Master this deck with 26 terms through effective study methods.
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economical; political; religious; exploratory; and, Ideological.
Inspired democratic processes; Improve health care; and, created infrastructure.
Altered culture/ traditions; Wars & diseases decrease population; and, return to independence made difficult.
colony, protectorate, sphere of influence, economic imperialism
Direct v. Indirect Control
Global Competition; New Markets; Military presences; and, Cultural Superiority.
an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers
territorial acquisitions as settlers began moving westward beyond the Appalachian Mountains
A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence
Yellow journalism influenced the following events: Spanish treatment of Cubans, the Explosion of the USS Maine, and the De Lome Letter.
Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
Treaty of Paris: the US acquired Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico, & purchased the Philippines for $20 million
The ship canal was cut across the isthmus of Panama by the United States, it opened in 1915.
Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stated that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force
Fought between 1914-1918; Also known as the "Great War", "The War to End all Wars"
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
France, Great Britain, Russia, United States, Japan, and Italy
French vs. Germans and slow Trench Warfare
Machine gun, poison gas, gas mask, flame thrower, tanks, submarines, etc..
Territory between rival Trenches, very dangerous
Sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmermann Note, & Wilson's Re-election
President Wilson's Peace proposal in 1918 stressed: No secret alliances, freedom of the seas, reduction of arms, self-determination, and a League of Nations. Clemenceau said, "God only had ten."
Treaty that ended WWI. It is known as the "Treaty of Revenge" or "Hate". France wanted to punish Germany for the war. Provisions placed on Germany: Lost possessions, reduction of military, reparations, and war guilt clause.