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Chapter 24
World War I
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8th Grade
03/31/2008

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Annex
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To add on
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Matthew Perry
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Sent by President Millard Fillmore to Japan to open trading relations.
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Boxer Rebellion
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Secret Society made up of Chinese who wanted to rid China of foreigners. Many attacks on foreigners.
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Isolationism
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Policy of having little to do with the political affairs of foreign nations.
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Great White Fleet
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Large and powerful American Navy (all painted white)
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William Seward
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Secretary of State who persuaded Congress to annex Midway Island and purchased Alaska from Russia.
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Alfred Mahan
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Captain of the US Navy who was a leading supporter of American Imperialism, felt the US needed overseas territories in order to expand its Navy.
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Imperialism
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Policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries or regions.
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Expansionism
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Policy of extending a nation's boundaries.
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Open Door Policy
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Policy toward China that allowed a nation to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence.
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Treaty of Kanagawa
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Agreement between US and Japan; Japan agreed to help shipwrecked sailors and opened a port to trade.
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John Hay
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Secretary of State in US who convinced other nations to follow an Open Door Policy in China.
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Dollar Diplomacy
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Policy of building economic ties to Latin America in the early 1900's.
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Rough Riders
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First volunteer Cavalry Regiment organized by Theodore Roosevelt, charged up San Juan Hill.
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Platt Amendment
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Allowed the US to intervene in Cuba and gave US control of the naval base at Guontanamo Bay.
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Armistice
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Agreement to stop fighting.
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George Dewey
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Commander of th eUS Pacific Fleet, destroyed the Spanish Fleet and captured Manilla in the Philippines.
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Urged Filipinos to throw off Spanish rule; later led an unsuccessful revolt against US rule.
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Battle of San Juan Hill
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Charge led by Roosevelt and the Rough Riders in an attempt to take over the key Cuban city of Santiago.
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Yellow Journalism
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Sensational style of reporting used by some newspapers in the late 1800's.
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Lola Rodriquez de Tio
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Wrote patriotic poems in support of Cuban independence.
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Jose Marti
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Told of the Cuban struggle for freedom in his newspaper Patria.
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Protectorate
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Nation whose independence is limited by the control of a more powerful country.
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Foraker Act
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Allowed US to set up a new government in Puerto Rico; gave Puerto Ricans only a limited say in their own affairs.
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Liliuokalani
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Last Queen of Hawaii who worked to reduce foreign influence in her country, forced to give up her throne.
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Francisco "Pancho" Villa
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Tried to take over Mexico; shot 17 American citizens in Mexico and raided the town of Columbus, New Mexico killing 19 Americans.
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William Gorgas
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Army physician who helped to control the mosquitoes and the spread of disease in Panama.
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John J. Pershing
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Sent by President Wilson to Mexico to capture Francisco "Pancho" Villa but was unsuccessful.
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Roosevelt Corollary
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President Theordore Roosevelt's addition to the Monroe Doctrine claiming the right of the US to intervine in Latin America to preserve law and order.
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George Goethals
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Army engineer in charge of digging the Panama Canal
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Isthmus
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Narrow strip of land connecting two water ways.
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Moral Diplomacy
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Foreign policy proposed by President Wilson to condemn imperialism, spread democracy and promote peace.
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Dollar Diplomacy
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Policy of building economic ties to Latin America in the early 1900's
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