1302 US History Vocab Review

1901 treaty between the US and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuban independence from foreign investors. It also gave the US control over Cuban international and domestic affairs to ensure Cuban independence. It was added to the Cuban Constitution to ensure America’s role in Cuban development and future. Also, gave the US the right to place a naval base in Cuba.

• Teller Amendment

• Platt Amendment

Worst economic downturn in American history; it was spurred by the stock market crash of 1929 and lasted until WWII.

• Great Depression

• Black Tuesday

Foreign policy by President Wilson that rested on the idea that economic and political freedom went hand in hand, and encouraged American intervention abroad in order to secure these freedoms globally.

• Moral Internationalism

• Liberal Internationalism

War of the indigenous population of a territory the Americans acquired in the Spanish-American War to fight for their independence from the Americans. The Pacific Island nation relied on guerrilla warfare as their main strategy before they were ultimately defeated.

• Philippine War

• Cuban War

Vision for a self-sufficient southern economy built on modern capitalist values, industrial growth, and improved transportation. Supporters advocated for economic diversity and laissez-faire capitalism. Proposed by Henry Grady.

• New South

• Lost Cause

US Strategy in the Cold War that called for containing Soviet expansion; originally devised by US diplomat George Kennan.

• Truman Doctrine

• Containment

US Naval ship that exploded off the coast of Cuba. Yellow journalism incited the American public’s anger, which led to the Spanish-American War.

• USS Maine

• Lusitania

US mission in which the CIA, hoping to inspire a revolt against Fidel Castro, sent 1,500 Cuban exiles to invade their homeland on April 17, 1961; the mission was a spectacular failure.

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

Unorganized mass migration of 40,000 - 60,000 southern Blacks as they sought to escape the oppressive environment in the South.

• Kansas Exodus

• Great Migration

Top-secret policy paper approved by Truman in 1950 that outlined a militaristic approach to combating the spread of global communism.

• NSC-68

• Military-Industrial Complex