USH Review - Unit 6 - Rise of American Power

Imperialism

• action of annexing a territory
• A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
• first of the amendments that make up the bill of rights & constitution - prohibit restrictions on personal freedoms
• European nation

Spanish American War

• conflict between the US and Spain over the governance of Cuba - Spain was hoping to hold onto the colony, US was hoping to banish european influences from the Western Hemisphere & help the cuban rebels
• Germany's policy to combat the British Blockade
• to send goods to another nation for $$
• the plans for government interaction between other nations

Cuba

• to send goods to another nation for $$
• nation / later state of USA - island chain in the pacific annexed by the US
• British Empire - member of the Triple Entente & ally of the US, France, and Russia during WWI
• Island off the coast of Florida - nation of it's own - earned independence after the Spanish American War

Spain

• European nation
• peace keeping organization created after WWI
• half of the earth that includes north america, south america, and central / latin america
• the financial institutions or commercial activity / markets of a nation

Treaty

• France, Russia, England
• practice of limiting food sources for citizens during dire circumstances & times of war
• agreement between nations
• half of the earth that includes north america, south america, and central / latin america

Colony

• a nation that is owned by another nation for the purposes of making profit or power
• to not interact with others
• A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
• to send goods to another nation for $$

Export

• addition to the Monroe Doctrine written by Theodore Roosevelt
• editor & owner of New York Journal
• peace treaty after WWI
• to send goods to another nation for $$

USS Maine

• President Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace in the world & maintenance of peace in the world following WW1
• major global conflict that involved nations fighting for power & global influence
• US navy ship that was sunk in Cuba's harbor in 1898
• British ships blocked American goods from getting to Germany

Monroe Doctrine

• Germany's policy to combat the British Blockade
• Island off the coast of Florida - nation of it's own - earned independence after the Spanish American War
• activity of buying and selling on a large scale
• principle of US foreign policy established by President Monroe

Commerce

• activity of buying and selling on a large scale
• forbad disloyal speech in America in 1918 in light of WWI
• when soldiers are recruited and compelled to join the army
• belief that the U.S. should not expand its territory overseas and that the U.S. should just be a normal country and leave the other countries alone