What is Yellow Journalism
Yellow News was Fake News or Exaggerated stories made up to sell more newspapers
Explain this picture
Countries entered alliances saying that if they went to war their allies would join them
Why did the United States not join WWI?
Policy of Isolation
Which side won WWI?
The Allied Power
Name a state in Mr Mimal
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
What were two countries in conflict during the Spanish-American War?
Spain and Cuba
Who were the two sides of the war?
The Allied Power and the Central Powers
Define American isolationist policy.
The United States was going to stay out of other countries affairs
Which Treaty ended WWI?
The Treaty of Versailles
What industry was Chicago most well known for?
Meatpacking
Who was William McKinley?
the United States president during the Spanish-American war.
What is Imperialism?
The practice of gaining power by taking over foreign countries for resources or competition
What was the Lusitania?
It was a passenger ship smuggling supplies to the UK that was blown up by Germany killing 128 Americans
Which Country was blamed for the war?
Germany
Who was Ida B Wells
A southern black Journalist who exposed lynchings
What was the USS Maine
Was a ship whos explosion was blamed on Spain and led the US joining the SPAM war
Whose assassination led to WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
It was a telegram from Germany Promising Mexico American territory if they attacked the United States
True or False: The United States Joined the League of Nations and Signed the Treaty of Versailles
False
What industry did Vanderbilt control?
Trains
Name all the territory gained by the United States after the SPAM war
Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
What are the four M.A.I.N reasons WWI started?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
How long did the war last after the United States joined?
1 year
What is the League of Nations
Was a peacekeeping organization to prevents a war like this from breaking out like this again
Which Amendment granted voting rights to all men
15th amendment