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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Treaty of Wanghsia | Agreement between China and the USA signed in 1844 which opened several chinese ports to american trade. |
| Venezuela Crisis | Confrontation in 1895 between the British and the Americans over Venezuela's eastern border with British Guiana; President Cleveland's secretary of state invoked the monroe doctrine, and the british backed off. |
| Teller Amendment | Legislation that barred the United States from annexing Cuba, forcing it to leave Cuba independent once the Spanish-American War was over. |
| Rough Riders | The most colorful contingent of the American forces in the Spanish-American War, led by Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Platt Amendment | Legislation intended to over-rule the Teller Amendment and then added to the Cuban Constitution, allowing the United States to militarily intervene on the island whenever revolution threatened. |
| Boxer Rebellion | Conflict that erupted in China in 1900; Chinese nationalists attacked embassies in Beijing in an attempt to oust foreigners. |
| dollar Diplomacy | Policy of using american troops to advance the interests of the american business community. |
| U-Boat | Primitive but effective submarine invented by the germans and used extensively in WWI. |
| War Bonds | Securities bought by ordinary people to fund and support the war effort |
| Espionage Act | Legislation that meted out large fines and twenty-year jail terms to anyone who protested the draft or said anything that might impede the war effort. |
| Fourteen Points | Declaration by President Wilson that outlined the principles he believed should shape the postwar peace settlement; a blueprint for what he called "a world made fit and safe to live in". |
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