Imperialism
Spanish American War
World War I
U.S. Involvement
Legacy of World War I
100
The use of exaggerated and sensationalized descriptions of events to capture a reader's attention.
Yellow Journalism
100
American ship that exploded in Havana Harbor
What is the U.S.S. Maine
100
The process by which a nation builds up its military
militarism
100
During World War I, why did the United States encourage Americans to grow their food at home using Victory gardens
to conserve food for the war effort
100
This U.S. president wanted to prevent future wars by creating the League of Nations
President Woodrow Wilson
200
This event was about the expulsion of foreigners from China.
Boxer Rebellion
200
U.S. President led the Rough Riders during Spanish American war and built the Panama Canal during his presidency?
Theodore Roosevelt
200
Which nations formed the Triple Entente (Allies)
Russia, France, Britain
200
This British liner carrying American citizesn and ammunition was sunk in 1915 by a German U-boat
Lusitiana
200
This organization regulated American industries during the WWI
War Industries Board
300
The Roosevelt Corollary and the Monroe Doctrine assumed the right of the US to ?
Intervene in the internal affairs of a country in the exercise of the international police power.
300
This event increased tension between the US and Spain when a letter about President McKinley was intercepted?
DeLome Letter
300
What major event sparked World War I?
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
300
True or False: President Wilson wanted the U.S. to join WWI immediately after it started.
False
300
The "clear and present danger" ruling of the Supreme Court in Schenck vs. United States illustrates the conflict between
free speech and government authority
400
The US gained control of the land it needed to build the Panama Canal by:
Encouraging and supporting Panamanian Independence
400
Anti-Spanish sentiment in Cuba caused an eruption into a second war for independence. Who led the war?
Jose Marti
400
What countries were invovled in the Central Powers
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
400
The Zimmerman Note tried to convince which country to attack the U.S.?
Mexico
400
Why was the League of Nations provision in the Treaty of Versailles unacceptable to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and the Republicans
The league was threat to American sovereignty
500
What did the US insist that Cuba include in its new constitution ?
Platt Amendment
500
After the Spanish American war the United States gained which territories?
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philiphines
500
An intense feeling of patriotism or pride in one's country
Nationalism
500
What was Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy at the beginning of World War I?
Neutral
500
How did the U.S. finance the war?
Taxes, Liberty loan and Victory Loan bonds
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