Hst: Ch 19 Vocab

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The policy proposed to keep China open to trade with all countries on an equal basis, keeping any one power from total control of the country, and calling upon all powers to refrain from interfering with any treaty port or any vested interest, to permit Chinese authorities to collect tariffs on an equal basis, and to show no favors to their own nationals in the matter of harbour dues or railroad charges.

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Open Door:

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A proverb quoted by Theodore Roosevelt as a brief statement of his approach to foreign policy advising the tactic of caution and non-aggression, backed up by the ability to do violence if required.

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Speak softly and carry a big stick:

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a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869 joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and times between Europe and East Asia

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Ferdinand de Lesseps:

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Corollary (1904) to the Monroe Doctrine, asserting that the U.S. might intervene in the affairs of an American republic threatened with seizure or intervention by a European country.

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Roosevelt Corollary:

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the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence. particularly during President William Howard Taft's term— was a form against American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.

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Dollar Diplomacy:

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the desire and tendency to impose one's own moral standards on others. European efforts to Christianize colonized peoples are examples of this

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Moral Imperialism:

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a Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution

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Pancho Villa:

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was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia and, from 1896 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne.

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand:

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the longest single battle of World War One. The casualties from Verdun and the impact the battle had on the French Army was a primary reason for the British starting the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 in an effort to take German pressure off of the French at Verdun.

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Battle at Verdun:

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an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916.

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Easter Rebellion:

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a British ocean liner that a German submarine sank in World War I, causing a major diplomatic uproar.

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Lusitania:

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This was the slogan used by the Woodrow Wilson campaign that led the incumbent President to a narrow victory over Charles Evans Hughes in November 1916.

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“He kept us out of war”:

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was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany.

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Zimmerman Telegram:

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Founder of the Russian communist party.

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Vladimir Lenin:

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a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.

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Fourteen Points:

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commanded the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in Europe during World War I.

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General John J. Pershing:

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an American financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant.

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Bernard Baruch:

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an American politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.

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Herbert Hoover:

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established on April 13, 1917 and headed by George Creel. Provided propaganda during WW1 to rally the support of American citizens for all aspects of the war effort.

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Committee on Public Information (CPI):

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A group of volunteers authorized by the US President Woodrow Wilson, to give four-minute speeches on topics given to them by The Committee on Public Information.

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Four-Minute Men:

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The first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. She helped pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, and was a committed pacifist.

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Jeanette Rankin:

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An American suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist, and one of the main leaders and strategists of the 1910s campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote.

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Alice Paul:

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A very important amendment to the constitution as it gave women the right to vote in 1920. Unified suffrage laws across the United States.

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Nineteenth Amendment:

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The prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933.

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Prohibition:

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A United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years. It was originally found in Title 50 of the U.S. Code (War) but is now found under Title 18, Crime.

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The Espionage Act:

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An Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds.

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Sedition Act:

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the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the Nazis.

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Eugenics:

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the action of making a person or thing American in character or nationality.

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“Americanization”:

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a place where different people's, styles, theories, etc., are mixed together.

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The Melting Pot:

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a number representing a person's reasoning ability (measured using problem-solving tests) as compared to the statistical norm or average for their age, taken as 100.

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IQ (Intelligence Quotient):

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an arrangement or understanding which is based upon the trust of both or all parties, rather than being legally binding.

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Gentleman’s Agreement:

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A 1915 American silent epic drama film directed and co-produced by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish.

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Birth of a Nation:

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an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor.

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W.E.B. Du Bois:

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a civil rights organization in the US. It was formed in 1909 to give political, social, and economic rights to African Americans

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People:

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The official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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The Negro Crisis:

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essays on the art and literature of African Americans

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The New:

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a Jamaican political leader and speaker who founded several organizations to help support the black communities.

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Marcus Garvey:

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the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism”

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Red Scare:

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a series of raid by the US to capture radical anarchists and deport them

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Palmer Raids:

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the most important treaty that ended World War I. It was signed on June 28th 1919

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Versailles Treaty: