US Imperialism
WWI
20s and 30s
WWII
Random
100
Exaggerated stories to help persuade American citizens to go to war with Spain
What is Yellow Journalism?
100
What are the four main causes of World War I?
What is alliances, nationalism, militarism, and imperialism. (Spark: The assassination of Austrian-Hungary prince Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist)?
100
This group focused on defending white civilization, "100% Americanism"
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
100
The Pittsburgh Courier argued that African Americans should join the war effort in order to achieve a double victory over Hitler's racism and racism at home in this campaign.
What is the "Double V" campaign?
100
Many people were able to enter the stock market by using this method...
What is "buying on margin"?
200
This was the battle cry of the Spanish American Cuban War
What is "Remember the Maine"?
200
This president led the American public to believe that WWI was the "war to end all wars"
Who is President Wilson?
200
This is the name given to the Great Plains region stricken by drought during the 1920s
What is the "Dust Bowl"? Farmers struggled not only because of this, but also because of surpluses that could not be sold~bringing prices down due to overproduction after WWI.
200
Poland, France, Denmark and Luxemburg were all victims of this type of warfare, which means "lightening war"
What is "Blitzkreig"?
200
This act created the first US peace-time draft, in the event the US was forced to enter WWII.
What is the Selective Service and Training Act.
300
This belief that Americans were destined to expand, sparked westward migration and justified overseas expansion
What is "manifest destiny"?
300
These two acts were passed during WWI, limiting Freedom of Speech in speaking out against the US Government.
What is the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
300
These act and system were passed to limit the number of immigrants in America after WWI.
What is National Origins Act and Quota System?
300
This is the belief that by giving in to some of Hitler's demands, he will become more likely to settle for peace.
What is "appeasement"?
300
What were the ideological forces that propelled the world towards war in 1930s?
What is Totalitarianism, Nationalism, Nazism and Fascism. (Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Emperor Shōwa Hirohito were all leaders of totalitarian governments).
400
This president led early U.S. imperialist actions (i.e. the annexation of Hawaii)
Who is President McKinely?
400
This was proposed by President Wilson, as an idealistic vision for after WWI where militarism, imperialism are ended and all nations are self-determinant
What is the Fourteen Points?
400
This was the literary and artistic movement of the 1920s that celebrated African-American culture
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
400
This act was passed to allow Britain, France, and their allies to obtain US weapons without having to pay cash up front
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
400
Name 3 reasons why Roosevelt faced criticism over his handling of the Depression.
Some felt FDR had gone too far and was turning the US into a socialist nation, some felt FDR was not doing enough, Some felt that FDR and Congress were acting unconstitutionally.
500
List three reasons that stimulated US imperialism in the early 1900s
What is a need for a new source of cheap labor, economic competition with other nations, political and military competition with other nations, and a belief in the moral superiority of the Anglo-Saxon culture ("White Man's Burden")?
500
In the event of a war between the US & Germany, Mexico would attack the US and gain back lands lost. This idea was proposed by this.
What did the Zimmerman Note?
500
This was the major reason why the Hoover Administration failed to effectively deal with the Depression
What is a dedication to the principle of not interfering in the economy (laissez faire)?
500
Name three things Americans did on the 'homefront" to help the war effort.
They donated unused materials to scrap drives, they conserved gasoline, they bought war bonds, they grew victory gardens, women joined the workforce...
500
Name three aims (goals) Hitler had during WWII.
Hitler wanted to unite the German speaking people. He also wanted to turn Germany into a military power. He wanted to create a Third Reich that would rule the world for a thousand years, and he wanted to create a master race of Aryans.
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