Imperialism/WWI Vocab

Question 1

Imperialism

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Strong countries controlling or taking over weaker countries

Also known as colonialism

Question 2

Annex

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To take over, absorb

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Colonies

Answer 3

Places that get taken over in imperialism/colonialism

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Markets

Answer 4

A group of people who will buy your stuff.

One of the main reasons countries engage in imperialism.

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Exports

Answer 5

Stuff sold to other countries.

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Exploitation

Answer 6

Using someone or their stuff for your own gain

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Military policy

Answer 7

Decisions on how to use the military.

Question 8

Monroe Doctrine

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Europeans can’t interfere with western hemisphere, early

American imperialism

Question 9

Spanish American War

Answer 9

1898 war with Spain over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines & Guam.

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Yellow Journalism

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Exaggerated news reports to gain readers.

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U.S.S. Maine

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U.S. warship blown up 1898–blamed on Spain.

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Roughriders

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Volunteer Spanish-American War cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt

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Treaty of Paris

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Ended Spanish-American War.

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Platt Amendment

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America made Cuba make a constitution.

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Open Door Notes

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Plans to keep China’s markets open to U.S. products

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Panama Canal

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Man-made river that cuts through North and South America

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Dollar Diplomacy

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Using U.S.’s economic power to influence countries

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Clear and Present Danger

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Standard given by the Supreme Court that limits free speech

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Compelling Government Interest

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Something necessary or important to the government

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National Security

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The safety of the country

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Civil Liberties

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Protections from the government

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Conscientious Objector

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Someone who refuses to fight in a war for moral reasons

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Fourteen Points

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President Wilson’s plan to rebuild and reshape Europe after WWI

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Treaty of Versailles

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Treaty that ended WWI

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League of Nations

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A group of countries united for peace after WWI

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Nationalism

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Extreme pride in one's country--beyond patriotism

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Militarism

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The building up of armed forces for aggressive purposes

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Alliance

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A deal between countries

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Trench Warfare

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WWI style fighting in ditches

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Lusitania

Answer 30

Large British passenger ship sunk by Germany

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U-boats

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German submarines

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Zimmerman Note (Telegram)

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German attempt to get Mexico to attack the U.S.

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Propaganda

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Mass communication to get people to believe and/or do something

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Espionage and Sedition Acts

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Laws prohibiting speaking out against U.S. involvement in WWI

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Charles Schenck

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Man tried under the Espionage Act--went to Supreme Court--He lost

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Domestic Affairs

Answer 36

stuff that happens in the U.S.

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Isolationism

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When a country keeps to itself and stays out of world conflicts & wars

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Protectionism

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Trying to protect native-born Americans and American businesses

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Communism

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Government controls all business

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Red Scare

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Post WWI reaction to communism, driven by fear and mistrust

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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Italian-immigrant-anarchists---accused of murder and executed

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Anarchy

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No government

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Palmer Raids

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Raids on suspected communists

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19th amendment

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women get the right to vote

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Great Migration

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Movement of African-Americans from southern farms to northern cities

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Harlem Renaissance

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A celebration of African-American culture in the 1920s

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Jim Crow

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Segregation laws that kept blacks and whites separated in the south

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Urban Areas

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Cities

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Rural Areas

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The Country

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Prohibition

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13-year ban on alcohol (1920s) 18th amendment

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Speakeasy

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Secret bar

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Popular Culture

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The stuff most people like

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Consumerism

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Buying more and more all the time

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Installment Plan

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Buying stuff on payments (instead of paying cash upfront)

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Flapper

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Young, modern, 1920s women.

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Buying Stocks on Margin

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Making a down payment on a stock & trying to sell it for a profit

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Stock Speculation

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Buying stocks in anticipation that their price will go up

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Herbert Hoover

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President 1929 through 1933 | All about businesses & Laissez Fair economics