This was the patriotic slogan of the Spanish American War
(where did it come from)
What is "Remember the Maine"? What is the explosion of the USS Maine that Spain was blamed for?
100
To save food for the troops abroad, this agency encouaged people to grow victory gardens, clean their plates and have meatless and wheatless days.
What is the Food Administration?
100
This event started WWI in Europe.
What is the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
100
Sugar baron Sanford Dole overthrew the queen of this nation giving the US a key naval base in the pacific, Pearl Harbor.
What is Hawaii?
100
Wilson's policy in WWI until 1917 was this.
What is Neutrality?
200
Name for William Randolph Hurst and Joseph Pulitzer's sensational journalism that built support for the Spanish American War.
What is "Yellow Journalism"?
200
To finance the war the US raised taxes and did this
What is sell war bonds/liberty bonds/liberty loans?
200
This part of the battlefield in WWI made the war go on for many years ("stalemate") because it protected against gunfire so well.
What is the trench / trench warfare?
200
Its not a store - its a country controlled by US business interests.
What is a Banana Republic?
200
This act made it illegal to speak out against the US government during a time of war.
What is the Espionage and Sedition Act?
300
The annexation of this territory led to a major, unexpected revolt led by former ally Aguinaldo.
What is the Philippines.
300
This organization produced most propaganda in WWI for the US Government.
What is the Creel Commission?
300
General Pershing's American Expeditionary Force raised morale among the troops and kept the Germans from seizing this key French city.
What is Paris?
300
Roosevelt financed a rebellion against this nation to gain access to building the Panama Canal.
What is Colombia?
300
Wilson opposed these two requirements placed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles.
What are paying reparations and admitting war guilt?
400
The first battle of the Spanish American War was fought in this country in this region of the world.
What is the Philippines in Asia on the Pacific Ocen?
400
This wartime opportunity led African Americans to migrate north.
What are industrial jobs making weapons and supplies?
400
The four causes of WWI
What are alliances, militarism, nationalism and imperialism?
400
The Roosevelt Corollary of the Monroe Doctrine meant the US would intervene in affairs on the Western Hemisphere to protect the area against influence from European nations. What slogan is associated with it?
What is "walk softly and carry a big stick"?
400
When American lives were lost on this ship, Wilson did not ask for a declaration of war despite pressure from the American public. His slogan in the 1916 election was "he kept us out of war.
What is the Lusitania?
500
After the Spanish-American War the US gained control of these colonies from Spain.
Which was not a territory but rather a protectorate?
What are the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam and Cuba?
Cuba is the Protectorate
500
This group told companies exactly what to produce in WWI, increasing output by 25%
What is the War Industries Board?
500
WWI had a tremendous death toll because of these new inventions.
What are mechanize weapons such as the submarine, tank, machine gun and airplane.
500
Wilson exercised his policy of "moral diplomacy" in Mexico when Pancho Villa killed US citizens by doing this.
What is send in US troops?
500
The US entered WWI as a result of these three events.
What are the Zimmerman Telegram, Germany declaring unrestricted submarine warfare and the Russian Revolution?