https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2017-11-14 02:20:46 UTC 2025-10-07 07:10:15 UTC hello@padlet.com supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206551876 a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
rule by an emperor.]]> 2017-11-14 02:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206551876 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206552487 a state that is controlled and protected by another.
the position or period of office of a Protector, especially that in England of Oliver and Richard Cromwell.]]> 2017-11-14 02:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206552487 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206552669 of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language. 4. n. a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'

]]> 2017-11-14 02:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206552669 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206552902 the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and reform.]]> 2017-11-14 02:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206552902 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206553095 Spanish-American War definition. A war between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898. The war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba. ... The United States acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines in thewar and gained temporary control over Cuba.]]> 2017-11-14 02:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206553095 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206553293 Yellow journalism, or the yellow press, is a US term for a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering or sensationalism.]]> 2017-11-14 02:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206553293 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206553913 an African-American cavalry soldier.
Buffalo Soldier. ... Buffalo Soldiers, originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. This nickname was given to the Negro Cavalry by Native American tribes who fought in the Indian Wars.]]> 2017-11-14 02:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206553913 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554128 The Great White Fleet was a sixteen battleship fleetthat sailed on a world voyage from December 16, 1907 - February 22, 1909. Its primary purpose was to showcase American naval power.]]> 2017-11-14 02:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554128 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554252 The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policyestablished in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note, dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers.]]> 2017-11-14 02:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554252 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554361 Boxer Rebellion, officially supported peasant uprisingof 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China. “Boxers” was a name that foreigners gave to a Chinese secret society known as the Yihequan (“Righteous and Harmonious Fists”).]]> 2017-11-14 02:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554361 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554498 the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence.
Summary and Definition: The term "Dollar Diplomacy" refers to the use of diplomacy to promote the United States commercial interest and economic power abroad by guaranteeing loans made to strategically important foreign countries. ... One of the important events during his presidency was Taft's Dollar Diplomacy.]]> 2017-11-14 02:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554498 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554693 The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03.]]> 2017-11-14 02:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554693 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554857 Big stick ideology, big stick diplomacy, or big stickpolicy refers to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy: "speak softly, and carry a big stick."]]> 2017-11-14 02:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206554857 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206555223 Moral diplomacy is a form of diplomacy proposed by US President Woodrow Wilson in his 1912 election. Moral diplomacy is the system in which support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs are analogous to that of the nation.]]> 2017-11-14 02:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206555223 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206555344 Panama Canal definition. Waterway across the Isthmus of Panama. The canalconnects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The United States built it from 1904 to 1914 on territory leased from Panama.]]> 2017-11-14 02:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206555344 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206555484 a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
isolationism definition. The doctrine that a nation should stay out of the disputes and affairs of other nations. The United States practiced a policy of isolationismuntil World War I and did not pursue an active international policy until after World War II. (See “entangling alliances with none.”)]]> 2017-11-14 02:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206555484 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206555679 information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

]]> 2017-11-14 02:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206555679 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206555907 noun. (italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I. 2. an ancient region and Roman province in the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding generally to modern Portugal. Lusitanian, adjective, noun.]]> 2017-11-14 02:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206555907 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206556262 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.]]> 2017-11-14 02:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206556262 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206566734 a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
The alliances made before the beginning of World War 1 are the main reason World War 1 went from being a war between accuser and accused, Austria-Hungary and Serbia, to the first world war. An alliance is an agreement made by two or more parties to secure common goals and to defend the other party in case of war.]]> 2017-11-14 04:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206566734 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206566979 patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts.
Nationalism, ideology based on the premise that the individual's loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass other individual or group interests. Nationalism is a modern movement.]]> 2017-11-14 04:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206566979 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567259 The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note orZimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany.]]> 2017-11-14 04:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567259 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567438 The War Industries Board (WIB) was a United States government agency established on July 28, 1917, during World War I, to coordinate the purchase of warsupplies between the War Department (Department of the Army) and the Navy Department.]]> 2017-11-14 04:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567438 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567540 a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, planted to increase food production during a war.
Victory Gardens, also called "war gardens" or "foodgardens for defense", were gardens planted both at private residences and on public land during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort.]]> 2017-11-14 04:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567540 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567708 A Liberty bond (or liberty loan) was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time.]]> 2017-11-14 04:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567708 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567813 The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.]]> 2017-11-14 04:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567813 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567995 The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.]]> 2017-11-14 04:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206567995 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206568133 The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970. Until 1910, more than 90 percent of the African-American population lived in the American South.]]> 2017-11-14 04:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206568133 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206568268 On March 2, 1901, the Platt Amendment was passed as part of the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill. It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War, and an eighth condition that Cuba sign a treaty accepting these seven conditions.]]> 2017-11-14 04:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206568268 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206568597 The law was extended on May 16, 1918, by the Sedition Act of 1918, actually a set of amendments to the Espionage Act, which prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States ... or the flag of the United States, ]]> 2017-11-14 04:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206568597 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206568956 Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 – November 9, 1924) was an American Republican Congressman and historian from Massachusetts. A member of the prominent Lodge family, he received his PhD in history from Harvard University.]]> 2017-11-14 04:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206568956 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569074 Queen Liliuokalani (1838-1917) was the last sovereign of the Kamehameha dynasty, which had ruled a unified Hawaiian kingdom since 1810. Born Lydia Kamakaeha, she became crown princess in 1877, after the death of her youngest brother made her the heir apparent to her elder brother, King Kalakaua.]]> 2017-11-14 04:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569074 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569267 Alfred Thayer Mahan [məˈhæn] (September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914) was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century."]]> 2017-11-14 04:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569267 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569386 Joseph J. Pulitzer (/ˈpʊlɪtsər/ ( listen); Hungarian: [ˈpulit͡sɛr]; born József Pulitzer; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World. ... Pulitzer founded the Columbia School of Journalism by his philanthropic bequest; it opened in 1912.]]> 2017-11-14 04:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569386 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569541 William Randolph Hearst Sr. (/hɜːrst/; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, politician, and newspaper publisher who built the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company Hearst Communications and whose flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media.]]> 2017-11-14 04:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569541 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569721 A political leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Roosevelt was president from 1901 to 1909. He became governor of New York in 1899, soon after leading a group of volunteer cavalrymen, the Rough Riders, in the Spanish-American War.]]> 2017-11-14 04:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569721 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569857 McKinley, William definition. A political leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; he was president from 1897 to 1901. McKinley, a Republican, led the United States during the Spanish-American War, although he at first opposed taking action against Spain.]]> 2017-11-14 04:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206569857 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206570109 Wilson, Woodrow definition. A political leader and educator of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A Democrat, he was elected president in 1912 after serving as president of Princeton University ( see Ivy League ) and as governor of New Jersey.Wilson was president from 1913 to 1921.]]> 2017-11-14 04:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206570109 supercrosstravis https://padlet.com/supercrosstravis/zmts3n3h4tou/wish/206570266 n archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914) Synonyms: Francis Ferdinand Example of: archduke. a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria.

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