Imperialism
Alaska
The exaggeration of the mistreatment of Cuban civilians by the Spanish in the NY Newspaper
Yellow journalism
Causes of WWI
MANIA
Sell War Bonds
Had to pay back $33 billion in reperations
Germany
Chinese resentment of foreigners in their country led to this
Boxer Rebellion
This led the U.S. to declare war on Spain in 1898
The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine
Which country was Archduke Franz Ferdinand from?
Austria-Hungary
This system protected merchant ships from German U-Boats
Convoy System
Which country did not join the League of Nations
U.S.
Reason for overthrowing Queen Liliuokalani
She wanted to limit the planters power
Location of the first battle of the Spanish American War
The Philippines
The ship sunk by German U-Boats which killed 128 Americans
The Lusitania
U.S. joined this side during the war
Allies
Wilson's plan for peace
14 points
Roosevelt supported a revolution here to build the Panama Canal
Colombia
Reason Filipinos fought alongside American in the Spanish American war
They wanted independence
This caused the U.S. to finally enter the war
The Zimmerman Telegram
Fighting necessary because weapons were too accurate
Trench Warfare
German resentment to the Treaty of Versailles planted the seeds for
WWII
This group did not like the U.S. treatment of the newly acquired Cuba
Anti-Imperialist League
The territory the U.S. gained at the end of the Spanish American War
Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Philippines
Which countries were the Central Power
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Allowed Germany to only fight the war on one front
Russia left the war
Treaty of Versailles wasn't passed because they wouldn't compromise
President Wilson