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Imperialism / WWI
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11th Grade
03/05/2008

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Emilio Aguinaldo
Definition
Leader of Philippino rebels who wanted independence from the US.
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Yellow Fever
Definition
French workers died from this while working on the Panama Canal.
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18th Amendment
Definition
Created Prohibition
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Definition
Law that would not allow any Chinese to enter the US.
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USS Maine
Definition
Ship sunk in Havanna Harbor that started the Spanish American War.
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General Weyler
Definition
Known as the "Butcher", he crushed the Cuban rebellion and placed thousands of Cubans in concentration camps.
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19th Amendment
Definition
Women's suffrage
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Rough Riders
Definition
Volunteer Cavalry group led by Teddy Roosevelt.
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Yellow Journalism
Definition
Newspapers blow stories out of proportion in order to sell newspapers.
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Colombia
Definition
Country that owned Panama.
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Corollary
Definition
Addition to a document.
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Definition
Document that stated that the US would be the police power for the Western Hemisphere.
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Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines
Definition
Territory gained by the US after the Spanish American War.
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Panama Canal
Definition
Lock system that trasports ships from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific in 9 hours.
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War
Definition
"You supply the pictures, I'll supply the ______." Supposedly said to a reporter by Newspaperman Hearst about Cuban rebellion.
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Western Hemisphere
Definition
Territory where the US would exercise police power.
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Railroads
Definition
Chinese immigrants who came to California usually came to work on _______.
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Four months
Definition
Length of the Spanish American War.
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San Juan Hill
Definition
Hill supposedly taken by the Rough Riders - in reality they took Kettle Hill.
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10th Negro Cavalry
Definition
Military unit that took San Juan Hill.
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Philippines
Definition
First area attacked when the Spanish American War started.
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Trench Warfare
Definition
Style of fighting most closely associated with WWI.
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Big Bertha
Definition
Artillery weapon that could fire a shell 9 miles.
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Militarism
Definition
One cause of WWI; building up armies in preparation for fighting.
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Imperialism
Definition
One cause of WWI; the conquering of territory to build up an empire.
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Alliance system
Definition
One cause of WWI; countries sign treaties with each other promising to aid one another in time of war.
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Nationalism
Definition
One cause of WWI; pride in one's country OR the desire for one's ethnic group to have its own country.
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Black Hand
Definition
Terrorist organization responsible for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand to start WWI.
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Belgium
Definition
Neutral country through which Germany marched to get to France in WWI.
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Lusitania
Definition
British luxury cruise ship that was sunk by a German submarine.
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Zimmermann Note
Definition
Telegram intercepted by the US that Germany had sent to Mexico trying to get them to attack the US.
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John J. Pershing
Definition
Commander of the AEF (American troops) nicknamed "Black Jack".
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Poison gas
Definition
Chemical warfare used during WWI.
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Triple Entente
Definition
England (Great Britain), Russia, France - became the Allies during WWI.
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Triple Alliance
Definition
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy - became the Central Powers during WWI (except that Italy was replaced by the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria).
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