Spanish/American war
Who was the assistant secretary of the Navy, also the man who created the Great White Fleet
Theodore Roosevelt
Which nation originally wanted to build the Panama Canal?
France
What is the heavy buildup of an army during peacetime called?
Militarism
What role could a woman have in the U.S. Army? (not Navy)
Nurse
What is the name of the Ship that blew up to start the Spanish/American War?
U.S.S. Maine
What Year was the Spanish/American War?
1898
What country controlled Panama before the U.S. "persuaded" them to give Panama its freedom?
Colombia
What is it called when patriotism is pushed to the extreme?
Nationalism
How much money did we loan to Great Britain?
2 billion dollars
What is the name of the regiment of soldiers who actually took San Juan Hill before the Roughriders got there?
Buffalo Soldiers
Name the 4 territories that the U.S. won during the Spanish/American War
Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Cuba
What is the Roosevelt Corollary correlated to?
the Monroe Doctrine
What term would describe how the U.S. approached WWI in the beginning?
Isolationism
What is something a person could plant at home to help the war effort?
Victory Garden
What is the term that describes news stories that are sensationalized to sell newspapers?
Yellow Journalism
What is the name of the hill in Cuba that the Roughriders said they "Captured"
San Juan Hill
What town in the U.S. did Pancho Villa burn down?
Columbus, New Mexico
What 2 events helped get the U.S. into WW1
Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegraph
What act made it illegal to help enemies of the U.S.
Espionage act of 1917
What weapon did the Germans want to ban that the U.S. used?
Shotgun or trench gun
Who was president during the Spanish/American War?
William Mckinley
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
Buying the European debt from Latin American countries so they owe the U.S. instead of Europe
What is the organization that Woodrow Wilson came up with after WW1 to prevent another global war (hint: the U.S. didn't even join)
League of Nations
What is the term coined to the departure of African Americans from the south to factories in the north and west
The Great Migration
What was the list of conditions called that Woodrow Wilson wrote for the ending of WW1?
14 Points