This act required all men between the ages of 18 and 45 to register for military service.
Selective Service Act
100
Tis act allowed Charles Schenck to be convicted and jailed for criticizing the government.
Espionage Act
200
Roosevelt's foreign policy of presenting a gentle front but being willing to using force when necessary was known as:
Big Stick Policy
200
Name ONE US acquisition of the Spanish-American War.
-Guam
-Phillipines
-Puerto Rico
200
How was the Lusitania sunk?
Germany attacked it, using unrestricted submarine warfare.
200
Name two of Wilson's 14 Points
Answers will vary
300
When the press sensationalized the news in order to appeal to the emotion of the American people:
Yellow Journalism
300
Why was the Panama Canal built?
The US wanted a faster way to ship goods between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
300
What was the point of Wilson's 14 Points?
To achieve longterm, lasting peace.
300
The Red Scare was:
Lenin's Communist Revolution in Russia.
300
Define Manifest Destiny--how is it connected to this unit?
Our God-given right to expand our territory/first in US, now in the Western Hemisphere.
400
Define the Roosevelt Corollary.
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine that allowed the US to be an "international police power" when there was unrest in the Western hemisphere.
400
What effect did the sinking of the USS Maine have on the Spanish-American War?
Yellow journalism spread fear and panic--stirred emotion in the US; created atmosphere that essentially eliminated the potential for a peaceful resolution.
400
The Zimmerman Note was:
Germany's attempt to get Mexico to declare war on the US.
400
"Clear and present danger" is associated with which court case?
Schenck vs. the United States
400
This Act made it a crime to insult the flag, the military, or the Constitution.
The Sedition Act
500
Define Dollar Diplomacy.
the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence.
500
Define the Open Door Policy.
US opening up trade markets with China
500
The Treaty of Versailles was:
the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
500
Why didn't the United States join the League of Nations?