Imperial Powers
After defeating Spain in 1898, the United States gained control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and this Asian archipelago, marking America's emergence as a colonial power. Name this island nation.
Philippines
In the late 1800s, European nations competed to establish colonies and extract resources from Africa in what historians call the 'Scramble for Africa.' This economic and political control over weaker nations became known by what term?
Imperialism
When America entered WWI, Congress passed legislation requiring all men aged 21-30 to register for potential military service. This system of mandatory enrollment was called what?
The draft
The U.S. government promoted conservation of food and resources with campaigns like 'Meatless Mondays' and 'Wheatless Wednesdays' to support the war effort. What were these voluntary restrictions called?
Food Rationing
Despite Wilson's leadership in creating it, the U.S. Senate rejected American membership in the League of Nations, preferring to return to this pre-war foreign policy approach.
Isolationism
In 1885, European leaders met in this German capital to establish rules for dividing Africa among colonial powers, leading to the 'Scramble for Africa' without consulting any African representatives. Name this conference city.
Berlin
On June 28, 1914, a Serbian nationalist assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne while he visited Sarajevo, triggering a chain reaction that led to World War I. Name this archduke.
Franz Ferdinand
President Wilson initially kept America neutral, winning re-election in 1916 with the slogan 'He kept us out of war.' However, by April 1917, he asked Congress to declare war. In which year did America enter WWI?
1917
With millions of men overseas, American women entered factories to produce munitions, aircraft, and ships, earning the nickname that honored their patriotic industrial service. What were they called?
Rosie the Riveter
The 1919 peace settlement forced Germany to accept full responsibility for the war, pay massive reparations, and limit its military. Name this controversial treaty.
Treraty of Versailles
After defeating Spain in 1898, the United States gained control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and this large Caribbean island that had been fighting for independence from Spain for decades. Which island?
Cuba
When World War I began in 1914, President Wilson declared that America would remain neutral and not take sides in the European conflict. However, German submarine attacks on passenger ships challenged this policy of what?
Neutrality
Germany's policy of attacking all ships in the war zone, including civilian vessels, outraged Americans after the sinking of the Lusitania. What was this naval strategy called?
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The Committee on Public Information, headed by George Creel, created these persuasive visual messages featuring Uncle Sam and other patriotic imagery to build support for the war effort and sell Liberty Bonds.
Propoganda Posters
The fighting ended when Germany agreed to stop hostilities at 11 AM on November 11, 1918. This temporary cessation of fighting was called what?
Armistice
In 1898, the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, providing the spark for America's first major imperial war that resulted in the acquisition of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Against which European colonial power did the U.S. fight?
Spain
In May 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank this British passenger liner off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people, including 128 Americans, and shocking the American public.
Lusitania
In January 1917, British intelligence intercepted a secret German diplomatic message proposing a military alliance with Mexico against the United States. This intercepted communication was named after which German official?
Zimmerman
The 1918 Sedition Act made it illegal to criticize the government or war effort, leading to the imprisonment of socialist leader Eugene Debs and others. This represented a major restriction on which constitutional right?
Free Speech
President Wilson's idealistic plan for post-war peace included fourteen specific points, with the most important being the creation of an international peacekeeping organization. What was this body called?
League of Nations
In 1904, Roosevelt declared that the United States would act as an international police power in the Western Hemisphere, intervening to prevent European involvement. This policy expansion became known as the Roosevelt what?
Corollary
Congress passed legislation in 1917 making it illegal to interfere with military recruiting or to encourage disloyalty, leading to the imprisonment of socialist leader Eugene Debs. Name this controversial wartime law.
Espionage Act
Germany deployed these underwater vessels to sink Allied shipping, forcing Britain to adopt convoy systems to protect merchant vessels crossing the Atlantic. Name these naval weapons.
U-Boats
This government agency, established in 1917, coordinated the nation's economic resources for war production by setting prices, allocating raw materials, and converting factories to military production.
War Industries Board
President Wilson's blueprint for post-war peace included this specific number of principles, calling for open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, and national self-determination for oppressed peoples.
Fourteen Points