Spanish- American War
The year that the Spanish-American War ended.
What is 1898?
Main strategy used by soldiers in WWI, which often resulted in them becoming trapped and unsanitary conditions.
What is trench warfare?
United States' way of staying out of the war,
What is American neutrality?
The leaders of the Yellow Press.
Who is Hearst and Pulitzer?
Opened in 1914,
located between North and South America,
build by the US,
increased trade and transportation between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
Newspaper journalists reported stories that were often exaggerated or not true in order to file American sentiment. They usually used bold headline titles.
EX: "Remember the Maine"
What is Yellow journalism?
The number one weapon that caused soldiers to stay trapped in the trenches in Europe.
What is machine guns?
This is how the US enlarged its military during WWI.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This is what created the DRAFT.
An all-volunteer unit of cavalry soldiers led by Teddy Roosevelt.
Who are the Rough Riders?
Two ways that the US raised money during WWI.
What are raising taxes and war bonds?
The countries that the US wanted to expand to during the Spanish-American War.
What is Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines?
The 4 MAIN causes of WWI:
What are:
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
The economic effects of WWI in America.
Why did overseas trade increased?
Austrian heir to the thrown who was assassinated causing Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This was something practiced by Germany during WWI where they used u-boats to sink all ships, including those that were merchant and passenger ships.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
The Spanish-American War brought about a major change in United States foreign policy in that the United States...
What is became a colonial power?
The countries that were part of the Allies.
What is Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States.
3 reasons the United States entered the war.
What is sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman telegram, and unrestricted submarine warfare?
Leader of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during WWI.
Who is General John J. Pershing?
Resulted in the end of the Spanish-American War, giving Cuba it's independence and the US gaining new territories.
What is Treaty of Paris of 1898?
These are the causes for the Spanish-American War.
What is U.S. Navy is attacked in Cuba (Maine), Hearst (Yellow journalist) newspaper exaggerates news, and American newspaper publishes the Dupuy de Lôme letter.
The treaty that ended WWI. Created a lot of reparations for Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
A statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
What is Wilson's 14 points?
The United States president during WWI who advocated for world peace to end the war.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
U.S. act passed shortly after entering WWI that made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country's enemies. This also led to limited civil liberties in the US.
What is the Espionage Act?