Social Studies Chapter 11 World War 1 Flashcards
The policy of established economic, political, and military control
Imperialism
Offered Columbia $10 million outright and $250,000 annually
Hay-Herrán Treaty
A proposition to extend the Monroe Doctrine
Corollary
Conducting international relations
Diplomacy
Treating an area as a whole instead of dividing it into parts
Territorial integrity
The pride of the United States Navy
The Great White Fleet
The right to choose the form of government you will live under
Self-determination
To overthrow and existing govenment
Coup
An agreement between countries
Alliance
Impartiality
Neutrality
Clashes between enemy aircraft
Dogfights
Leaving one country in order to settle in another
Emigrate
Preparation for war effort
Mobilization
Compulsory enrollment in military service
Conscription release
The United States Infantry
Doughboys
Used to mold or influence public opnion
Propaganda
Attracted thousands of workers during the war years
American Federation of Labor
Secretly channeled money to the American Alliance for Labor
Committee on Public Information
Communist ideology
Bolshevism
Freedom of ocean travel and trade, an open agreement instead or secret pacts
Fourteen Point Plan
Paris peace conference
Treaty of Versailles
Progressive Republicans who would not vote for the League of Nations
Irreconcilables
Person who approved the League of Nations but wished to modify it
Reservationists
A peace keeping organization
The league of nations
To put under the dominion of the United States
Annex
Republican candidate for president in 1916
Charles Evan Hughes
Believed the League of Nations threatened American sovereignty
Henry C. Lodge
Triple Entente
Allies
Guaranteed the territorial integrity of League of Nations members
Article 10
Head of the food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Prime minister of Great Britain
David Lloyd George
President Wilson’s plan for peace
14 points
Head of the Committee on Public Information
George Creel
German plan to involve Mexico in the World War
Zimmerman note
Prime minister of France
Georges Clemenceau
Triple Alliance
Central Powers
Head of the War Industries Board
Bernard Baruch
When war first broke out in Europe in 1914 President Wilson…
Adopted a policy of neutrality
As a result of United States foreign policy after the outbreak of the World War, the Central Powers…
Regarded the United States as a partner of the Allies
After the sinking of the Sussex in 1916 Germany agreed to…
End unannounced submarine attacks
In the presidential election of 1916 the Democrats claimed that if the Republican candidate were elected he would…
Lead the nation into war
Tension between the United States and Germany increased during early 1917 because Germany…
Resumed submarine warfare against neutral shipping
President Wilson established the War Industries Board in order to…
Coordinate industrial production
Because of Wilson’s wartime labor policies…
Union membership increased
The Committee on Public Information…
Promoted public support for the war
The United States tried to reduce the danger of German submarine attack by…
Providing convoys for merchant ships
Which factor aided the German war effort?
Russia’s withdrawal from the war
In 1918 President Wilson proposed a plan for peace which called for the…
Settlement of disputes by an international organization
During the Versailles Peace Conference the leaders of Britain, France, and Italy…
Favored the punishment of Germany
President Wilson accepted the Treaty of Versailles because it…
Provided for the creation of the League of Nations
Many Republican senators opposed ratification of the Treaty of Versailles because they believed it…
Deprived the United States of its power to make foreign policy decisions
President Wilson tried to obtain popular support for the Treaty of Versailles by…
Expressing his willingness to make major changes in the final peace treaty
