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| a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. |
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| An United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century” |
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| a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant' |
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| refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century that would allow for a system of trade in China open to all countries equally. |
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| officially supported peasant uprising of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China. |
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| was strategically located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean |
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| Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. |
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| A US Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor during the Cuban revolt against Spain, an event that became a major political issue in the United States |
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| A member of the cavalry unit in which Theodore Roosevelt fought during the Spanish-American War. |
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| It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War, and an eighth condition that Cuba sign a treaty accepting these seven conditions. |
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| Annexation of Philippines |
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| Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris. |
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| He wanted a strong global military to deter other countries from challenging American interests |
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| The United States, not Europe, would intervene in Latin America when necessary |
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| The United States then built the Panama Canal, which connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
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| Taft favored investment and trade with other countries, not military force |
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| Wilson opposed what he saw as selfish American imperialism |
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| Unrestricted submarine warfare |
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| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare—U-boats sank ships on sight without warning |
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| Time after World War I when Americans feared the rise of communists (also called “Reds”) in the United States |
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| Germany told Mexico they would resume unrestricted submarine warfare, proposed an alliance, and promised to help Mexico conquer Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona |
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| Revolution in Russia overthrew the non-democratic monarchy |
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| Baruch transformed factories from civilian to military production |
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| The NWLB limited strikes by pushing employers to improve working conditions |
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| Up to 500,000 southern blacks moved to the North to fill better paying factory job openings during the war |
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| Committee on Public Information |
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| US war board to promote US involvement in WWI and to educate people on how to get involved in the war |
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| Espionage and Sedition Acts |
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| these laws made disrupting the war effort or publicly criticizing the government illegal |
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| The Supreme Court ruled against Schenk, saying that limiting speech that created a “clear and present danger” was legal |
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| created by US President Woodward Wilson as a plan for permanent world peace |
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| nations in this international peacekeeping organization and cooperate with and respect fellow members |
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| Blame Germany for the war, break up Germany, and then try to preserve lasting peace |
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| Meetings of groups associated with unions and political radicals were raided, often without warrants |
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| the idea that the United States is safer and prosperous if it avoids international affairs |
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| Warren G. Harding won the Election of 1920 by promising a “return to normalcy” |
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| In 1893, American immigrants, backed by the U.S. Marines, overthrew the Hawaiian leader, Queen Liliuokalani |
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