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- 2. Signed on September 3,1783, ratified by Congress on January 14,1784. Formally ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States.
- 4. A foreign policy designed to substitute economic power for military force to secure U.S. interests abroad.
- 6. A diplomatic framework demanding equal trade access to China for all foreign nations, preventing any single power from monopolizing Chinese markets.
- 7. A U.S. Navy battleship that exploded and sank in Havana Harbor, Cuba, on February 15, 1898, killing over 260 crew members. This event fueled yellow journalism.
- 8. U.S. laws enacted during World War I to penalize anti-war activities, suppress dissent, and punish sabotage.
- 13. A secret 1917 diplomatic communication from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States.
- 14. A famous regiment assembled by Theodore Roosevelt to fight in Cuba during the 1898 Spanish-American War.
- 15. Points used during President Woodrow Wilson's speech that were designed to boost Allied morale and encourage the Central Powers to surrender.
- 18. The first intergovernmental organization aimed at maintaining world peace through diplomacy, established after World War I.
- 19. A U.S. law restricting Cuban sovereignty following the Spanish-American War.
- 20. Treaty that officially ended World War I between the Allied Powers and Germany.
- 22. The belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
- 23. A violent anti-foreign, anti-Christian uprising in China led by a secret society known as the Righteous and Harmonious Fists (or "Boxers").
- 25. Style of newspaper reporting from the late 1890s that emphasized sensationalism, exaggeration, and lurid headlines over factual, objective news.
- 26. Once a British luxury ocean liner, once the worlds fastest and largest ship, that was torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, during WWI.
- 27. Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles that forced Germany to accept full responsibility for causing all loss and damage during World War I.
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- 1. A policy or practice of a state expanding its power and dominion over other nations or territories, often through direct military force, economic domination, or political influence.
- 3. Was the heir to Austro-Hungrarian throne whose assassination on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip triggered the outbreak of World War I.
- 5. Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
- 9. The promise of non-agricultural work, higher wages, educational opportunities, and an escape from racial violence that led six million courageous Black Americans to uproot their entire lives and migrate to industrial cities in the West and North.
- 10. The deliberate, systematic spreading of information-such as facts, rumors, half-truths, or images-to influence public opinion, promote a specific cause, or damage an opposing one.
- 11. An individual who refuses to perform military service or bear arms due to deeply held religious, moral, or ethical beliefs.
- 12. An addition to the Monroe Doctrine by President Theodore Roosevelt, asserting that the U.S. would intervene as an "international police power" in Latin American nations guilty of "chronic wrongdoing" or financial impotence.
- 16. A 1903 alliance between Britain, France, and Russia. Counterweight to the German-led Triple Alliance before World War I.
- 17. Act that temporarily expanded the military through conscription during World War I, requiring men aged 21-45 to register for a national draft.
- 21. A secret defensive pact between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy aimed at preventing French aggression and isolating France diplomatically.
- 24. A formal, negotiated agreement between warring parties to temporarily suspend active hostilities, acting as a "battle timeout" or truce.