Topic 04 - WWI and the 1920's

Match the following concepts

• Nationalism

• The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion

• Militarism

• a policy of aggressive military preparedness

• Social Darwinism

• a policy of non-intervention from foreign political affairs
  

• Imperialism

• the policy of a powerful nation exercising political and economic control over a weaker one

• Isolationism

• loyalty or devotion to a nation usually at the detriment of others

Match the following people

• William Mckinley

• Under his presidency, the U.S. gained control of the Panama Canal Zone. Best known for his statement: "Speak softly and carry a big stick and you will go far."

• Teddy Roosevelt

• President during the Spanish-American War; annexed the Hawaiian Islands, and acquired the Philippines

• Woodrow Wilson

• President during World War I; believed in self-determinism and created the Fourteen Points

document that placed blame for the war on Germany, reduced armed forces, and forced Germany to pay reparations for war damages​ (a)  

• Treaty of Versailles
• Zimmerman Note
• Sedition Act
• Espionage Act
• Fourteen Points
• Monroe Doctrine

the free choice by the people of a nation of their own future political status

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Pandemic

• Self-Determination

• Isolationism

• Manifest Destiny

Woodrow Wilson’s ideological aim to eliminate causes of war through free trade, freedom of the seas, disarmament, and an end to secret alliances while allowing national self-determination​ (a)  

• Fourteen Points
• Treaty of Versailles
• Zimmerman Note
• Espionage Act
• Sedition Act

telegram sent to German ambassador in Mexico promising the “return of lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona” if it allied with Germany​ (a)  

• Zimmerman Note
• Treaty of Versailles
• Sedition Act
• Espionage Act
• Monroe Doctrine

Germany's policy of sinking any ship without warning, including civilian ships

• Imperialism

• Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

• Victory Gardens

• Isolationism

• Sedition Act

Match the following definitions

• Victory Gardens

•  a garden planted by civilians during war to raise vegetable for home use, leaving more of other foods for the troops

• Sedition Act

• to select a person at random for mandatory military service

• Espionage Act

• 1918 law that made it illegal to speak against the war publicly

• pandemic

• a disease that spreads worldwide

• Draft

• 1917 law that made it illegal to aid the enemy, give false reports or interfere with the war effort

beginning in the mid-1800's in the United States that sought greater rights and opportunities for women

• Harlem Renaissance

• Women's Suffrage Movement

• Modernism

• Fundamentalism

Country which is owed more money by other countries than it owes other countries​ (a)  

• Creditor Nation
• Stock Market
• Draft
• Pandemic
• Militarism
• Flapper