Foreign Policy
Told Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere (this is America's neighborhood and we don't want any trouble)!
Monroe Doctrine
Name of American ship that helped convince the U.S. to fight with Spain.
U.S.S. Maine
Germany sent a "secret" message to Mexico to tell it to retake lost territory in a war with the U.S.A.
Zimmerman Telegram
U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor Winner in WWI
Alvin York
Name of Wilson's plan to remake the world after WWI.
14 Points
President Theodore Roosevelt's approach to dealing with other nations- "speak softly and carry a big stick" only his stick was actually a strong navy. He used it to help get the Panama Canal from Columbia.
Big Stick Diplomacy
Why America was really fighting- to expand its territory and add resources and markets.
Imperialism
His murder or assassination by the Serbian Gavrilo Princip started WWI.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
General in charge of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) during WWI
John Pershing
Wilson accepted compromises to his 14 Points to get this organization formed which he saw as the key to avoiding another major war; it didn't because WWII happened soon after.
League of Nations
President Taft favored using American wealth or finance in place of military force- though he did send in the army to Nicaragua.
Dollar Diplomacy
Sensational and exagerrated news stories to sell papers and which excited the American public for war.
Yellow Journalism
The sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania helped raise American anger toward Germany's naval strategy also known as...
Unrestricted submarine warfare
What was one method or tactic used to try and break the stalemate of trench warfare during WWI?
Gas, Tanks, rolling barrage
The American public and U.S. Senate refused to join the League of Nations fearing it would only lead to more wars. Instead they chose to stay at home and ignore the world's problems- a policy known as...
Isolationism
President Wilson always sounded like an idealist- America should not boss or buy its way with its smaller and often weaker neighbors but treat them as equals and with respect... unless they were misbehaving and then he would send in the troops...
Moral Diplomacy
What three territorities did the U.S. gain in this war?
Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico
These two nations owed the U.S. huge sums and it was feared if they lost the war would not be able to repay it and hence became our allies in WWI.
France and England
In what year did the U.S. enter and Russia exit WWI?
1917
What was the name of the treaty that ended WWI?
The Treaty of Versailles
Gave America the right to intervene or step in if a country in our sphere of influence (Latin America or the Caribbean) could not manage their own affairs.
Roosevelt Corollary
What was the name of the battle that helped make Theodore Roosevelt and his roughriders famous during the Spanish-American War?
The Battle of San Juan Hill
Explain what each letter of this acronym meant for why Europe fought in WWI...
M
A
I
N
Militarism
Alliance System
Imperialism
Nationalism
What was the name of the key battle in which the U.S. fought in WWI?
Meuse- Argonne or Argonne Forest
List one of the conditions of the Treaty oif Versailles that angered Germany and left it wanting revenge.
War Guilt Clause
Loss of territory to Czechoslovakia and Poland (Germans were made citizens of othr nations- this went against Wilson's call for self-determination)
Very small military
Heavy Reparations leading to severe inflation