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| not getting involved with other countries; remaining by oneself |
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| a powerful country takes over a smaller area to gain resources, to trade, and gain power |
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| to take over another place (often by force or without asking) USA took over several places (Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, etc...) |
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| biased and exaggerated media coverage aimed at gaining American support for the Cuban's leading up to the Spanish- American War |
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| US navy ship sent into Havana harbor, Cuba to protect American business interests |
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| the USA fought Spain to help free the Cubans; USA entered after the USS Maine blew up |
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| African American soldiers that arrived in Cuba and captured San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War |
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| Led by Teddy Roosevelt; non-military forces for the USA that went to Cuba to help during the Spanish-American War; famous photo shows them standing on San Juan Hill as if they took it. |
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| the USA fought Spain to help free the Filipinos; the USA ended up annexing the Philippines instead of freeing them after the war |
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| Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines |
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| islands the US gained some or total control over after the Spanish-American War |
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| Pres. T. Roosevelt's foreign policy strategy of having a big military and being willing to use it if other countries don't do what the USA wanted |
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| Pres. Taft's foreign policy of using US money to invest in the building up of transportation systems, schools, hospitals and businesses in other countries so that they want to do what the US wants (guilt or obligation) |
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| Pres. Wilson's foreign policy of modeling for the world American values; "walking our talk" for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...in other countries at least. |
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| the country that did NOT take $10 million from the USA to allow them to build the Panama canal. |
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| US helped them revolt and gain independence from Colombia. Panama then accepted $10 million to let the Americans build the Panama Canal. |
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| man-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; Started by France, finished by the USA; Americans wanted it to help the Navy and make trade easier |
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| tropical diseases spread by mosquitoes; cleaning up the environment and eliminating standing water is important to stopping the disease |
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| US invasion of Mexico 1916 |
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| two reasons: upset that US sailors had been arrested and wanted to capture Mexican leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa |
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| the 5 reasons for why WWI started; 4 long-term (militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism) and 1 short term (assassination of Arch-duke) |
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| building up a large army/navy; even during peace time |
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| promises (public and secret); countries promise to defend each other should one of them go to war |
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| pride in one's nation if it exists or the desire to create a new country related to your culture or ethnic group |
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| the murder of an important person; typically the leader of a country (Arch-duke Franz Ferdinand) |
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| not picking a side in a disagreement; the USA at the beginning of WWI |
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| France, Great Britain, Russia (until it pulled out 1917), Italy (after 1915), USA (entered 1917) and all colonies |
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| Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Italy (at beginning of war) and all colonies |
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| u-boats (submarines), machine guns, airplanes/blimps, chemical weapons, tanks, trenches |
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| mostly located in the Western Front in France; the allies had theirs and the Central powers had theirs; the land in-between was called "no man's land" |
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| a military "tie"; no side has the advantage |
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| 1915; German u-boat (submarine) sinks a British passenger ship; many Americans on board |
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| Jan 1917; intercepted by the British and shared with USA; Germany wanted Mexico to declare war on USA if USA declared war on Germany; this would give USA a two front war |
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| 1917; Russia signs treaty to with Central Powers to leave WWI and have a civil war in Russia; Germany gained a lot of Russian land |
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| Selective Service Act; all men between 21-30 (now over 18) need to register for military service; numbers drawn randomly |
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| government sponsored messages that are biased for their cause (overly patriotic) and against the enemy (dehumanize); posters, songs, pamphlets, movies, ads, etc... |
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| Liberty Bonds (war bonds) |
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| US citizens gave the government money to be used to buy things needed for the war (uniforms, weapons, etc..) the US government pays citizens back in the future with interest (patriotic investment) |
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| limiting what citizens may buy/use so that items can be used for the war effort instead (meat, wheat, sugar, etc...) |
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| African-American soldiers who helped fight with the French army; did a great job and won top honors in France |
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| truce or agreement to stop fighting (shooting); Nov 11 is the celebration of the end of WWI |
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| the official end to WWI; created the League of Nations which Germany was not allowed to join and the US Senate voted against because no law can be more important to the USA than our Constitution |
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| Wilson's ideas for peace after WWI...he brought them to Europe where only some of them were accepted |
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| sort of like the current United Nations, except much weaker; supposed to be a place for countries to discuss problems instead of taking military action; Germany not allowed to join and USA opted not to |
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| money to pay for damage done; Germany had to pay England and France total $33 billion; this crushed the German economy |
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| a highly contagious respiratory disease; an epidemic broke out at the end of WWI and turned in to a pandemic when contagious soldiers returned home; millions died world wide |
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