Imperialism
This U.S. president believed that stronger nations had a duty to bring “civilization” to “less advanced” parts of the world.
(Who was Theodore Roosevelt?)
Sensationalized newspaper reporting that exaggerated events—especially in Cuba—to stir up public support for war.
What is Yellow Journalism?
This investigative journalist exposed the unfair business practices of Standard Oil.
Who was Ida Tarbell?
She founded Hull House in Chicago and became a leading advocate for settlement houses.
Who was Jane Addams?
This policy kept the United States out of World War I during the early years of the conflict.
What is Neutrality
In 1903 the U.S. supported a revolution in this region, allowing Roosevelt to secure rights to build a canal connecting two oceans.
(What is Panama?)
This U.S. battleship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, helping trigger the Spanish-American War.
What was the USS Maine?
This civil rights leader founded the Niagara Movement and later helped establish the NAACP.
Who was W.E.B. DuBois?
This person founded the Sierra Club and assisted President Theodore Roosevelt with establishing the National Parks system.
John Muir
This secret German message promised Mexico U.S. territory if it joined the war against the United States and the sinking of this shipped helped push the US closer to war because of a fear of national security.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram and the Lusitania
This naval officer argued that sea power was key to national greatness, influencing U.S. imperial expansion.
Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan?
This amendment to Cuba’s constitution allowed the U.S. to intervene in Cuban affairs and established Guantánamo Bay as a U.S. naval base.
What is the Platt Amendment?
This religious movement applied Christian ethics to social problems such as poverty and inequality.
What is the Social Gospel?
The broad reform movement successfully resulted in the passage of the 19th Amendment.
What was women's suffrage movement
This 1917 law punished interference with the draft and military operations
What was the Espionage Act?
The United States annexed this Pacific island chain in 1898 after overthrowing its queen.
What is Hawaii?
This organization, which included Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie, opposed U.S. imperial expansion after 1898.
What was the Anti-Imperialist League?
President Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" speech, delivered to Congress on January 8, 1918, outlined a vision for a just and lasting peace after World War I, proposing principles like open diplomacy, free trade, reduced armaments, and self-determination for nations.
14 points
This president earned a reputation as a “trust-buster” and champion of progressive reforms.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
These two events in 1917 finally pushed the United States into World War I.
What were unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram?
This 1895–1898 uprising against Spanish rule gained U.S. sympathy and helped push the nation toward the Spanish-American War.
What was the Cuban revolt?
The United States gained this Caribbean island from Spain and made it an unincorporated territory after 1898.
What is Puerto Rico?
This muckraker’s novel exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry and helped pass federal food safety laws.
What is The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?
Mainstream, pseudo-scientific movement aimed at improving human genetic quality by encouraging reproduction among the "fit" and restricting it among the "unfit" by compulsory sterilization
Eugenics
Who was the leader of the US forces during WWI and what was the name of the US forces during WWI
General "Black Jack" Pershing
American Expeditionary Force