Imperialism
Term for nations extending their economic, political and military control over other territories or nations.
What is imperialism?
Economic reason the U.S. was interested in Hawaii
What is PINEAPPLES?
aka sugar and fruit plantations
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?
Archduke of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
Created a national draft in the United States
What is the Selective Service Act of 1917?
Used to observe enemy troops and led to forces arming with machine guns
What are airplanes?
Officially ended WWI
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
"Moral" Reasons for US Imperialism
What is Social Darwinism + belief in racial superiority?
Military reasons for the annexation of Hawaii
What is Pearl Harbor?
Ship that sank which led to the Spanish-American War
What is the USS Maine?
Declared the US would intervene in Latin issues and act as the "police force" of the western hemisphere (added to the Monroe Doctrine)
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
Four main causes of WWI
What is Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
Armed forces that the US sent to Europe during WWI, helped allied forces launch a major counterattack of the Western Front
What is the American Expeditionary Force?
Made frontal assaults difficult during WWI and resulted in long periods of stalemate
What is Trench Warfare?
Blamed for WWI, severe restrictions were placed on them
Who is Germany?
Wrote the book "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History"
Who is Alfred T. Mahan?
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
Trained troops with no experience into an effective military force
Who is General John Pershing?
Used to attack soldiers in the trenches
What is poison gas?
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
Fate of the last reigning queen of Hawaii
What is improsoned and overthrown by the U.S.?
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?
Triple Entente of WWI
Who are Great Britain, France, and Russia?
Final major battle of WWI
What is the Battle of Argonne Forest?
Created to protect soldiers from the effects of poison gas
What are masks?
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
Man who became governor of Hawaii
Who is Sanford Dole?
Effects of the Spanish-American War
End of Spanish Imperialism and established the US as a world power
Foreign policy that focused on human rights, democracy, and peace worldwide
What is Wilson's Moral Diplomacy?
The sinking of Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram
What are the reasons for US entry into WWI?
Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on
Who is Germany?
Used to overcome trench defenses and end stalemates
What are tanks?
Used to help pay for the war
What are war bonds?