Empire, Wars, and Pandemic Flashcards
Jingoism
extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.
Yellow journalism
journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
Teller Amendment
The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley’s War Message.
Platt Amendement
The Platt Amendment was a piece of United States legislation enacted as part of the Army Appropriations Act of 1901 that defined the relationship between the United States and Cuba following the Spanish–American War.
Anti-Imperialist League
The American Anti-Imperialist League was an organization established on June 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines as an insular area.
Zimmeran Telegram
Germany offered Alliance to Mexico in WW1
National War Labor Board
the purpose of which was to mediate labor disputes as part of the American home front during World War II.
War Industries Board
established on July 28, 1917, during World War I, to coordinate the purchase of war supplies between the War Department (Department of the Army) and the Navy Department.
Commitee on Public Information
an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I, in particular, the US home front.
American Protective League
n organization of private citizens sponsored by the United States Department of Justice that worked with federal law enforcement agencies during the World War I era
Pandemic
A disease prevalent in a country, continent, or the world
Fourteen Points
a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
League of Nations
the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.
Treaty of Versailles
a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers.
