Key words america

Question 1

Jose Marti

Answer 1

one of the leading Cuban revolutionaries, who was killed by the Spanish troops in the battle of Dos RIos

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Yellow press

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The new popular press, which published Jingoistic and sensational reports

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William McKinley

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Republican President of the USA, 1897-1901; assassinated in September 1901

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Congress

Answer 4

the US parliament

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Teller Amendment

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An amendment (or qualification) put forward by Senator Henry Teller for joint resolution by the US Congress limiting the freedom a victorious USA would have in Cuba

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Filipinos

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The inhabitants of the Phillippines

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President Theodore Roosevelt

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Leader of the Republic Party and the US president 1901,09

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Dollar diplomacy

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The furthering of diplomatic aims by using economic pressure and the offer of loans

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Civil war in Mexico

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Conflict in Mexico 1910-1920l Initially a revolt against the Diaz regime and them became a multi-sided civil war

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Senate

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The upper house of the US Congress

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Captain Alfred Mahan

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A US naval officer and naval historian, whose book ‘the influence of Sea Power upon History’ was very influential in both Europe and the USA

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Continentalist strategy

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A policy that was primarily concerned with the North American continent

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Merchant marine

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A fleet of cargo vessels

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Allies

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Britain, france, russia and Italy, who declared war against Germany in 1914

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Colonel Edward House

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Diplomat, politician and adviser to President Wilson. ‘Colonel’ was a nickname

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

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Sinking by German subramires (called U-boats) of all merchant ships, allied or neutral engeged in carrying goods to or from allied states

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Associated power

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The USA was not bound by any treaties with the Allies, 1917-19, and was free, if necessary, to pursue its own policies

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General Pershing

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Commander of US troops in France

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Provisional Government

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A government in power until the holding of elections

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People’s war

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Popular war fought by the mass of the people

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Bolsheviks

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Russian Communist party

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White Russians

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The name given to members and supporters of the counter-revolutionary ‘white’ armies, which fought against the Bolshevik ‘red’ army in the Russian Civil War