Everything we Need To Know

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Collective security

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Working with other countries to influence world affairs “team player”

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Isolationism

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Strict non-involvement in the affairs of other nations “loner”

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Internationalism

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Intervening in other countries’ affairs to promote important national interests and/or to safeguard national security

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Imperialism

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Extending power by acquiring territory around the globe or exploiting weaker nations to serve national interests

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Yellow journalism

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The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers

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Nationalism

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A devotion to the interests and culture of ones nation

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Militarism

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The policy of building up armed forces in aggressive preparedness for war and their use as a tool of diplomacy

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Central powers

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The group of nations-led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire– that opposed the allies in world war 1

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Espionage and sedition act

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Two laws, enacted 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone who interfered with or speaking against u.s participation in world war 1

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League of Nations

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An association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace

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Lusitania

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British passenger shop that was sunk by a German u-boat in 1915

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U-boat

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Submarine

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Reparations

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The compensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during the war

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Fourteen points

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The principles making up president Woodrow Wilson’s plan for world peace following world war 1

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Trench warfare

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Military operations in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from system of fortified ditches rather than on an open battlefield

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War-guilt clause

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A provision in the treaty of Versailles by which Germany acknowledged that it alone was responsible for world war 1

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Propaganda

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A kind biased communication designed to influence people’s thoughts and actions

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USS Maine

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A u.s warship that mysteriously exploded and sank in the Harper of Havana, Cuba on February 15 1898