Government Actions
President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy
What is “big stick” diplomacy
What is the United States backed Panamanian rebels who gained independence from Colombia...in order to pay less $ for the Canal
Governor of the Philippines who later became President of the United States.
What is William Howard Taft
The purpose of the War Industries Board under Bernard Baruch was to:
What is regulate business in order to better support the war effort
The section of French border that was critical to winning the war.
What is the Western Front
This government action authorized a military draft.
What is the Selective Service Act
The territory annexed in 1898 during the Spanish-American War.
What is Hawaii
A volunteer cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War led by Theodore Roosevelt was known as:
What is the “Rough Riders”
Who was responsible for the agricultural policies of the United States during World War I?
Who is Herbert Hoover
Payment for war damages.
What is REPARATIONS
President Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy
What is “moral diplomacy”
a Filipino nationalist who rebelled separately against Spain and the United States
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo
Within a year of United States Navy Commodore Matthew Perry’s arrival in Tokyo Bay in 1853, what happened?
What is Perry negotiated a treaty that opened trade to the United States.
What "telegram" hastened the entry of the United States into World War I?
What is the ZIMMERMAN
A country that owes less money than it is owed.
What is a CREDITOR NATION
A policy in which strong nations control weaker countries or territories.
What is imperialism
Which organization specifically promoted support for the war among the American people under George Creel's leadership?
What is the Committee on Public Information
Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and other former Spanish territories were all involved in what 1898 treaty that ended the Spanish-American War?
What was the Treaty of Paris.
The Triple Alliance nations were (Must name all 3)
What is Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
The belief that life is a competitive struggle in which only the fittest survive.
What is SOCIAL DARWINISM
What government legislation gave the United States the right to preserve order as needed in Cuba?
What is The Platt Amendment
This legislation established a civilian government for Puerto Rico following the Spanish-American War (they were still under US rule, mind you)
What is the FORAKER ACT
In 1946 what LEGISLATION liberated this group of ISLANDS from Japanese occupation during World War II after being taken over by the U.S. during the Spanish-American War?
Must identify both.
What is the the JONES ACT and the PHILIPPINES
Women’s efforts and sacrifices during World War I led to U.S. government support for WHICH reform?
Which AMENDMENT granted this reform?
What YEAR what this amendment passed?
What is SUFFRAGE
What is the 19th Amendment
What is 1920
Privileged access by Britain, France, Germany, and Russia to Chinese ports and markets was known as THIS:
The US preferred THIS diplomacy created by Secretary of State John Hays.
What is SPHERES OF INFLUENCE.
What is OPEN DOOR POLICY