Important People
Spanish-American War
Foreign Policy At the Turn of the Century
U.S. Entry to World War I
The Home Front
100

Queen Lilioukalani

The Queen of Hawaii, deposed by American businessmen after revoking their right to vote.

100

What country was the U.S. trying to help in the Spanish-American War?

Cuba

100

What policy, created by John Hay, asked the nations of Europe to allow the United States fair access to trade in China?

Open Door Policy

100

What German policy was one major factor that led to U.S. intervention in World War I?

unrestricted submarine warfare

100

Selective Service Act

Draft

200

Alfred T. Mahan

Wrote a book stating that every great country had a strong navy - greatly influenced buildup of the navy

200

What style of journalism, popularized by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, inflamed American's passions for war against Spain?

Yellow Journalism

200

What president is noted for his policy of "speak[ing] softly and carry[ing] a big stick" or in other words backing up all negiotiations with the threat of force?

Teddy Roosevelt

200
What are the four main causes of World War I?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
200

War Industries Board

Regulated Economy During Wartime

300

William Seward

Purchased Alaska (Seward's Folly)

300

The sinking of what U.S. ship in Havana Harbor led many to call for war.

The U.S.S. Maine

300

What name is given to the policy of protecting American investments in Latin America?

Dollar Diplmacy

300
What was the immediate cause of World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire
300

C.P.I.

Committee on Public Information (Propaganda)

400

Woodrow Wilson

President during WWI, Neutrality, 14 Points, Moral Diplomacy

400

What territories did the U.S. gain from the Spanish American War? 

Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, Guantanamo Bay

400

How did the Boxer Rebellion affect U.S. foreign policy?

Their elimination with U.S. help led to the Open Door policy

400
How did Woodrow Wilson explain or justify U.S. involvement in World War I?
He hoped American intervention would "make the world safe for democracy."
400

Espionage and Sedition Acts

Made speaking poorly about the government/refusing to help the war cause a crime

500

Gavrilo Princip

Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

500

What were the Teller and Platt Amendments

Teller: U.S. would not interfere in Cuba after the War

Platt: U.S. would take control of much of Cuba

500

How did the United States convince Panama to allow the U.S. access to the land for the Panama Canal?

We supported the Panamanian Revolution against Colombia in exchange for the land to build the canal?

500
What impact did American involvement have on the outcome of the war?
U.S. involvement turned the tide in favor of the Allies.
500

How did the war affect women and minorities?

Women took factory jobs and went overseas,

Minorities began great migration to take factory jobs in the north

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