Roosevelt & Foreign Policy
His foreign policy slogan meant "negotiate peacefully but keep the military ready"
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
Wilson believed the US should spread democracy and moral values abroad, even through military action
What is Moral Imperialism?
This Balkan assassination sparked the start of World War 1
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The government used this agency to create propaganda supporting the war effort
What is the Committee on Public information?
This 1919 treaty punished Germany with heavy reparations, planting seeds for future conflict
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Roosevelt proudly claimed he helped Panama gain independence to build this major waterway
What is the Panama Canal?
Wilson sent US troops to this country during a revolution, causing tensions after Pancho Villa's raid
What is Mexico?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy made up this alliance
What is the Triple Alliance?
This 1917 law prohibited interfering with the draft or war effort
What is the Espionage Act?
Nationwide alcohol ban began with this amendment
What is the Eighteenth Amendment?
This corollary gave the US the right to intervene in Latin America as the "international police"
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
The idea that spreading democracy and trade abroad spreads freedom is called this
What is Liberal Imperialism?
Britain, France, and Russia were part of this alliance
What is the Triple Entente?
This 1918 law made criticizing the government during wartime illegal
What is the Sedition Act?
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
This president was more cautious than Roosevelt but still used US money to influence foreign nations
Who is Taft?
Wilson initially tried this policy, hoping to keep the US out of European conflicts
What is neutrality?
Wilson's peace plan that included self-determiantion, free trade, and a League of Nations
What are the Fourteen Points?
Women gained experience in factories, nursing, and activism during WW1, strengthening this moment
What is the women's suffrage movement?
Promoted Black nationalism, self-reliance, and Pan-African pride after WW1
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Taft's foreign policy strategy that used investments and loans to control influence abroad
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
The secret German proposal asked Mexico to attack the US, helping push America into WW1.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
This treaty removed Russia from WW1 after their revolution
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
This civil rights group focused on fighting segregation through legal action and lobbying
What is the NAACP?
Both Roosevelt and Wilson failed to challenge this in federal policies, maintaining segregation
What is racial inequality / segregation?