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What was the slogan the U.S used to rally the people to go to war against Spain after the sinking of the U.S.S Maine?
"Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain."
What is Yellow Journalism?
It is exaggerated stories to increase newspaper sales.
What is American Imperialism (examples are accepted as an answer).
What was the U.S's stance on WW1 prior to their involvement?
They were Isolationist
This Act criminalized attempted interference with the military draft, and it established severe penalties for spying, sabotage, and vaguely defined “obstruction of the war effort.”
Espionage Act
Provisions in the Cuban constitution, added as a condition for the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 1902, allowing the United States to intervene in Cuban affairs and to buy or lease land for naval bases.
Platt Amendment
This is the exaggerated style of newspaper reporting during the 1890s that helped inflame public support for war with Spain.
Yellow Journalism
An amendment to the Monroe Doctrine (a policy opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823). It stated that the U.S. would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to maintain peace and stability in the Western hemisphere.
Roosevelt Corollary
A rapid-firing weapon—the first truly automatic gun
Machine Guns
It called for freedom of the seas, reduction of armaments, self-determination, and the formation of a League of Nations for collective security
Wilsons 14 Points
What were the reasons that America went to war with Spain over Cuba?
1. The sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
2. The de Lôme Letter
3. Propaganda- American people sympathized with the Cuban people
How did Yellow Journalism affect the wars in the U.S's past?
It would rally the people in support of a declaration of war. It instilled either sympathy or hate towards other countries/groups of people.
President William Howard Taft's approach to foreign policy, focusing on encouraging and protecting U.S. trade and investment in Latin America and Asia.
Dollar diplomacy
What was the intent of the Zimmerman Telegram? What was Germany trying to do?
To get Mexico to align with Germany in case the U.S entered the war. If the U.S did, Mexico would invade through Texas and in return would gain lost land.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
It is a peace treaty that formally ended WW1.
As production of war materials increased, thousands of new jobs in steel and auto factories opened in the North. African Americans during WWI will move to the north in massive quantities.
Great Migration
Which wars or major events in the U.S were impacted by Yellow Journalism? (Name 3).
Spanish-American War, WW1, Bay of Pigs and/or Cuban Missle Crisis, WW2, the Cold War, Red, and Lavender Scare.
These moved silently through the sea, remaining undetectable until their close range made their torpedoes unavoidable. They were used to combat the British Naval Blockade.
U boats
It imposed a national draft that required every man between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service at local polling stations.
Selective Service Act
What role did Women play in WWI?
Women worked in plants, assembling explosives, electrical appliances, airplanes, and cars, and many chose jobs in the iron and steel industry—jobs once available only to men. Women contributed to the war effort through non-combat roles.
How did the sinking of the U.S.S Maine ultimately lead to the Spanish-American War?
It made the U.S people want revenge, fueled by Yellow Journalism.
This declared that when the United States had overthrown Spanish rule of Cuba it would give the Cubans their freedom.
Teller Amendment/ also known as the platt amendment
Gave all nations equal rights to trade with China. Secretary of State John Hay proposed this when the U.S. established interest in Chinese markets.
Open Door Policy
What is one reason why the U.S decided to join the war? (there are 5 major ones).
Unrestricted submarine warfare, sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmermann Telegram, American loans to Allied Powers.
The Treaty of Versailles included this? Why did the U.S. Senate refuse to join it?
The League of Nations. The U. S. didn’t join because it feared being drawn into future international conflicts.