Spanish-American War
This Caribbean island fought to gain independence from Spain.
What is Cuba?
This president promoted Big Stick Diplomacy.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This archduke's assassination sparked World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
At first, the United States followed this policy toward World War I.
What is neutrality?
This agreement stopped the fighting on November 11, 1918.
What is an armistice?
This U.S. battleship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898.
What is the USS Maine?
This policy allowed the United States to claim a right to exercise international police power in the Americas
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
These agreements promised countries financial or military support from other nations.
What are alliances?
This British passenger ship was sunk by a German submarine in 1915.
What is the Lusitania?
This president proposed the Fourteen Points.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This type of journalism used sensational and exaggerated stories to increase newspaper sales.
What is yellow journalism?
This canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
This country declared war on Serbia after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
What is Austria-Hungary?
This secret German message proposed an alliance with Mexico.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This organization was proposed to help nations settle disputes peacefully.
What is the League of Nations?
Name two territories the United States acquired from Spain after the war.
What are Puerto Rico and Guam?
Explain why the United States wanted to build the Panama Canal.
It would shorten sea travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Explain how Germany's invasion of Belgium helped spread World War I.
Belgium had a protection treaty with Great Britain, helping draw more countries into the conflict.
Give two reasons the United States entered World War I.
German submarine attacks and the Zimmermann Telegram; the sinking of the Lusitania also increased tensions
These financial penalties were imposed on Germany after World War I.
What are reparations?
Explain how victory in the Spanish-American War changed the United States.
It emerged as a world military power and gained overseas territories and economic opportunities.
How did Roosevelt use Big Stick Diplomacy to help secure the Panama Canal zone?
He sent warships to Panama and supported its independence; the new government then made a canal-zone agreement with the United States.
Identify two underlying causes of World War I and explain how they increased tensions
Examples include competition for empires and power, revenge for past defeats, and alliances that increased the risk of wider conflict.
Explain how the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmermann Telegram affected American public opinion.
Both increased fear and anger toward Germany and weakened support for remaining neutral.
Explain why the United States did not join the League of Nations and how that affected the organization.
The Senate failed to ratify the treaty, and isolationism was growing. Without U.S. support, the League was weaker.