Expansion
A style of newspaper reporting from the late 19th century that emphasized sensationalism, exaggeration, and scandal over verified facts to increase readership.
Yellow Journalism
Germany to Mexico
1918 proposal by President Wilson to end World War I and ensure lasting peace, emphasizing open diplomacy, freedom of the seas, trade equality, arms reduction, national self-determination, and the creation of a League of Nations.
14 Points
Sinking of the USS Maine, Yellow Journalism, and American support for Cuban independence led to...
The Spanish-American War
Zimmerman Telegraph and Unrestricted submarine warfare (sinking of Lusitania)
The main goal of the women’s rights movement in the early 20th century was to achieve...
Political equality
The Spanish-American War led to American expansion and intervention in which region?
The Caribbean
What did Wilson want to establish following WWI?
A period of intense anti-communist hysteria in the U.S. triggered by the 1917 Russian Revolution, postwar economic unrest, and labor strikes.
The Red Scare
Protector, Enforcer, Regulator, Powerful/Dominant Figure, Imperialist, etc.
Why did some people criticize the establishment of the League of Nations?
Article X - America would be forced to get involved in foreign conflict even if it doesn't serve their interest
American isolationism
Two acts that resulted from the Red Scare were...
Espionage Act of 1917
Sedition Act of 1918
Some of the earliest examples of US imperialism include...
The purchase of Alaska in 1867 ("Seward's Folly")
The acquisition of overseas territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines following the Spanish-American War in 1898
The 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Why did the US not join the League of Nations?
Senate refused to ratify
The era between reconstruction and WWI, which was a period of intense economic expansion, rapid industrialization, and massive immigration in the US, masking social inequalities, corruption, and poverty.
The Gilded Age