American history unit 5

Imperialism

Stronger nations, primarily for their own benefit, extend their economic, political, and or military influence over weaker territories

Reasons for imperialism

The frontier was closed, global competition for markets, national prestige, expanded Navy, belief and superiority( social Darwinism)

Fredrick Jackson turner

Influential American historian claimed that there was no more free land for people in the US to develop. He proposed that we would have to expand overseas.

Alfred T Mahan

Military advisor of President McKinley, who advocated for updating the US Naval fleet, establishing Caribbean naval bases, building a canal in Panama, and increasing US possessions in the Pacific

Social Darwinism

Idea that the strong survive and the weak are conquered, and that was the natural way of life

Annexation of Hawaii (queen Lil)

The US annexed this territory in 1898 in the Pacific

Big stick diplomacy

foreign policy strategy of Theodore Roosevelt, that emphasized peaceful negotiation; protected the western hemisphere

Yellow journalism/press

Emphasizes sensationalism, exaggerated stories, and eye catching headlines over factual accuracy. The primary goal of the style is to attract a large leadership and increase circulation for profit, or to sway people to think what the writers want them to think, often blurring the line between factual news and entertainment.

USS Maine 

US battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898. It’s singing fueled public outrage who blamed the explosion Spain and helped spark the Spanish American war.

Emilio Aguinaldo

Filipino nationalist, he led other nationalists, defeating the Spanish army

Rough riders 

Calvary unit that was commanded by Theodore Roosevelt

Treaty of Paris (1898)

This document under the Spanish American war enforce Spain to give up control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Pacific Island of Guam. They also had to sell the Philippines to the US for $20 million.

4 main causes of WWI

Militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, assassins

Assassination: catalyst for WWI

The archduke of Austria, Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie are killed while on a trip. They are killed by garvillo princip , a member of a group based in Serbia called the black hand.

Sides fighting in WWI

The allies and the central powers were fighting in World War I. The allies were France, Britain, US, Russia, Italy, Japan, Serbia, and Belgium. The central powers were Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Ottoman empire, and Bulgaria.

Reason for US entry in WWI

Economic ties, German actions, and American ideals

U-boat

German submarine used in World War I

Lusitania

Unarmed British passenger liner that was sunk by German U-boats and outraged American citizens

Unrestricted submarine warfare 

When all ships are attacked without warning

Zimmerman telegram

A German proposal of an alliance with Mexico that threateend the US, for Mexico to take back Texas

Selective service act

A law that required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the military

Woodrow Wilson

28 US president who led the country through World War I and had convinced the country to be peacemakers for the rest of the world

Fourteen points 

a statement of peace that wanted to change the world by promoting openness, independence, and freedom

Treaty of Versailles

Peace treaty that formally ended World War I and held Germany responsible for their damages.

League of Nations

a group of people that were in charge of resolving conflict before it led to bloodshed and war