Spanish American War & Ww1 Vocab

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Woodrow Wilson

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Was 28 president 1913-1921

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Alfred Thayer mahan

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Navy admiral, geostratigist and historian

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Henry Cabot lodge

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American republican senator and historian from Massachusetts

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Sanford B Dole

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Lawyer, Jurist in Hawaii

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Alvin "Sargent York"

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One of the most decorated soldiers in WwI

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General John j Pershing

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Commander of the American expeditionary forces

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Theodore Roosevelt

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26th President from 1901-1909

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Rough Riders

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Nickname given to the first United States volunteer cavalry

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Missionaries

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Person sent on a religious mission

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Missionaries

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A person on a religious mission

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Imperialism

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A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy and military

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Isolationism

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Remaining apart from affairs or interest of other groups

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Expansionism

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Policy of territorial and economic expansion

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Foreign policy

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Governments strategy in dealing with other nations

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Domestic policy

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Administrative decisions that are directly related to all issues within a nations borders

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Diplomacy

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Profession, activity or skill of managing international relations

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Annexation

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Political transition of land from the control of one party to another

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USS Maine

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American navy ship, second class battleship sank 1898

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Dollar diplomacy

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The use of a country's financial power

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Open door policy

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Term in foreign affairs. Initially used to refer to the us policy

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Monroe doctrine

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Principal of us policy

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Roosevelt corollary

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An addition toMonroe doctrine, asserting us might intervene in the affairs

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German proclamation 1915

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Issued a formal decision

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Selective service act 1917

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Authorized the president to increase temporary army

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Espionage act 1917

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Shortly after us entry into ww1

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Wilsons 14 points

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Statement of principles for world peace

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League of Nations

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An internal organization established after ww1

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Treaty of Versailles

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Agreement negotiated during the Paris peace conference

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Treaty of Paris

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Representatives of King George III

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Trench warfare

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Type of land warfare using large trenches

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Lusitania

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Sunk by a German submarine

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Sussex pledge

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Promise made in 1916 during WwI by Germany to us

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Neutrality

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State of not helping or supporting either side in a conflict

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Zimmerman note

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Diplomatic communication issued from Germans foreign office 1917 that proposed alliance between Germany and Mexico

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American expeditionary force

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Armed forces sent to Europe under general purshing in 1917

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Total war

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Unrestricted war in terms of weapons used, the territory and objectives prosued.

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Battle of Argonne forest

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Major part of the final allied offensive of WwI

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Penicillin

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Group of antibiotics

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Panama Canal

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Artificial 48 mile waterway in Panama connect Atlantic and Pacific Ocean

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Militarism

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Belief of government that a country should maintain strong military capabilities

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Nationalism

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Patriotic feeling and efforts

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Yellow journalism

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Based upon sensationalism and crude exaggerating

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Poison Gas

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Type of war weapon using chemicals. Tear gas, mustard gas

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WwI

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1914-1918

Between allies notably Britain, France Russia and Italy

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Alliance system

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Main cause of WWI

Treaty between two or more nations