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The Progressive leader who led a national charge to build up the military and join the Allies in World War I.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
Those citizens who argued that expanding overseas would provide economic opportunities through markets for American goods and natural resources.
Who are Imperialists?
A mid-Pacific island chain annexed by the United States.
What is Hawaii?
Imperialism, industrialization, nationalism, militarism, and secret military alliances.
What are causes of World War I?
This set of ideas primarily supported Progressivism by focusing on trade equality, ending of secret treaties and alliances, freedom of the seas, and the establishment of the League of Nations.
What is Wilson's 14 Point Plan?
He wanted full control of the peace process following a victory so he chose to commit the full power of the U.S. military in World War I.
Who is President Woodrow Wilson?
Those citizens who argued that imperialist policies betrayed the foundational values of self-determination, freedom, and would lead to foreign entanglements.
Who are the Anti-Imperialists?
This conflict started because of growing U.S. support for Cuba's independence from Spain.
What is the Spanish-American War?
A British cruise liner that was sunk by a German U-boat (1915). 128 Americans were killed causing outrage towards Germany.
What is the Lusitania?
These institutions loaned billions of dollars to Britain and France to fund their war efforts.
What are U.S. Banks?
The US Secretary of State who called the Spanish-American War a ‘splendid little war’.
Who is John Hay?
This group formed in 1898, the association included prominent members like Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie, who opposed U.S. imperialism.
What is the Anti-Imperialist League?
This battleship exploded in Havana Harbor and was considered a primary cause for many Americans to call for war.
What is the USS Maine?
A secret German to Mexico telegram calling for a war alliance against the U.S. When made public, it caused an outcry for war.
What is the Zimmermann Note?
A law that created a national draft and brought 2.8 million men to the military
What is the Selective Service Act of 1917?
The Progressive leader who led a national anti-war movement during World War I.
Who is Jane Addams?
This philosophy justified imperial expansion by framing it as a moral duty to spread American culture, values, and institutions to “less civilized” peoples.
What is the White Man's Burden?
This agreement formally ended the Spanish–American War and resulted in the U.S. acquiring territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The law threatened imprisonment and fines for aiding the enemy.
What is the Espionage Act of 1917?
This was a battle in July of 1918 where 850,000 U.S. troops stopped Germany's last drive towards Paris effectively ending the war.
What is the Battle of Chateau Thierry?
He was forced to surrender his German crown and go into exile on November 9, 1918.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
Presidential policy to further assert the Monroe Doctrine and justify American intervention in the Western Hemisphere and the U.S. role as a Latin American enforcer.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
A brutal four year conflict for control of the Philippines that resulted in significant loss of life.
What is the Philippine-American War?
This law forbid speaking out against the war effort.
What is the Sedition Act of 1918?
This agreement was signed between Germany and Russia on March 3, 1918 (post-communist revolt) ending the war in eastern Europe.
What is the Brest-Litovsk Treaty?