Imperialism | Spanish American War
Imperialism | Territorial Acquisitions
WWI | Causes of US Entry
WWI| Technology
World War II | Key Events
100

The Year of the Spanish American War 

1898

100

America's status, after winning the Spanish American War in 1898, and gaining the following territories: Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico.

World Power

100

The U.S. status when WW1 broke out, the plan was to stay out of European problems.

Isolationism

100

This gun fired 600 rounds per minute and was used as trench defense.

Machine Gun

100

What group of Americans took on nontraditional roles by working in manufacturing/ factories during WWII?

women

200

The sinking of this US battleship outside the Havana harbor in Cuba led to us declaring war on Spain.

U.S.S. Maine

200

This was Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy plan to extend to the Monroe Doctrine that America would intervene if Europe continued to colonize in Latin Americas.

Roosevelt Corollary 

200

The years of WW1

1914-1918

200

This new technology would blind soldiers, attacking their lungs and skin.

Poisonous Gas

200

What did Executive Order 9066 establish?

Internment Camps for Japanese Americans

300

Exaggerated news reports on Spanish atrocities towards Cubans led to America supporting a war against Spain. 

Yellow Journalism

300

Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy to negotiate with countries and use (military) force if necessary. (West African Proverb "Speak softly...)

Big Stick Policy

300

German submarines sunk any ships they came in contact with, killing Americans and other allies.

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

300

These were used to lead troops across no man's land into enemy territory. They also helped break the stalemate.

Tanks

300

What event prompted the U.S. to declare war on Japan and enter WWII?

Attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7th 1941

400

This letter was sensationalized by American journalists inciting that the Spain president called our American president weak.

De Lome Letter

400

This Fruit company businessman overthrew the Hawaiian Queen which helped annex Hawaii to the United States.

Sanford Dole

400

German submarines sunk this cargo ship which had 128 Americans on board. 

Lusitania

400

The new technology caused this style of fighting where the army digs long ditches to take cover and defend themselves. 

Trench Warfare

400

What action did President Truman take to end the war against Japan?

Use of the atomic weapon, developed at Los Alamos, NV during the Manhattan project

500

Key battle of the Spanish American War where Teddy Roosevelt led a group of volunteer soldiers (Rough Riders) from San Antonio to defeat Spain.

San Juan Hill

500

Teddy Roosevelt built this waterway canal across an isthmus to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 

Panama Canal

500

A proposed alliance between Germany and Mexico that was intercepted by British intelligence.

Zimmerman Telegram

500

When the U.S. joined the war, the technology, and trench style fighting resulted where neither side could overtake the other.

Stalemate

500

What US action prompted the arms race against the USSR?

US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan

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