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Alfred Mahan
Urged government officials to build up the American navy so to compete with other nations
Dollar Diplomacy
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence.
Great White Fleet
16 American battleships, painted white, sent around the world to display American naval power
imperialism
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Panama Canal
Ship canal cut across the isthmus of Panama by United States
Roosevelt Corollary
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs
Spanish-American War
a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence
USS Maine
American battleship that exploded and led to the Spanish American war
Yellow Journalism
type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting for the sake of attracting readers
American Expeditionary Force
US military forces in Europe during World War I
Allied Powers (WWI)
Britain, France, Russia, and the United States
Central Powers (Triple Alliance)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
John J. Pershing
Commander of American Expeditionary Force of over 1 million troops who insisted his soldiers fight as independent units so US would have independent role in shaping the peace
Lusitania
British boat that was sunk by the German U-boats; made America consider entering WWI
Zimmerman Note
Message proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico, made America consider entering WWI
Eddie Rickenbacker
Famous "ace" pilot who downed 26 enemy fighters in WWI
Espionage & Sedition Acts
Two laws enacted to impose harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S participation in WW1
Alvin York
killed 25 machine-gunners and captured 132 German soldiers when his soldiers took cover; won Congressional Medal of Honor
Spanish Flu
Pandemic that spread around the world in 1918, killing more than 50 million people
Treaty of Versailles
the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
League of Nations
An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace.
Wilson's Fourteen Points
President Wilson's Peace proposal in 1918 stressed national self-determination, the rights of the small countries, freedom of the seas, and free trade.
Schlieffen Plan
Germany's military plan at the outbreak of World War I, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia.
No Man's Land
A strip of land beween the trenches of opposing armies along the Western Front during WW1
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
the use of submarines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners) found in an enemy's waters.
Doughboys
nickname for American troops in Europe
Armistice
An agreement to stop fighting
Harlem Hell Fighters
African American infantry unit that fought with the French Army in World War I
War Industries Board
US agency established during WWI to increase efficiency & discourage waste in war-related industries.
Propaganda
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
Reparations
payment for damages after a war
Selective Service Act
act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service
Total War
the channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
MAIN causes of WWI
