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