Amer empire terms and def

AMERICAN EMPIRETERMS AND DEFINITIONS

U.S. History

SSUSH 14U.S. History

Becoming a World Power

War 1899 that resulted from the U.S. helping Cuba win independence from Spain

Spanish-American War


U.S. Ship that exploded in Cuba and blamed on Spain

U.S.S. Maine


War in which the U.S. quickly defeated the Spanish Navy,

made the islands an American territory

War in the Philippines


Americans were eager to spread democracy and open markets into Latin America

Expansionism


Concept used to explain U.S. expansion into Latin America to

get raw materials and open economic markets

Imperialism


The U.S. and President Theodore Roosevelt helped Panama separate from this

country?

Columbia


REASON - The U.S. and President Theodore Roosevelt helped Panama separate from

Columbia

Access to Panama Canal


Leader of the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill in the war in

Cuba against the Spanish

Theodore Roosevelt


Extension of the Monroe Doctrine that said the U.S. would get involved in the affairs of Latin

American Countries to end intervention of European

Countries.

Roosevelt Corollary


A manmade construction that made a faster sea route from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans

Panama Canal


Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy to implement the

Roosevelt Corollary

Big Stick Diplomacy


Big Stick refers to what new weapon owned by the United

States

Great White Fleet (Steel NAVY)



War fought from 1914-1918 in Europe

WWI


Incident that caused WWI to erupt in

Europe?

Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand


Year the U.S. Entered WWI

1917


U.S. Policy of staying out of world wars to entering the war

as an allied power?

Neutrality to Engagement


British cruise liner blown up by Germany without warning

killing 128 Americans?

Lusitania


Telegram sent from Germany to Mexico to form an alliance against the U.S. during WWI?

Zimmerman Note


German policy of attacking neutral vessels at sea

without warning?

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare


This concept refers to issues in the U.S. homeland during

WWI?

Domestic Impact of WWI


Movement of African Americans during WWI to the

Northern part of U.S. to fill Jobs?

Great Migration


Law passed during WWI that made it illegal to speak out against the government or interfere with the military

during WWI

Espionage Act


Socialist put in Jail for 10 years during WWI for

violating the Espionage Act?

Eugene Debs


President of the U.S. during WWI?

Woodrow Wilson


President Wilson’s plan to end all world Wars and create

a worldwide peace?

Fourteen Points


International Peacekeeping Organization formed in the 14

points?

League of Nations


Main Reason U.S. Senators did not approve the Treaty of

Versailles?

Isolationism


Made it illegal to make, sell, or consumer Alcohol?

Eighteenth Amendment


Era in U.S. History when drinking Alcohol was illegal?

Prohibition


Extended Suffrage to women?

Nineteenth Amendment


What does suffrage mean?

Right to Vote



Economic system that disallowed private property; USSR in 1917 become this?

Communism


Economic system where business are owned and

controlled by the government?

Socialism


Fear of the spread of communism and Socialism

spreading during WWI?

Red Scare


Used Mass Production make automobiles?

Henry Ford


Mass Production achieved this way by Henry Ford?

Assembly Line


Mass Production had this affect on the Automobile?

Cheap & Affordable


Major form of communication in peoples homes in the

1920s?

Radio


American culture was influenced by clothing,

hairstyles, etc. seen in these?

Movies


Artistic and Music movement that celebrated African

American culture?

Harlem Renaissance


Famous Jazz Trumpet player during the Harlem

Renaissance?

Louis Armstrong


Music based on old slave rhythms and music from new

Orleans and the South?

JAZZ


Most prominent poet and writer during the Harlem

Renaissance?

Langston Hughes


A row of music production and recording houses in Harlem;

also a concept that refers to a group of composers?

Tin Pan Alley


Most famous composer and song writer in Tin Pan Alley?

Irving Berlin

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