SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
What three locations did the United States gain possession of as a result of the Spanish American War?
PUERTO RICO
GUAM
PHILIPPINES
What does Teddy Roosevelt do to prevent European involvement in the affairs of Latin american countries?
EXPANDED THE MONROE DOCTRINE (ROOSEVELT COROLLARY)
The purpose of the League of Nations was to___
BE A PEACEKEEPING ORGANIZATION
What was the name of President Wilson's peace plan?
FOURTEEN POINTS
What country sent the Zimmermann Telegram to Mexico?
GERMANY
Which American ship sank in the Havana Harbor?
USS MAINE
America's foreign policy of Big Stick Diplomacy began with who?
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Who was president during World War I?
WOODROW WILSON
What was one reason the United States did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
THERE WAS A DESIRE TO RESUME PREWAR ISOLATIONISM
If you compared a 1914 map of Europe and a 1919 map of Europe, what would you notice about how many countries existed?
THERE WERE MORE COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AFTER WWI
Exaggerated news reports about starving children and innocent people being executed were examples of -----
YELLOW JOURNALISM DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
What quote was made famous by Teddy Roosevelt?
"SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK, AND YOU WILL GO FAR"
What were the reasons for US involvement in WWI?
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TIES TO GREAT BRITAIN (also the Lusitania, the Zimmerman telegram, and the inability to stay neutral)
What was the purpose of the Zimmermann Telegram?
IT STATED THAT IF MEXICO JOINED THE CENTRAL POWERS, GERMANY WOULD AID IN REGAINING LANDS LOST TO AMERICA.
What was the name of the peacekeeping organization in President Wilson's plan?
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
How did the United States emerge as a world power?
AS A VICTORY OVER SPAIN IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
What did President Roosevelt do as a show of American power?
HE GREW THE UNITED STATES NAVY
Russia was apart of the Allied Powers until what year? (page 123)
1917
Which country was the last nation to join WWI?
THE UNITED STATES AS AN ALLIED POWER
What were the results of the Spanish American War?
CUBA GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN
US GAINED TERRITORY
US BECAME A WORLD POWER
Why did America support Cuba's desire for independence?
BECAUSE THEY PROVIDED THE US WITH SUGAR
What is President Roosevelt's foreign policy called?
BIG STICK DIPLOMACY
Which countries were apart of the Central Powers?
GERMAN EMPIRE
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
What was responsible for sinking the Lusitania?
IMPROVED GERMAN SUBMARINE WARFARE
Which countries were apart of the Allied powers?
FRANCE
BRITAIN
RUSSIA
UNITED STATES
BELGIUM