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AHSGE Standard VI
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Religious Studies
11th Grade
02/13/2012

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imoerialism
Definition
The Unisted States joined European nations in a race to conquest smaller, "uncivilized" nations and to gain access to their resources and markets. This was known as __________.
Term
Hawaii
Definition
What territory was annexed by the U.S. in the Pacific Ocean in 1898?
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Spanish-American War
Definition
What war did the U.S. become involved in 1898?
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yellow journalism
Definition
What name was given to the sensationalistic journalism that served as a major cause of the Spanish-American War?
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Rough Riders
Definition
What group of volunteers did T. Roosevelt lead in the famous charge at the Battle of San Juan Hill?
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Phillippines
Definition
What group of islands in the south Pacific did the U.S. gain control over as a result of the defeat of the Spanish?
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Panama Canal
Definition
President Roosevelt led the movement movement to build what canal in Central America?
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Roosevelt Corollary
Definition
What addendum to the Monroe Doctrine was made by Roosevelt justifying American intervention in the South American nations in trouble?
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Dollar Diplomacy
Definition
How did Taft's foreign diplomacy differ from Roosevelt's?
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Imperialism, Militarism, Nationalism, Alliances
Definition
What were the long term causes of the First World War?
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The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Definition
What was the cause of WWI?
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Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Note
Definition
Why did the U.S. enter WWI?
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Tank and Submarine
Definition
Whay types of technological innovations were used in WWI?
Term
Treaty of Versailles
Definition
What treaty ended the WWI?
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To expand your country
Definition
What was the purpose of imperialism?
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trench warfare
Definition
What type of fighting took place in WWI?
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British
Definition
Who came up with the idea of the tank?
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Submarine
Definition
What type of technological innovation did the Germans bring to WWI?
Term
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Definition
Who were the central powers?
Term
France, Britain, U.S., Russia, Italy
Definition
Who were the allied powers?
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espionage and sedition
Definition
What acts contributed to the Nativist hatred of immigrants especially during and after WWI?
Term
Women, African Americans, Mexican Americans
Definition
Name several groups of people who benefited from the diminshed workforce during WWI?
Term
United States
Definition
Which country refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles because the League of Nations was included in it?
Term
League of Nations
Definition
Name the organization in which the nations of the world would join together to ensure security and peace for all members.
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
Which president supported the League of Nations?
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Republicans
Definition
Which political party rejected the League of Nations?
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Red Scare
Definition
An intense fear of communism and other extreme ideas that gripped the U.S. during the 1920s.
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Sacco and Vanzetti
Definition
Trial in which two immigrants were given an unfair trial due to their ethnic background and were eventually put to death?
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Red Summer
Definition
Name given to the summer in 1919 in which race riots erupted in about 25 cities nationwide.
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Ku Klux Klan
Definition
By 1922, this organization's membership had grown to about 100,000 and by 1924 to 4 million.
Term
Great Migration
Definition
Migration of blacks from the South to the North for jobs.
Term
Quota
Definition
A number limit set up by laws to limit annual immigration.
Term
Asian immigration
Definition
This type of immigration was banned altogether in the 1920s.
Term
cars, planes, home appliances
Definition
List several technoloigcal innovations in the 1920s.
Term
Harlem Renaissance
Definition
African American literary awakening of the 1920s was known as ...?
Term
Zora Neale Hurston
Definition
African American author of "The Eyes Were Watching God".
Term
Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes
Definition
List three leading poets/writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Jazz
Definition
This type of music grew out of African American music in the south =, especially ragtime and blues.
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Jazz Age
Definition
The 1920s referred to as what type of age?
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Speakeasies
Definition
Illegal bars that flourished during prohibition.
Term
Scopes Trial
Definition
Case over the teaching the theory of evolution in the classroom.
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