Unit 6

• Monroe doctrine 


  the policy by president Monroe in 1823, that the US opposed further Europe colonization/ interference with independent nations within the western hemisphere
• Yellow journalism 


  A style of newspaper reporting that emphasizes the sensationalism over facts
• Rosevelt corollary 


  United States had responsibility to preserve order and protect life and property everywhere
• Imperialism 


  A system where a powerful nation exploits off weaker colony
• Zimmerman telegram 


  Coded message to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the U.S from Germany (Mexico gets its land back)
• Great migration 


  The movement of 6 mil African Americans from southern rural states to urban north states
• League of Nations 


  Organization to settle disputes peacefully by joining your announcing diplomacy (helped stop ww1 but caused ww2)
• Red scare 


  A period in the US when everyone was caught up in containing of communism and investigated ppl within their community for communism
• Big stick diplomacy 


  Based on the theory that U.S could use force to maintain stability in LA. In the Roosevelt corollary that US uses “international police power”
• 14 points 


  Designed as a guidelines for the rebuilding of the postwar world
• Open door policy 


  The open door stated that all nations could enjoy equal access to Chinese market
• How did the United States Gain Hawaii? 


  The U.S gained Hawaii by being annexed in 1898 (from the Spanish American war) at the urging of president William McKinley
• What were the causes of Spanish American War

  The causes of the Spanish American war was U.S ongoing struggle by Cubans fighting for independence and mysterious explosions of the battleship U.S marine
• How did the Spanish American war change American foreign policy

  Spanish American war changed foreign policy from isolation to imperialism (protect U.S no matter who is involved)
• What are the three immediate causes of American intervention in ww1

  German unrestricted submarine war fare, Zimmerman telegram, attacking England ship
• What was the impact of Schenck vs the U.S 


  Limiting individual free speech rights under the 1st amendment during war
• what were the different points of views in the League of Nations

  Security versus national sovereignty, idealism versus pragmatism(dealing with an issue in a practical way)
• how did ww1 impact immigration groups

  Immigration in the Us slowed from the war and many Americans didn’t approve of immigrants especially German immigrants
• How did the unites states mobilize for war

  Drafting, industry (making stuff for war), gun manufacturers/selling, food acts
• How did president Roosevelt secure the land for the Panama Canal

  He secured it by negotiating with Columbia in 1903, allowing the U.S rights to land surrounding the panama canal