Becoming a World Power - Key Terms/Concepts (Ch 6)
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Spanish-American War | War between Spain and America. Caused when Americans thought that Spain exploded the ship "Maine." America won. |
| Progressives | Worked on unfair practices by businesses and to improve the government. |
| Treaty of Versailles | Agreement that ended World War I. Signed in 1919. |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
| Allied Powers | United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium |
| World War I | War between Central and Allied Powers. |
| Muckrakers | Writers who uncovered shameful conditions in the early 1900's. |
| Nationalism | The love of one's country and the desire to be free. |
| Isolationism | Policy when a nation lets other countries handle their own affairs. |
| League of Nations | International organization. |
| Alliance | Agreement among nations to protect each other. |
| Conservation | Protection and careful use of natural resources. |
| Political Cartoon | Drawing that shows people or events in a funny way. |
| Yellow Journalism | False or exaggerated reporting. |
| Impact of World War I at home | (1) Began to change the roles of women. (2) Strengthened nationalism. (3) Expanded citizens' views of the world. |
| Explain the change from American Isolationism to America as a world power | At first, America wanted to stay out of the war, but when Germany started killing hundreds of American sailors, that made America mad. America eventually won the war. |
| How Teddy Roosevelt changed the US as president | He established national forest reserves and parks. |
| Explain how Political Cartoons captured moments in American Culture and Politics | It captured moments by drawing cartoons about American and what it was like. |
| Reasons America entered World War I | (1) America tried to ignore the war before, but when hundreds of sailors died, they entered the war. (2) They did not want to be pushed around by Germany. (3) Germany was starting to kill more and more sailors. |
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