Becoming a World Power
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28 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cuba | 90 miles off the coast of Florida |
| Puerto Rico | The Foraker Act of 1900 set up government for this nation |
| Philippines | After the US gained control, they had to fight for 3 years to maintain control |
| Hawaii | originally served as a military and commercial outpost in the Pacific |
| Panama Canal Zone | Linking the oceans |
| Spanish-American War | 1898 - 'Remember the Maine' |
| Philippine Revolution | led by Emilio Aguinaldo until 1901 |
| Open-Door Policy | rights to trade with China on an equal basis |
| Roosevelt Corollary | 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force |
| Big-Stick diplomacy | if diplomacy failed, the U.S. would use military force to protect its interest |
| foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
| neutrality | nonparticipation in a dispute or war |
| alliance system | defense agreement among nations |
| militarism | a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggresively to defend or promote national interests |
| nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it |
| imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. |
| civil liberties | freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment |
| Fourteen Points | Wilson's plan for world peace following world war I |
| Treaty of Versailles | the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans |
| League of Nations | An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace. |
| Lusitania | American boat that was sunk by the German U-boats; made America consider entering WWI |
| Sacco & Vanzetti | United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927) |
| Weimar Republic | The german government from 1917-1933 overthrown by Nazis |
| Red Scare | a period of general fear of communists |
| Palmer Raids | A 1920 operation coordinated by Attorney General Mitchel Palmer in which federal marshals raided the homes of suspected radicals and the headquarters of radical organization in 32 cities |
| Communism | a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership |
| Sedition Act | Made it a crime to criticize the government or government officials. Opponents claimed that it violated citizens' rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, gauranteed by the First Amendment. |
| Monroe Doctrine | an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers |
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