Imperialism
Name one factor that brought Americans to Hawaii.
Business opportunities such as sugar plantations
What cause of World War I had been growing worse over the years leading up to the war?
Interlocking alliances between nations
Who believed that seizing land and announcing control over entire groups of people went against the core American values of freedom and democracy?
Anti-Imperialists
The Ku Klux Klan was reborn in Georgia due to the popularity of what movie?
The Birth of a Nation
Americans remembered World War I as a time of loss & believed they were needlessly dragged into it. This led to the U.S. adopting what policy?
Isolationism
What is imperialism?
the practice of gaining power as a country by taking over areas of the world
What part of the fighting during World War I was unsanitary and disease-ridden?
Trench Warfare
In which country acquired by the U.S. during the Spanish-American War was there no attempt made at giving the people democracy?
The Philippines, where the war lasted for four years with Americans committing atrocities, including putting Filipinos in concentration camps, torturing prisoners, & raping & executing civilians.
According to the map on page 37, what was one of the states that many black people in Louisiana moved to during the Great Migration?
California or Minnesota
What spread around the world rapidly due to crowded wartime conditions & overwhelmed hospitals, leading to millions of deaths worldwide?
The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918
Name two territories acquired by the U.S. after the end of the Spanish-American War.
Answers can be - Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, or Guam.
What roles did airplane pilots play during World War I?
Engaging in dogfights and dropping bombs
Name one of the laws passed during World War I that was an excellent example of democracy decreasing.
Espionage Act or the Sedition Act
Who did the KKK target in the 1920s besides black Americans? (Name 3 groups.)
Jews, Catholics, and Immigrants
What happened in Russia that would lead to the Red Scare in the U.S.?
When Russian Bolsheviks (communists) ended the monarchy & began the Soviet Union.
Why did President Roosevelt order the group of battleships known as the Great White Fleet to sail around the world?
He wanted to demonstrate that the United States had a powerful navy.
How did the Zimmermann Telegram push the United States to enter the war?
The telegram showed that Germany had promised to help Mexico regain lost territories.
When Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which required 24 million men to register for the draft
& eventually increased the size of the army from 120,000 to 5 million men, they were decreasing or increasing democracy?
Decreasing democracy
In 1919, a riot began in one of the Great Migration cities of the north after a black teenager crossed an imaginary line at beach. What city did this riot occur in?
Chicago
Why did the U.S. economy end up slowing down into a recession after World War I?
the change from wartime to peacetime industry caused people to lose their jobs
President Roosevelt argued that wrongdoing & deterioration of civilization could cause the United States to exercise international police power & intervene in a country's affairs. What was this policy idea called.
The Roosevelt Corollary
What reason did President Wilson give as the primary one for the United States not remaining neutral in the face of German submarine warfare?
The United States believed that Germany’s actions violated international law.
Wartime industries encouraged African Americans to move north, beginning the "Great Migration." This showed democracy increasing or decreasing?
Increasing democracy
Where did the 192l massacre of black Americans occur? This is when "Black Wall Street" was attacked, even with planes bombing it from the sky.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
What were the Palmer Raids?
When government officials under Attorney General Palmer rounded up 43 anarchists, communists, and labor activists. Many of those arrested were recent Italian & Eastern European immigrants.