clios notes end sem1 Flashcards
father of cuban independence, also poet
Jose Marti
us naval ship that was sunk in havana harbor 1898
uss maine
president in 1895 who wanted to avoid war with cuba
william mckinley
style of newspaper writing that prioritized sensationalism over facts (in this case, fed spanish atrocities to us public)
yellow press
businessman and writer who owned the largest newspaper chain
william randolph hearst
newspaper writer who was later a us rep for NY
joseph pulitzer
assistant secretary of the navy during spanish american war and later president. organized rough riders
teddy roosevelt
only admiral of the navy in us history, prepped army in philippines
admiral george dewey
nickname for the regiment that led the spanish american war. won the battle of san juan hill
rough riders
major battle of spanish american war that was led by the rough riders
battle of san juan hill
now an independent country, used to be spanish territory
cuba
a small us island territory that used to be run by spain
puerto rico
an asian country that used to be run by spain, then the us
the philippines
a nickname for the spanish american war given by secretary of state john hay
a splendid little war
an amendment passed after the war that allowed the us to intervene in cuban stuff, and to lease land for bases
platt amendment
an amendment that gave cuba independence. part of the declaration of war
teller amendment
a part of cuba occupying a naval base through the platt amendment
guantanamo bay
he said that filipinos were unfit to self-rule
president mckinley
he led an independence movement in the philippines
emilio aginaldo
someone advocating for or implementing social reform
progressive
argued for “big stick” foreign policy after mckinley
theodore roosevelt
a foreign policy that calls for a more powerful american military. called by theodore roosevelt
big stick
he argued for dollar diplomacy
william howard taft
a foreign policy that put american economy first. called by william howard taft
dollar diplomacy
he argued for moral diplomacy
woodrow wilson
a policy where american ideals/morals were highest priority. called by woodrow wilson
moral diplomacy
a policy called by america for china. called for the end of exclusive trade agreements that europeans set up in china
open door
chinese who rose up through violence against foreigners
boxers
the last queen/monarch of the hawaii kingdom (overthrown in 1853)
queen lilikualani
an extended sequence of armed conflicts to overthrow the government. after this event, woodrow wilson tried to install a democratic government into mexico
mexican revolution
a general in the mexican revolution, also led rebels into new mexico
pancho villa
previously ran by columbia, they revolted to build a canal w/ roosevelt
panama
an artificial waterway to allow boats or irrigation
canal
an extension of the monroe doctrine warning european powers to stay out of latin america and the hemisphere as a whole
roosevelt corollary
declared by wilson in wwi to stay out of european conflict
neutrality
a british ocean liner that was sunk in wwi as a warning to america
lusitania
a message intercepted by america that revealed a british offer of alliance to mexico
zimmerman telegram
this was passed by congress in 1917
declaration of war
a major part of the last allied offensive in wwi. occurred in france
meuse-argonne
one of the first offensive actions of the american military in wwi
chatteau-thierry
led the ‘dough boys’ in defeating german forces w/ britain and france
john j blackjack pershing
they produced media to gain public opinion on wwi
committee on public information
he was a journalist who developed wartime propaganda for the cpi during wwi
george creel
a group of volunteers authorized by wilson to give 4min speeches on cpi topics
4 minute men
a group established in 1917 to coordinate wartime purchases between the army and navy
war industries board
he was the financier who led the wib
bernard baruch
days introduced in 1917 to conserve rations for troops in wwi
meatless mondays / wheatless wednesdays
these were made to save food for soldiers overseas
victory gardens
the movement of blacks to the north after war due to jobs etc.
great migration
an event in 1919 where white supremacist terrorism and racial riots occurred due to the great migration
red summer
passed in 1918 making it illegal to voice negative statements about the government
sedition act
a socialist (and founding member of industrial workers of the world) who got arrested due to the sedition act
eugene debs
a labor union who was arrested in mass due to the sedition act
industrial workers of the world
a court case because someone handed out antiwar leaflets
schenck vs. us
a supreme court justice who said schenck’s actions were a ‘clear and present danger’
oliver wendell holmes
the threat is real/imminant, and it must impose a threat the evil may follow
clear and present danger
this ended the war between germany and allied powers
treaty of versailles
a group of countries (the first) trying to establish world peace
league of nations
they were opponents to the treaty of versailles in the us
irreconcilables
he was the leader if the irreconcilables who tried to defeat the treaty of versailles
henry cabot lodge
