Empire and Expansion
The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 mainly because of this advantage of the territory's position on the map.
What is its strategic location?
Newspaper stories that exaggerated details to sell papers helped push the United States toward war with Spain
Yellow Journalism
This mosquito born disease was a major problem for those in WWI and who built the Panama Canal
Yellow Fever/Malaria
What did the US implement to increase the number of potential soldiers?
What is the Selective Service Act?
Manufacturing jobs in Northern cities that needed workers drew African Americans north in this wartime population shift.
What is The Great Migration?
After 1898, new territories helped American businesses by giving them this economic opening.
What is access to new markets?
This late-1800s event made Florida a focus of national attention.
What is the Spanish American War?
Besides economic benefits, what was the other reason the US wanted to build the Panama Canal so badly?
What is the strategic importance to the US Navy?
Why was the US Gov't pushing for the sale of Liberty Bonds?
What is to raise money for the war effort?
Wilson's Fourteen Points included the League of Nations, which he intended to serve this purpose.
What is international peace keeping/preventing future wars?
After the Spanish-American War, Spain handed over this trio of territories to the United States.
What are the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico?
This Cuban poet and patriot organized Cuban communities in Florida and founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party.
Jose Marti
In addition to Nationalism, militarism, and imperialism, what was the other major cause of WWI?
The alliance system
Fixing prices, setting industry priorities, and converting private plants to federal needs were all steps taken by the War Industries Board to do this
Mobilization/Mobilizing for the war effor
American women service overseas too part in what type of role?
Support or non-combat roles
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine made the US the official 'police power' of what part of the world?
What is The Western Hempishere/Latin America?
From 1898 to 1912, a main aim of U.S. foreign policy was to build this kind of influence in this region.
Latin America
The Zimmermann Telegram helped pull the United States into World War I because it showed that Germany threatened this.
What is U.S. territory (Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona)?
Because trench systems made it hard for either side to advance in World War I, battles on the Western Front ended in this.
What is a stalemate?
Right after World War I, both women and African Americans were expected to do this after contributing to the war effort.
What is return to their normal/previous roles in society
This amendment provided conditions to Cuba's independence, most notably the inclusion of US Naval Bases like Guantanamo Bay
What is the Teller Amendment?
The United States adopted the Open Door policy because it wanted to do this with China.
What is protect equal trading rights?
The United States employed this strategy to fend off US ships from German Submarine (u-boat) attacks
The Convoy System
Unlike most Hispanic and Native American soldiers, most African American soldiers in World War I were required to serve this way.
What is in segregated units?
The Senate rejected the 1919 Treaty of Versailles partly because it would require League members to give this to one another.
What is provide military aid