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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
Becoming a World Power
U.S. Ship that exploded in Cuba and blamed on Spain
U.S.S. Maine
Becoming a World Power
War in which the U.S. quickly defeated the Spanish Navy,
made the islands an American territory
War in the Philippines
Becoming a World Power
Americans were eager to spread democracy and open markets into Latin America
Expansionism
Becoming a World Power
Concept used to explain U.S. expansion into Latin America to
get raw materials and open economic markets
Imperialism
Becoming a World Power
The U.S. and President Theodore Roosevelt helped Panama separate from this
country?
Columbia
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REASON - The U.S. and President Theodore Roosevelt helped Panama separate from
Columbia
Access to Panama Canal
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Leader of the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill in the war in
Cuba against the Spanish
Theodore Roosevelt
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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
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A manmade construction that made a faster sea route from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans
Panama Canal
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Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy to implement the
Roosevelt Corollary
Big Stick Diplomacy
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Big Stick refers to what new weapon owned by the United
States
Great White Fleet (Steel NAVY)
SSUSH 15U.S. History
Becoming a World Power
War fought from 1914-1918 in Europe
WWI
Becoming a World Power
Incident that caused WWI to erupt in
Europe?
Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Year the U.S. Entered WWI
1917
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U.S. Policy of staying out of world wars to entering the war
as an allied power?
Neutrality to Engagement
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British cruise liner blown up by Germany without warning
killing 128 Americans?
Lusitania
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Telegram sent from Germany to Mexico to form an alliance against the U.S. during WWI?
Zimmerman Note
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German policy of attacking neutral vessels at sea
without warning?
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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This concept refers to issues in the U.S. homeland during
WWI?
Domestic Impact of WWI
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Movement of African Americans during WWI to the
Northern part of U.S. to fill Jobs?
Great Migration
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Law passed during WWI that made it illegal to speak out against the government or interfere with the military
during WWI
Espionage Act
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Socialist put in Jail for 10 years during WWI for
violating the Espionage Act?
Eugene Debs
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President of the U.S. during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
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President Wilson’s plan to end all world Wars and create
a worldwide peace?
Fourteen Points
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International Peacekeeping Organization formed in the 14
points?
League of Nations
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Main Reason U.S. Senators did not approve the Treaty of
Versailles?
Isolationism
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Made it illegal to make, sell, or consumer Alcohol?
Eighteenth Amendment
Becoming a World Power
Era in U.S. History when drinking Alcohol was illegal?
Prohibition
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Extended Suffrage to women?
Nineteenth Amendment
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What does suffrage mean?
Right to Vote
SSUSH 16U.S. History
Becoming a World Power
Economic system that disallowed private property; USSR in 1917 become this?
Communism
Becoming a World Power
Economic system where business are owned and
controlled by the government?
Socialism
Becoming a World Power
Fear of the spread of communism and Socialism
spreading during WWI?
Red Scare
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Used Mass Production make automobiles?
Henry Ford
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Mass Production achieved this way by Henry Ford?
Assembly Line
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Mass Production had this affect on the Automobile?
Cheap & Affordable
Becoming a World Power
Major form of communication in peoples homes in the
1920s?
Radio
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American culture was influenced by clothing,
hairstyles, etc. seen in these?
Movies
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Artistic and Music movement that celebrated African
American culture?
Harlem Renaissance
Becoming a World Power
Famous Jazz Trumpet player during the Harlem
Renaissance?
Louis Armstrong
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Music based on old slave rhythms and music from new
Orleans and the South?
JAZZ
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Most prominent poet and writer during the Harlem
Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
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A row of music production and recording houses in Harlem;
also a concept that refers to a group of composers?
Tin Pan Alley
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Most famous composer and song writer in Tin Pan Alley?
Irving Berlin