1. Unit 7 Vocab

2. Spanish American War
War between US and Spain over Cuban freedom and explosion on the USS Maine
Causes: US interest in Cuba, yellow journalism, USS Maine
Outcomes: Spain freed Cuba and US gets Guam, Puerto Rico and the Phillipines

3. War in the Philippines
Spanish American War begins in the Philippines, a Spanish colony
Filipino rebels support the US because they want freedom from Spain but US wants to colonize them
Emilio Aguinaldo – leader of Filipino rebels
This led to Philippine-American War

4. American Expansionism
At the turn of the 20th century, America’s relationship with the world changes as the US becomes an imperial power
After the Spanish American War, the US gains Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
Roosevelt Corollary and Panama Canal are also examples of US expansion

5. U.S. Involvement in Latin America
At the turn of the 20th century, the U.S. emerges as an imperial power and exerts influence over other countries, especially in Latin America
Examples: Platt Amendment in Cuba, Panama Canal, and Roosevelt Corollary

6. Roosevelt Corollary
President Roosevelt builds on the Monroe Doctrine and warns that the U.S. will use force to protect our interests in Latin America
This was used to prevent European powers from interfering in Latin America so that the U.S. could be the dominant power in the western hemisphere

7. Panama Canal
Canal built through Panama in Central America to make an easier route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
U.S. supports Panama’s rebellion against Columbia to get them to sign a treaty with the U.S. to build the canal

8. Militarism
The policy of building up armed forces in aggressive preparedness for war and/or to use as a tool of diplomacy
European countries’ militarism increased tensions and led to World War I

9. Alliance System
Prior to World War I, countries divided themselves into two groups: The Triple Entente or Allies (Great Britain, France, Russia and later the U.S.) and the Triple Alliance or Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy)
This meant everyone would get pulled into the war if conflict started

10. Imperialism Control over a weaker nation by a stronger nation
This would lead to war because the imperial powers were competing with each other for the most control and power

11. Nationalism A devotion to the interest and culture of one’s nation
One of the causes of World War I because feelings of superiority and nationalist movements cause conflict

12. U.S. Neutrality to Engagement
Initially, the U.S. refused to take part in a war between other nations; this policy is called neutrality
The U.S. policy towards World War I changed to engagement (getting involved) mostly because of Germany’s policy of unrestricted submarine warfare

13. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
German policy of sinking any British or Allied ship, even if the ship held civilian passengers
The sinking of the Lusitania, which held American citizens, was one of the reasons the U.S. changes its’ policy from neutrality to engagement

14. Zimmerman Note
A message from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance and promised to return land Mexico lost to the U.S.
One of the reasons the U.S. .changes its’ policy from neutrality to engagement in World War I

15. Great Migration
Large scale migration of hundreds of thousands of African-Americans from the South to the North during World War I
They wanted to escape Jim Crow laws of the South and there were job opportunities in the North because of the war effort

16. Espionage Act
Made it illegal to speak out against the war effort or the government
Targeted socialists like Eugene Debs
Eugene Debs, a socialist and union leader, was arrested for speaking out against the draft and the war

17. Fourteen Points
Wilson’s plan for lasting world peace after World War I was over
Except for the League of Nations, most of his points were not included in the Treaty of Versailles

18. League of Nations
An association of nations created in 1920 to promote international peace and cooperation
Part of Wilson’s 14 Points and included in the Treaty of Versailles
Many Americans did not like this – they wanted to remain isolated.

19. Treaty of Versailles
Peace treaty at the end of World War I that created new nations and borders and punished Germany
Flawed because it humiliated Germany, excluded Russia and ignored colonized people. This would ultimately lead to World War II.