Imperialism
Term for nations extending their economic, political and military control over other territories or nations.
What is imperialism?
Plantations Americans owned in Hawaii
What is sugar?
Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration
What is yellow journalism?
Foreign policy that focused on military strength
What is Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy?
Countries that started WWI
What is Serbia and Austria-Hungary?
Created a national draft in the United States
What is the Selective Service Act of 1917?
Officially ended WWI
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
"Moral" Reasons for US Imperialism
What is spreading democracy and Christianity?
Reasons for the annexation of Hawaii
Economic: Resources (sugar and fruit plantations)
Military: Pearl Harbor
Ship that sank which led to the Spanish-American War
What is the USS Maine?
Declared only the US would intervene in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
Four main causes of WWI
What is Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
Gardens for people to grow their own food rather than buying it from farmers
What is a Victory Garden?
Blamed for WWI, severe restrictions were placed on them
Who is Germany?
Land we overthrew a queen to annex as a state
What is Hawaii?
Last reigning monarch of Hawaii
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
The US blamed this country for the sinking of the USS Maine
Who is Spain?
A waterway that President Roosevelt ordered to be built across the Isthmus of Panama in order to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and allow ships to pass through
What is the Panama Canal?
Central Powers of WWI
Who are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Rationing food example
What is Meatless Mondays?
President Wilson's plan for world peace
What is Wilson's 14 Points?
Military Reasons for US Imperialism
Strong navy to protect economic interests
Bases for fleet to refuel
Man who became governor of Hawaii
Who is Sanford Dole?
Territories the US gained from the Spanish-American War
What are Puerto Rico, parts of Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines
Foreign policy that focused on economic versus military strength
What is Taft's Dollar Diplomacy?
Allies of WWI
Who are Great Britain, France, and Russia?
Committee on Public Information created this to sway the public's opinion
What is propaganda?
Passed in 1917 that made it a crime for any person to share information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces or to promote the success of the country's enemies
What is the Espionage Act?
Economic Reasons for US Imperialism
New markets to sell surplus goods
New markets to prevent financial panics
Raw materials
Reasons for Americans going to Hawaii
Missionaries spread Christianity
Climate attracted business investors
Effects of the Spanish-American War
What is established the US as a world power?
Foreign policy that focused on human rights, democracy, and peace worldwide
What is Wilson's Missionary Diplomacy?
The sinking of Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram
What are the reasons for US entry into WWI?
Groups of people had more opportunities during the war
Who are women and minorities?
Used to help pay for the war
What are war bonds?