Unit 6: A New Role in the World

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1 Unit 6: A New Role in the World Study online at quizlet.com/_1fnvlz 1. alliances 5. conscription An agreement between nations to aid and protect each other. 2. Allies A military draft 6. dollar diplomacy 3. Archduke Franz Ferdinand In World War I, the group of nations - originally consisting of Great Britain, France, and Russia and later joined by the United States, Italy, and others 7. Eugene V. Debs President Taft's policy of linking American business interests to diplomatic interests abroad Heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I. 4. Central Powers Ran for U.S. President five times as a socialist. The last attempt was made while he was serving time in prison for obstructing the draft of World War I. In World War I the alliance of Germany, Austria- Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies

2 8. expansionism 13. Irreconcilables Group of isolationist U.S. senators who fought ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, , because of their opposition to American membership in the League of Nations. 14. John Hay A policy that calls for expanding a nation's boundaries. 9. Filipino Insurrection Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt who pioneered the Open-Door Policy in China and American acquisition of the Panama canal 10. Fourteen Points 11. Henry Cabot Lodge American military campaign that supressed the filipine movement for independence after the spanish american war A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I. 15. John J. Pershing 16. Manifest Destiny Commander of the US Forces during WW1 Henry Cabot Lodge was a Republican who disagreed with the Versailles Treaty, and who was the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He mostly disagreed with the section that called for the League to protect a member who was being threatened. 19th century belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean 12. imperialism A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.

3 17. militarism 22. Open Door Policy A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war 18. mobilization the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war 19. Monroe Doctrine 23. propaganda A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China. Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause (1823) A political policy of the United States by President James Monroe that states the Western Hemisphere is closed to European interference. 20. nationalism A sense of unity binding the people of a state together; devotion to the interests of a particular country or nation, an identification with the state and an acceptance of national goals. 21. neutrality 24. Reservationists Senators who pledged to vote in favor of the Treaty of Versailles if certain changes were made - led by Henry Cabot Lodge 25. Roosevelt Corollary A policy of not choosing sides in a war or dispute between other countries; policy adopted by the US at the outbreak of WWI 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine used to justify U.S. intervention in the affairs of Latin American nations if their weakness or wrongdoing warranted such action.

4 26. Schenck v. United States 30. Treaty of Versailles Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment. A 1919 decision upholding the conviction of a socialist who had urged young men to resist the draft during World War I. Justice Holmes declared that government can limit speech if the speech provokes a "clear and present danger" of substantive evils. 31. u-boats 27. selfdetermination The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will 28. Spanish- American War 29. Theodore Roosevelt In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence; resulted in the acquisition of a American overseas empire 32. William Howard Taft German submarines used in World War I 27th President; adopted dollar diplomacy Leader of Rough Riders during the Spanish American War; Later the 26th President who championed the "Great White Fleet," added a Corollary to Monroe Doctrine justifying further intervention in Latin America, and adopted "Big Stick" diplomacy.

5 33. William McKinley 36. Zimmerman note 34. Woodrow Wilson 25th President; authorized the Spanish- American War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of Hawaii; was assassinated by an anarchist A note intercepted by the US, originally sent from Germany to Mexico saying that if Mexico can keep the US out of the Great War then Germany would help Mexico regain its territories taken from the US like New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. 35. yellow journalism 28th President of the United States, known for World War I leadership, proposing the Fourteen Points and the League of Nations, and for negotiating the Treaty of Versailles which the US never ratified Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers