U.S Imperialism and The Great War by Anushka Verma https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq en-us 2021-06-30 16:21:20 UTC 2025-10-06 13:03:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Protectorate: A country that is technically independent but is actually under the control of another country(Ex. cuba) 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1631997163 2021-06-30 16:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1631997163 Dollar Diplomacy: Policy under President Taft to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1631998631 2021-06-30 16:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1631998631 Yellow Journalism: Scandalous stories and shocking illustrations based on little factual information. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632001870 2021-06-30 16:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632001870 League of Nations: Peacekeeping organization established after WW1. The US did not join this organization because Congress believed it would entangle the US in world affairs. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632003066 2021-06-30 16:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632003066 Great White Fleet: The 16 battleships of the new US Navy that Roosevelt sent on a voyage around the world to show off our nation's military might. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632004655 2021-06-30 16:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632004655 Open Door Policy: This policy declared that other nations must share trading rights with the US. Other nations decided they had to agree. China wasn't consulted. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632008291 2021-06-30 16:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632008291 Boxer Rebellion: Secret Chinese societies began organizing to kick out foreign control. In 1900 they attacked foreigners, killing hundreds of Christian missionaries, and others. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632010007 2021-06-30 16:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632010007 Big Stick Diplomacy:Policy named by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt to describe the assertion of US dominance through the force of our Navy if necessary. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632011644 2021-06-30 16:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632011644 Moral Diplomacy: Form of diplomacy, proposed by Woodrow Wilson which encourage democratic pro-American governments in Latin America. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632016229 2021-06-30 16:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632016229 Imperialism: An economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations. America's main fueling factors were: Thirst for new markets; Belief in Cultural Superiority; Desire for military strength. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632018051 2021-06-30 16:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632018051 Isolationism: A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs(ex. US wanted to stay out of WW1) 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632019686 2021-06-30 16:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632019686 Propaganda: Information designed to influence opinion (ex: Posters, Speeches, Media) 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632021792 2021-06-30 16:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632021792 Wilson's 14 Points: President Wilson's peace plan he proposed at the Paris Peace Conference. His goal was to create a lasting peace and not to punish Germany. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632023136 2021-06-30 16:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632023136 1st Red Scare: A fear of Communist subversion in the US led to people beginning to link radical and dangerous ideas with immigrants. because of this fear Americans began to call for limitations to be placed on immigration 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632024842 2021-06-30 16:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632024842 Victory Garden: During WW1 the Us encouraged US citizens to grow their own produce so there could be more food to send over our troops. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632027385 2021-06-30 16:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632027385 Palmer Raids: Due to a fear of a communist uprising the U.S. government under the leadership of A. Mitchell Palmer began making mass arrests based on little evidence in the fall of 1919. US agents did not use search warrants. Did not allow attorneys, and denied basic rights. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632030764 2021-06-30 16:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632030764 Great Migration: During WW1 between 300,000 and 500,000 African Americans left the South to settle in the North to fill the job voids. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632032569 2021-06-30 16:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632032569 Platt Amendment: 1901 amendment to the Cuban constitution by which the US was allowed certain privileges, including the right indefinitely maintain Guantanamo naval base in Cuba and to intervene in Cuban affairs. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632034593 2021-06-30 16:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632034593 Sedition Act: Act passed during WW1 which limited 1st amendment rights by making it illegal to say anything bad about the president, the war, or the government. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632059305 2021-06-30 17:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632059305 War Industries Board: In 1917, this war was created to coordinate the production of war materials. Government encourage businesses to keep employees happen to continue producing war time goods. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632060615 2021-06-30 17:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632060615 Spanish American War: As a result of this "Splendid Little War" the US gained the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632081559 2021-06-30 17:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632081559 Roosevelt Corollary: This document was an addition onto the Monroe Doctrine which stated the US had the right to intervene in the affairs of Latin America whenever they saw necessary. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632085574 2021-06-30 17:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632085574 Panama Canal: The US provoked and supported a revolution in Panama in order to secure the right to build this canal. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632106108 2021-06-30 17:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632106108 Liberty Bonds: Debt securities issued by the government for the purpose of financing military operations during WW1. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632106860 2021-06-30 17:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632106860 Henry Cabot Lodge: Write "Influence of Sea Power" which stated if the US wanted to become an empire it needed a strong Navy. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632107549 2021-06-30 17:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632107549 Queen Liliuokalani: Last monarch of Hawaii who was overthrown by US Businessmen. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632108303 2021-06-30 17:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632108303 Hearst & Pulitzer: Newspaper owners who published yellow journalism about the Spanish American war. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632109050 2021-06-30 17:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632109050 Theodore Roosevelt: President associated with Panama Canal, Big Stick Diplomacy, Great White Fleet. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632109836 2021-06-30 17:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632109836 William Taft: President who's diplomacy idea was referred to as Dollar Diplomacy. 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632110925 2021-06-30 17:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632110925 300206 https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632115013 Woodrow Wilson: president who's diplomacy idea was referred to as Moral Diplomacy.]]> 2021-06-30 18:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/300206/gqlxe1e51wq0lxpq/wish/1632115013