Terms
Policy by which stronger nations extend political, economic, or military control over weaker territories
What is Imperialism?
Heir to Austro-Hungarian throne whose assassination triggered WWI
What is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Strategic waterway built under Roosevelt to connect Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is the Panama Canal?
Instituted draft to raise U.S. military forces for WWI
What is the Selective Service Act (1917)?
Which country did the United States fight to acquire the Philippines, Guam, Cuba, & Puerto Rico from?
What is Spain?
Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy slogan emphasizing military strength and negotiation
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
25th President who led the U.S. during the Spanish-American War and annexed territories
What is William McKinley?
A Bolshevik uprising removed this country from WWI
What is Russia?
Peace treaty formally ending WWI and reshaping European borders
What is the Treaty of Versailles (1919)?
Expanded restrictions on speech deemed disloyal to U.S. war effort
What is the Sedition Act (1918)?
Sensationalized reporting intended to provoke public emotion and sell newspapers
What is Yellow Journalism?
Newspaper publisher whose sensationalist journalism exemplified yellow journalism
What is Joseph Pulitzer?
The U.S. overthrow of this island's monarchy and formal incorporation as territory
What is Hawaii?
Wilson’s blueprint for peace, emphasizing self-determination and League of Nations
What is the Fourteen Points?
Which country during the Spanish American War did the United States take as a territory until its independence in 1946?
What is the Philippines?
Secret German proposal to Mexico promising U.S. territories in exchange for joining Central Powers against the U.S
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
Naval officer whose theories on sea power influenced U.S. imperialism and naval expansion
What is Alfred Thayer Mahan?
The day the ceasefire ending combat in WWI is known as?
What is Armistice Day (November 11, 1918)?
Informal accord limiting Japanese immigration to U.S
What is the Gentlemen’s Agreement (1907)?
Led American forces in Europe, advocating for independent U.S. operations
What is General John Pershing?
Name all five parts of MANIA
What is Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Assassination?
Attorney General who led postwar Red Scare raids targeting radicals
What is A. Mitchell Palmer?
Chinese nationalist uprising against foreign influence, suppressed by international forces including U.S
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
Guaranteed Cuban independence post–Spanish-American War
What is the Teller Amendment (1898)?
Name at least three of the new technologies used at a full scale during WWI
What is tanks, airplanes, machine guns, poison gas, flamethrowers, and submarines?