Chapter 27: 5-10 Flashcards
Roosevelt called for the United States
To build a canal to join the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
President Roosevelt wanted to
Make the United States, a world power
Nationalism
Devotion to a national or ethnic identity
Militarism
Policy of glorifying, military power, ideas, and values
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Got shot by a Siberian nationalist, who jumped out of a crowd and shot him and his wife
Who is in charge of the war during World War I?
Wilder Wilson
Trenches
Two parallel lines of ditches, where soldiers would eat sleep, and live. They would try to shoot from the other side in the land in between was called no man’s land, because whoever would go, there would die right away. 
Who invented poisonous gas
Germany
Most trade was by
Sea
U-boats
Underwater boats that the German navy used to try to blockade Great Britain
Lusitania
A ship the Germany bombed
Pacifist
People who oppose war for political, moral, or religious reasons
isolationist
People who believe that the US should only fight to defend themselves
Sedition act
Made it a crime to say anything that was disloyal about the government
First five points
Avoid secret, treaties, to practice their trade, and to reduce their weapon supplies
Points 16 through 13
Described New boundaries for many European countries
Point 14
Called for nations to join a general association of countries to protect each other’s independence also known as the league of Nations
Who is the secretary of skate that arranged for the US to purchase Alaska from Russia
Seward
In addition to arranging the purchase of Alaska, Seward also secured the rights to the
Midway Islands
The deal to purchase Alaska from Russia
Seaword folly
Derive
To get from
Why did some people believe that expansionism was against American ideals and values?
Some people thought it would call revolutions aboard, and nobody would learn American values, and it was contrary to American values
Under the pressure from the planters, the Hawaiians agreed in 1887 to let the United States establish an novel based at______ on the island of Oahu
Pearl Harbor
Which president refused to support the annexation of Hawaii
Grover Cleveland