Learning Contract #7

4. a secret German message to Mexico proposing an alliance against the United States during World War I
6. news reporting that exaggerates stories to attract readers
9. founder of Hull House and a leader in the settlement house movement
10. a canal built by the United States across Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
11. payments required from a defeated country to compensate for damage caused during a war
12. a U.S. policy that called for equal trading rights for all countries in China
13. a British passenger ship sunk by a German submarine in 1915 during World War I
16. a Chinese uprising against foreign influence and control in China around 1900
17. community centers that provided services such as education, food, and childcare to immigrants and the poor
18. the movement of millions of African Americans from the rural South to northern cities in the early 1900s
19. a proposal by President Woodrow Wilson outlining ideas for peace after World War I

1. the treaty that officially ended World War I in 1919
2. a famous settlement house in Chicago that helped immigrants and poor families
3. a foreign policy approach of negotiating peacefully but threatening military force
5. a short war in 1898 between the United States and Spain that resulted in U.S. control of several former Spanish territories
7. a policy where a country extends its power by gaining control over other lands or territories
8. an international organization created after World War I to promote peace and cooperation between countries
14. a period of reform in the late 1800s and early 1900s focused on solving social and political problems
15. a type of fighting in World War I where soldiers battled from deep trenches