare

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The war strategy of hiding in trenches-caused WWI to last longer

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War guilt clause

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Clause added to the Treaty of Versailles to make Germany accept blame for starting the war and pay war damages

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Treaty of Versailles

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Peace treaty ending WWI and blaming Germany

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Imperialism

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Empire building-expanding your boundaries worldwide

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Theodore Roosevelt

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US president who was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Spanish-American War and helped from the Rough Riders-started “preparedness movement”

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