US History Unit 4

Selective Service Act

instituted a draft to raise an army

Dawes Act

Americanized the Indians by educating them

Lusitania

the sinking of this was a result of unrestricted submarine warfare

USS Maine

The Spanish are blamed for its explosion

Jose Marti

A Cuban patriot who asked America for help against Spain

Hudson Taylor

believed in changing hearts, not a people's culture; built hospitals in China

Woodrow Wilson's "missionary diplomacy"

sought to promote national integrity, human rights, and opportunities

Josiah Strong

He believed that America should "civilize" the "savage" races

Sanford B. Dole

becomes the first president of Hawaii

Eugene Debs

socialist who despised patriotic duty and was sentenced to jail

Emilio Agunaldo

He fought along side America against Spain, but his optimism in America declined after the war as he desired the Philippines to be independent

Cause of Phillipin annexation

The US desired the strategic harbor as a naval base and saw it in relation to commercial ties to China.

Hawaiian Annexation

US marines help dethrone the queen because America wanted to protect the sugar plantations

White Man's Burden

The US mission of civilizing other "savage" nations

dollar diplomacy

President William Howard Taft's approach in South America

Roosevelt Corollary

a logical extension of the Monroe Doctrine

Open Door Policy

In an effort to maximize trade and protect her markets in the East, the United States instituted with China

Declaration of Independence

Why some like Andrew Carnegie and Mark Twain object to the Treaty of Paris / imperialism

Boxer Rebellion

The Kung Fu the Chinese used against foreigners

Platt Amendment

United States set conditions on Cuba's independence

Yellow journalism

The use of bold headlines and exaggerated stories

President Wilson

Had two conflicting messages regarding US involvement in WWI from 1916 to 1917

Zimmerman Telegram

Germany promised Mexico could regain lost territory in America if it joined the Central Powers.

democracy

The reason Americans sided with Britain as they felt a political connection with them

Czarist Russia

Dropped out of the war causing WWI to be justified as a war for democracy

The Reservationists

opposed participation in the League of Nations because they felt it would limit Congress' power to declare war

Progressive Crusade

Big government activism and regulations during WWI

Suspicion

Became the unseen "disease" in WWI to strike America

Liberty Bonds

Sold by the US to raise money for the war

Influenza

On the homefront caused 500,000 Americans to die during WWI

slacker

refers to someone who avoided service in the war

League of Nations

Wilson's 14th Point about an international organization to create peace

Great Migration

Large numbers of blacks headed north for industrial work

Cause of WWI

militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism

Boost in economy

Some America saw the Great War as an opportunistic opportunity for this

England's naval blockade

Germany's reason for using unrestricted submarine warfare

Government regulation

The way President Wilson got productions rolling for WWI

War Industries Board

Determined what products industries would create, where they went, and how much they would cost

Food Administration

Asked Americans to conserve more with meatless and wheatless days

Committee of War Information

Stressed the cruelty of Germany

Conscientious objector

Americans whose moral or religious views forbid them from fighting in war

Schenck v. United States

There are times when public order is pressing that the First Amendment protections do not apply

DEB Du Bois

Believed that Black serving in WWI could prove themselves loyal and patriotic

Mexicans

Wartime demand for food and scarce labor caused them to immigrate to America