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| Teddy Roosevelt’s mediation of the conclusion of this conflict gained him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906. |
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| Roosevelt’s demonstration of American might was designed to impress the world, especially the Japanese. |
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| The most celebrated and long-lasting foreign policy accomplishment of Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency. |
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| Taft’s attempt to extend American economic influence through investments into less-developed regions. |
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| John J. "Blackjack" Pershing |
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| Sent by President Wilson to lead an American expeditionary force into Mexico. |
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| Mexican bandit and revolutionary who attacked Colombus, New Mexico in 1916, killing seventeen Americans. |
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| Mexican general whose violent seizure of power in 1913 led Wilson to declare that he would never recognize his “government of butchers.” |
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| Chief engineer of the French canal project in Central America who helped organize and finance a revolution in Panama. |
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| Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine |
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| U.S. claim to the right to intervene in the domestic affairs of its Western Hemisphere neighbors if they proved unable to maintain order and national sovereignty. |
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| Teddy Roosevelt’s belief in the value and importance of using American power in the world. |
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| Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. |
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| British passenger liner sunk by a German submarine in 1915. |
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| German attempt to induce Mexico to declare war against the United States. |
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| Attorney General who ordered the arrest and deportation of radicals and immigrants during the Red Scare. |
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| Woodrow Wilson’s plan for the post-World War I peace settlement. |
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| Secretary of State who resigned in protest of Wilson’s response to German aggression during The Great War. |
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| Established a communist government in Russia, and led to their withdrawal from the war. |
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| Socialist leader who was imprisoned throughout the First World War for making an antiwar speech. |
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| Archduke of Austria-Hungary whose assassination precipitated The Great War. |
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| Republican Senator who led the fight against ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. |
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| The cumulative total of all previous annual federal deficits or budget shortfalls incurred each year and owed by the federal government. |
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| Governmental power over prices, allocation of resources, and marketing of goods. |
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| An organization of individuals and firms in a given industry that provides lobbying and other services to members. |
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| A government run by administrative bureaus or divisions and staffed by non-elected officials. |
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| The business practice of providing pensions and profit-sharing programs, subsidized housing, personnel management, paid vacations, and other services and benefits for workers. |
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| Words or actions that incite revolt against the law or duly constituted government. |
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| A mutually agreed-on truce or temporary halt in the fighting of a war so that the combatants may discuss peace. |
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| An outbreak of disease that spreads across national boundaries or across the world. |
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| U.S. senators who opposed the Treaty of Versailles in all its forms. |
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| U.S. senators who were willing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles with some changes. |
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| Germany and its World War I allies, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria. |
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| The alliance of Britain, France and Russia. |
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| The pre-war alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy. |
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| Statement drafted by an international conference in 1909 to clarify international law and specify the rights of neutral nations. |
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| Germany’s pledge during World War I not to sink merchant ships without warning, on the condition that Britain also observe recognized rules of international law. |
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| Military buildup in preparation for possible U.S. participation in World War I. |
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| The right of a people or nation to decide on its own political allegiance or form of government without external influence. |
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| The federal agency that reorganized industry for maximum efficiency and productivity during World War I. |
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| Head of the Food Administration, the agency which controlled the production and distribution of food for the United States and its allies. |
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| Interest-bearing certificates sold by the U.S. government to finance the American World War I effort. |
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| Committee on Public Information |
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| Government agency during World War I that sought to shape public opinion in support of the war effort through newspapers, pamphlets, speeches, film and other media. |
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| Name used for the Germans in a propaganda effort to portray them as brutal, even subhuman rapists and murderers. |
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| Law whose vague prohibition against obstructing the nation’s war effort was used to crush dissent and criticism during World War I. |
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| Broad law restricting criticism of America’s involvement in World War I or its government, flag, military, taxes, or officials. |
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| Sentenced to ten years in prison for a ‘treasonous’ speech in which he declared it was “extremely dangerous to exercise the right of free speech in a country fighting to make democracy safe in the world.” |
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| Selective Service Act of 1917 |
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| The law establishing the military draft for World War I. |
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| Member of the communist movement in Russia that established the Soviet government after the Russian Revolution of 1917; hence, by extension, any radical or disruptive person or movement seeking to transform economic or political relationships. |
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| Agreement between Germany and the Allies ending World War I and creating the League of Nations. |
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| International organization created by the Treaty of Versailles to promote world peace and stability. |
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| Agreement between the Bolsheviks and Germany which concluded the Russian involvement in the First World War. |
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| Post-World War I public hysteria over Bolshevik influence in the United States, directed against labor activists, radical dissenters, and some ethnic groups. |
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| Prominent anarchist who was deported to Russia as a result of the Red Scare. |
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| Blamed by the Austrians for assisting the Black Hand in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. |
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| Invaded Belgium in pursuit of its objective to defeat France before Russia could mobilize its forces in support of Serbia. |
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| Dynastic empire which invaded Serbia in 1914 in response to perceived terrorist connections. |
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| Declared war on the Central Powers in response to the attack on the Belgians. |
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| Propaganda spin which the World War I Allies used to portray the Germans as a barbaric threat to Western civilization. |
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| Cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the King of England who was the last czar of Russia. |
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| Grandson of Queen Victoria who was the last Kaiser of the German Empire |
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| Author of the Fourteen Points and the U.S. representative to the Versailles Peace Conference. |
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