American History 443/Kozuch
Imperialism & WWI
Key Concepts
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Motives for Imperialism
Social Darwinism
Nationalism
Key Terms
Ch. 19, Sec. 1 (558-562)
Samoa
José Martî
William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
“Remember the Maine”
Pres. McKinley
Spanish American War
Asst. Sec. Of Navy
Emilio Aguinaldo
Rough Riders
Ch. 19, Sec. 2 (563-568)
Annex
Anti-Imperialist League
Philippine Gov’t Act (1902)
Hawaiian League
“Bayonet Constitution”
Queen Liliuokalani
Opium War
Spheres of influence
Open door policy
Boxer Rebellion
Commodore Matthew Perry
Russo-Japanese War
Treaty of Portsmouth
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militarism
self-determination
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Platt Amendment &
Guantánamo Bay
protectorate
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Hay-Herrán Treaty
Hay- Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Dr. William C. Gorgas
Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
Ch.19, Sec. 4 (575-579)
Porfirio Dîaz
Gen. Huerta & Pres. Wilson
Francisco Madero
Pancho Villa
Emiliano Zapata
Ch. 20.1 (585-592)
Pan- Slavic/German
Movements
Triple Alliance/Entente
Allied vs. Central Powers
Gavrilo Princip
Franz Ferdinand
No-man’s land
Trench warfare
Battle of the Somme
Propaganda (also CPI p. 604)
Lusitania
Ch. 20.2 (593-600)
Zimmermann Telegram
Selective Service Act
“Yanks”
“doughboys”
convoy system
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Armistice
Ch. 20.4 (606-11)
14 points
self determination
Big Four
reparations
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge
“Spanish” flu
Organizing Themes
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How did Imperialism impact U.S. foreign policy in the late 19 th and early 20th Century?
How was Roosevelt’s policy of “speak softly and carry a big stick” representative of the time
period particularly in Latin America?
How did geography play a role in expansionist policies and the start of World War I? (see pages
582-583).
How did Nationalism and propaganda lead to violence and the suppression of civil liberties during
WWI?