UNIT 6 ID'S
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- anti-imperialist league
- made up of big names such as Twain, Carnegie, Gompers; not in favor of annexation of any new provinces
- yellow journalism
- features sensationalism, distorted stories and misleading images for the sake of boosting circulation of a magazine.
- trench warfare
- newest, most widely used style of fighting in WWI; caused a lot of problems: disease, starved rats, trench foot, shell shock, fatal gas/artillery attacks
- zimmerman telegraph
- britain brings a letter to U.S., saying that germany is collaborating w/ mexico to attack U.S.--real or fake?
- boxer rebellion
- 1900; response to open door note; foreign embassies burned to the ground by Society of the Righteous Fist; 2nd Open Door Note
- queen liliuokalani
- last hawaiian queen that was overthrown by americans; believed in native hawaiian rule
- the lusitania
- medical boat used by Am. to secretly ship artillery to britain; sank by german torpeado, killing 128 Americans and starts tension btwn U.S. and central powers
- teller amendment
- no U.S. occupation in cuba after the Span-Amer revolution
- william hearst
- one of the original yellow journalists; constantly competed with pulitzer for circulation of newspaper; runs the story of the USS Maine, starting the Span-Amer war
- franz ferdinand
- archduke of austria who is assassinated by serbian nationalist; sparks WWI
- USS Maine
- "start" of the Span-Amer war; exploded off the coast of cuba and it was blamed on spanish torpedoes; heightened by yellow journalists
- treaty of paris
- 1898; "ended" Span/Amer War, but rejected by both parties; ratified feb. 1899: spain given 20 million for lands
- leonard wood
- General of rough riders/governor of cuba as the country was being repaired
- propaganda
- spreading ideas, info. or rumors through mass media to stir people up for a cause
- nelson miles
- general that lead invading forces in puerto rico and became governor, helping set up the new government
- u boats
- new invention of the time; like submarines w/ torpeados; drags U.S. into war
- annexation
- done by the U.S. in imperialism age; taking pieces of land and adding them into a country
- rough riders
- TR and Leonard Wood's group of fighters made up of ex-cons, cowboys, and ex-athletes
- the influence of sea power upon history
- by Alfred Mahan with the idea that the strongest navy rules all; influenced Chester A. Arthur to build up the navy even more
- foraker act
- established a civil government in puerto rico and slowly gave political power back to puerto rican leaders
- de lome letter
- from spanish diplomat depuy de lome that insults president McKinley; published by hearst and strains relations between Am. and Sp. even more
- the big 4
- the 4 countries that attended Paris Peace Conference: U.S., England, France, Italy
- george dewey
- general, ordered by TR, destroys spanish fleet in the Philippines, opening up spanish manilla to attack
- wilson's 14 points
- Woodrow Wilson's plan for post-war peace: no secret treaties; freedom of the seas; removal of economic barriers; reduction of arms; adjust colonial claims
- open door note
- by john hay; opens trade to china for ALL countries; not accepted by China, but hay doesn't care
- alfred mahan
- writes "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History"
- Imperialism
- A strong country taking over a weaker one; politically, militarily or economically
- sussex pledge
- germany promises to give doomed ships warning before they blow them to pieces; eventually stops following the promise
- war guilt clause
- france's way to get back at germany for the war: severe penalties for germany; germany should pay for ALL war debts; germany accepts blame for the whole war
- joseph pulitzer
- one of the original yellow journalists; constantly competed with hearst for circulation of newspaper
- emilio aguinaldo
- exiled leader brought into the Philippines to lead the liberation there from the Spanairds; turned out to be a double edged sword once the war was over
- central powers
- germany, austria, ottoman empire and italy joined together in WWI
- jingoism
- extreme nationalism characterized by belligerent foreign policy
- league of nations
- foundation for the U.N. but U.S. never joins, weakening the tie and deeming it a near-failure
- sandford dole
- leader of coup that overthrew queen liliuokalani; established dole fruit company
- allied powers
- france, britain, russia and the united states joined together in WWI
- "he kept us out of the war"
- wilson's platform based on this quote; re-elected in 1916
- gavrilo princip
- serbian nationalist that assassinated. WWI IS HIS FAULT!