LT#1-2: Foreign Policy Spectrum/Actions
Extending power by acquiring territory around the globe is known as this.
What is Imperialism?
When WWI began in 1914, America Declared this.
What is Neutrality?
These are the nickname for homemade gardens that the government promoted to preserve food during WWI.
What are Victory Gardens?
This was the Anarchist/Socialist woman who was arrested during WWI and deported to Russia afterwards.
Who is Emma Goldman?
This was the nickname for the terrible influenza that killed over 50 million people from 1918-1919.
What is the Spanish Flu?
Strict non-involvement in the affairs of other countries.
What is isolationism?
This was the U.S. President who successfully ran on the slogan, "He kept us out of War!" during the 1916 Presidential election.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This was the Federal Organization tasked with creating Propaganda and educating the public to support the war effort.
What is the Committee on Public Information?
What is the CPI?
This socialist leader gave a speech against the draft, was imprisoned, and ran for President from prison during WWI.
Who is Eugene Debs?
This was the first successful Communist revolution in the world, occuring in 1917.
What is the Bolshevik Revolution?
During this event, our President warned against joining "entangling alliances", instead saying that we should, "extend our commercial relations" with other countries.
What is Washington's Farewell Address?
In this message, Germany tried to convince Mexico to help them declare war on the U.S., in exchange Mexico would reclaim lost lands.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This was created during WWI to enlist American men into the military and armed forces.
What is the Draft?
What is the Selective Service Act?
This socialist leader printed and distributed over 15,000 pamphlets urging men to protest the draft during WWI.
Who is Charles Schenck?
This was the U.S. President's plan for the world after WWI ended. It included the creation of the League of Nations.
What are the 14 points?
What are Wilson's 14 points?
Working with other countries to influence world affairs is known as this.
What is Collective Security?
This event, occuring in 1915, left 128 Americans and hundreds of Europeans dead after German U-Boats attacked.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
What is the Lusitania?
What is the Lusitania attack?
This was the demographic shift of African Americans moving to big cities (mostly in the North) during WWI.
What is the Great Migration?
This U.S. law made it illegal to interfere with military recruitment efforts during WWI.
What is the Espionage Act?
This was the document that formally ended WWI. It blamed Germany for the war and forced them to pay massive reparations.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
During this event, our President said that "the American Continents...are not to be considered as subject for future Colonization by any European powers."
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This is the year that America entered into WWI.
When is 1917?
This person was the head of the federal organization tasked with creating Propaganda.
Who is George Creel?
This U.S. law made it illegal to protest against the government during WWI.
What is the Sedition Act?
This was the nickname for a series of arrests/deportations of radical thinkers after WWI.