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This U.S. state was once an independent kingdom with a Queen, but was taken over by American businessmen.
Hawaii
America built a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through this skinny country.
Panama
The people of this Caribbean island were fighting for independence from Spain
Cuba
Allied Powers: Britain, France, Russia, joined by __________________________
Woodrow Wilson created his ____________ Points to make the world a better place
Fourteen
Alaska was purchased from this country.
Russia
Woodrow Wilson's ___________ Diplomacy encouraged supporting democracy and stabilizing governments in Central America
Moral Diplomacy
This was the name given to the exaggerated newspaper headlines that brought the country closer to war.
Yellow Journalism
Central Powers: Germany and ______________________
Austria-Hungary
Americans at home were forced to _____________ important resources like coal and oil.
Ration
This island in the Caribbean Sea was given to America after the Spam War and remains a territory to this day.
Puerto Rico
William H. Taft's ____________ Diplomacy encouraged American businesses to make investments in Central American countries.
Dollar Diplomacy
The U.S.S. _______________ mysteriously exploded in Havana, bringing America into the Spam War
Maine
Armies in World War I dug these, and they largely did not move for four straight years!
Trenches
This Committee was solely tasked with making pro-war propaganda to get the American people to support World War I
Committee on Public Information
America gained this island nation (or group of islands) in Asia after defeating the Spanish in the Spam War
The Philippines
Theodore Roosevelt's very aggressive foreign policy comes from his famous saying: "Speak softly and carry a big ____________"
Stick
Theodore Roosevelt (before he was President) was part of this cowboy-based cavalry unit.
Rough Riders
This MAIN cause of WWI refers to the belief that your country is superior to all others. Extreme patriotism!
Nationalism
The official name for the American draft system is the _________________ Service Act
Selective
America opened up trade with this country after threatening them with a fleet of warships (Perry's Black Ships)
Japan
This was the name given to Central American countries whose governments and economies were held up by American fruit companies
Banana Republics
This was a major victory for the American navy in the Philippines.
Battle of Manila Bay
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a terrorist from this country.
Serbia
Wilson's last Point created an international peacekeeping body called the:________________________
League of Nations