ww1 flashcards
Imperialism
economic & political domination of a strong nation over a weaker nations.
Protectorate
Relation of a strong state toward a weaker state.
Annexation
Bringing land in that wasn’t U.S. land before.
Mexican Revolution
1910-1920: to overthrow the current ruler “porfirio Diaz mori.”
Panama Canal
a 50 mile man-made canal cutting through the Isthmus of Panama & connects the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
Teller Amendment
placed a condition on U.S. military presence in Cuba.
Pan-Americanism
Relationship between U.S. & latin american countries.
Banana Republic
countries that had U.S. businesses in countries. (sugar cane)
Yellow Journalism
sensational headlines & articles that were fake news.
Concentration Camps
a place where Jews were sent to do labor work (men) and women & children sent off to the “showers” which were gas burning rooms.
Jingoism
extreme devotion to a country.
Rough Riders
Name given to the 1st U.S. volunteer cavalry under leadership pf Teddy Roosevelt.
“White Man’s Burden”
Belief held by europeans & americans; it was their duty to bring civilization to non-European countries.
Platt Amendment
to protect cuba from forgeiners
Anglo Saxonism
pop. britain & the u.s. white person of European discent.
Sphere of Influence
A foreign nation controls economic development in their lease areas.
Open Door Policy
1894- all countries should be allowed to trade with China.
Boxer Rebellion
secret chinese organizing to get foreigners out of their country.
Great White Fleet
pres. Roosevelt sends new U.S. navy on a voyage around the world.
Roosevelt Corollary
which u.s. can intervene within the Western Hemisphere.
Dollar Diplomacy
substituting dollars for bullets- WH Taft
Extractive Economy
places from which wealth- resources, money, labor, etc.. can be extracted.
Insurrection
Somebody tries to overthrow the government.
Social Darwinism
“Survival of the Fittest”
“Gentlemen’s Agreement”
a decision with countries”we’ll give you…for this…”
John Stevens
Plantation owner
Foraker Act
makes Puerto Rico an unincorporated territory of U.S.
Arthur MacArthur
concentration camps (separates rebels from civila)
Alfred Beveridge
american historian & U.S. sen.from indiana
Josiah Strong
Christian missionary who spread this idea.
Mathew C. Perry
a military leader who went on 2 expeditions to Japan in 1853-1854
Queen Liliuokalani
last remaining monarch of Hawaii, taken out of power by U.S.
J. Stanford Dole
Plantation owner, Dole pineapple & sugar, led revolution against the queen.
James G. Blaine
sec. of state from maine
Alfred T. Mahan
Need to modernize our navy, newships.
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate from Massachusetts/Progressive Senator
Clara Barton
Founder of the American Red Cross.
Joseph Pulitzer
newspaper giants- wanted to sell more newspapers than the other.
William McKinley
pres. supported Open Door Policy
William Randolph Hearst
newspaper giants- rival newspapers in every major city across the country.
Butcher Weyler “
general weyler- putting fake news out about cubn war
Jose Marti
Cuban rebel, “every man of Cuba.”
Enriqe Dupuy de Lome
de Lome letter; reasons we went into war
Theodore Roosevelt
american politician, 26th president of U.S., naturalist
George Dewey
U.S. naval commander wo defeated Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay during Spanish American War
Emilio Aguinaldo
guy we captured, Philippine rebel.
Leonard Wood
An American soldier whose service to his country spanned 40 years.
William Howard Taft
governor of the Philippines
William Shafter
Americas highest military decoration
William Seward
Sec. of state by Abe Lincoln from 1861-1869
Buffalo Soldiers
Black cavalry troops
John J. Pershing
in charge of Buffalo soldiers & (Black Jack)
John Hay
Sec. of state in Pres. William McKinley’s cabinet 1898
Mark Twain
author, “Samuel Clemens”, Imperialist society in the U.S.
William Gorgas
doctor, find a way to keep workers safe while building Panama Canal.
Pancho Villa
rebel/mexico/ sent troops to Pancho/lead attack on towns.
Woodrow Wilson
democrat President
Triple Entente
France, Great Britain, Communities take over Soviet Union. WW1- Allied Powers= Russia drops out in 1917
Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria- Hungary,Italy
Militarism
Arms Race, building up armies,
Zimmerman Note
germany encouraged mexico to go to war against U.S.
Alsac-Lorraine
location on the border between France+Germany. France owned it. (germany wanted it)