Imperialism & Global Power
The belief system based on "survival of the fittest" used to justify American expansion overseas.
What is Social Darwinism?
Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy framework emphasizing military strength to back diplomatic negotiations.
What is the "Big Stick" policy?
Investigative journalists and writers who exposed political corruption and societal ills.
Who are muckrakers?
The four main long-term causes of World War I in Europe summarized by the acronym M.A.I.N.
What are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
The large-scale movement of African Americans from the rural South to Northern urban centers during World War I.
What is the Great Migration?
The organization that opposed American territorial expansion, arguing it violated democratic principles.
What is the Anti-Imperialist League?
William Howard Taft’s foreign policy aimed at encouraging American financial investments abroad.
What is "Dollar Diplomacy"?
Constitutional amendments passed during the Progressive Era that established a federal income tax and women's suffrage.
What are the 16th and 19th Amendments?
The German naval practice that directly threatened American neutrality and pushed the U.S. into World War I.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
Federal laws enacted during World War I to suppress anti-war dissent and restrict critical speech.
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
Sensationalized news reporting that whipped up public support for entering the Spanish-American War.
What is Yellow Journalism?
Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy approach advocating support for nations with democratic values and moral integrity.
What is "Moral Diplomacy"?
The main shift in the role of the federal government advocated by Progressive reformers.
What is expanding government regulation and intervention to fix societal and economic problems?
Woodrow Wilson’s proposed vision for peace following World War I.
What are the Fourteen Points?
The landmark Supreme Court case upholding restrictions on free speech during wartime.
What is Schenck v. United States?
Two of the overseas territories acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War.
What are the Philippines, Puerto Rico, or Guam?
What original 1823 doctrine did the Roosevelt Corollary build upon?
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The African American leader who advocated for immediate political rights and higher education, contrasting Booker T. Washington's focus on vocational training.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
The international body proposed in the Fourteen Points designed to prevent future global wars.
What is the League of Nations?
Federal agencies created during World War I to manage resources and industrial output for the military.
What are wartime production boards (e.g., War Industries Board)?
The diplomatic policy proposed by the U.S. to ensure equal trading rights for all nations in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
The core shift in foreign policy between 1823 and 1917 moving from non-intervention in European affairs to global engagement.
What is the shift from the defensive Monroe Doctrine to interventionist New Imperialism?
Federal measures passed during the Progressive Era aimed at protecting consumers from unsafe products.
What is federal consumer protection legislation (e.g., Pure Food and Drug Act / Meat Inspection Act)?
The primary argument used by the U.S. Senate to justify rejecting the Treaty of Versailles.
What is the concern that it would entangle the U.S. in foreign conflicts and compromise national sovereignty (isolationism)?
The overall trend regarding federal government power during the era from 1890 to 1918.
What is significant expansion of federal power in domestic regulation and foreign affairs?