Unit 3 Vocabulary
Published on Feb 14, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
IMPERIALISM
- A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
PROTECTORATE
- A state that is controlled and protected by another.
ANGELO-SAXONISM
- The idea that the English speaking nations had superior character , ideas , and systems of government and where designed to dominate the planet .
SOCIAL DARWINISM
- Social Darwinism is a modern name given to various theories of society , which claim to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics .
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
- The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
YELLOW JOURNALISM
- Is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration .
GREAT WHITE FLEET
- was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe .
OPEN DOOR POLICY
- The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs .
BOXER REBELLION
- a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious fits .
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
- particularly during President William Howard Taft's term—to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
- was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt.
BIG STICK DIPLOMACY
- International negotiations backed by the threat of force. The phrase comes from a proverb quoted by Theodore Roosevelt, who said that the United States should "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
MORAL DIPLOMACY
- is the system in which support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs are analogous to that of the nation.
PANAMAL CANAL
- The Panama Canal is a 77.1-kilometre ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.
ISOLATIONISM
- a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
PROPAGANDA
- used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
LUSITANIA
- Lusitania was a British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband, and briefly the world's largest passenger ship.
MILITARISM
- belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
ALLIANCES
- A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
NATIONALISM
- The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance.
ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAPH
- was an internal 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.
WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD
- was a United States government agency established on July 28, 1917, during World War I, to coordinate the purchase of the war supplies .
VICTORY GARDEN
- a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, planted to increase food production during a war.
LIBERTY BONDS
- was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause in world war 1 .
WILSON'S 14 POINTS
- President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negation at the end of the war .
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
- An international organization established after World War I under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. The League, the forerunner of the United Nations, brought about much international cooperation on health, labor problems, refugee affairs, and the like.
GREAT MIGRATION
- was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern untitled states to urban northwest , Midwest ,and west .
HENRY CABOT LODGE
- Henry Cabot Lodge was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts.
QUEEN LILUOKALANI
- was the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
ALFRED T MAHAN
- was a United States Navy admiral, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the 19th century.
JOSEPH PULITZER
- was a Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World.
WILIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
- William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher who built the nation's largest newspaper chain and whose methods profoundly influenced American journalist.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
- Theodore Roosevelt, often referred to as Teddy or TR, was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United State.
WILLIAM MCELEY
- Was the 25th president of the United States .
WOODROW WILSON
- An American politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States .
ARCH DUKE FRANZ FERDINAND
- Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia.
PLATT AMENDMENT
- the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill. It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War.
ESPIONAGE & SEDITION ACT
- 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.
