ww1 vocab

4. an intercepted telegram from the German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman to the German ambassador to Mexico.
9. it was the unofficial name of president teddy Roosevelt’s progressive party of 1912
10. conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America.
11. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
12. allows federal government to collect income tax
14. first worldwide intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace
15. first developed following the failure of a French construction team in the 1880s, when the United States commenced building a canal across a 50-mile stretch of the narrow Panama isthmus in 1904.
16. a philosophy or system that emphasizes the importance of military power
17. prohibited the distribution of alcoholic beverages

1. to take possession of an area of land or country and add it to larger areas (usually by force)
2. a proposal that allowed all nations to trade freely with China
3. british passenger ship that was sunk by the german submarine
5. gave women the right to vote
6. exposed the horrible conditions in the meatpacking industry
7. journalists who expose corruption to the public
8. allowed the public to vote for senators
13. a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to ones country