Unit 4: U.S. Expansionism and World War I Vocabulary

Term used to describe a country's policy to add to its borders or economic wealth.

• Peace

• Expansionism

• Aggression

• Escalation

a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it.

• verb

• characteristic

• feeling

• adjective

The United States entering World War I is considered the _____________ __________ of the war.

• boring part

• Victory

• Turning Point

• new start

a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.

• Guerrilla Warfare

• Duck and Cover

• Nuclear Warfare

• Trench Warfare

Isolationism is when ________

• A country stays out of foreign affairs

• A country that involves itself in foreign affairs.

• A country declares war on another country.

• A country forms a trade agreement with another country.

Refusing to take sides and staying out of a conflict or war.

• Aggression

• Negotiations

• Appeasement

• Neutrality

Receiving or capable of receiving something.

• Rewarded

• Awaiting

• Recipient

• Awarded

A general direction in which something is developing or changing. (Hint: Twitter Popular Topics).

• Trend

• Status

• News

• Ideas

The United States' acquisition of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines solidified its new status as a _______ ________.

What is a Stalemate?

• Signing a peace treaty.

• A situation in which neither side can win a clear victory.

• When one side of a war has an advantage over the other.

• An aggressive military tactic.