U.S. Imperialism
This belief that the U.S. had a duty to spread its culture and values helped justify imperialism.
What is cultural superiority?
This term refers to journalists who exposed corruption and social injustices.
Who are muckrakers?
This event in 1914 triggered the start of World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
A policy of aggressive military buildup and preparedness.
What is militarism?
This 1898 war resulted in the U.S. gaining territories such as the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This amendment allowed for the direct election of U.S. senators.
What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
The U.S. entered WWI partly because of this German practice of sinking ships without warning.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This movement aimed to ban alcohol in the U.S.
What is Prohibition?
The right to vote.
What is suffrage?
This policy ensured all nations could trade freely with China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle led to the passage of this act regulating food safety.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
This secret telegram from Germany encouraged Mexico to attack the U.S.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This law required men to register for the military draft during WWI.
What is the Selective Service Act of 1917?
Sensationalized, often exaggerated news used to influence public opinion.
What is yellow journalism?
This U.S. policy stated that America could intervene in Latin American affairs to maintain stability.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This tragic factory fire in 1911 led to workplace safety reforms.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
President Wilson’s plan for postwar peace was known as this.
What are the Fourteen Points?
This amendment established a national income tax.
What is the Sixteenth Amendment?
A country making payments to another as punishment for war damages.
What are reparations?
This naval base in Hawaii was annexed by the U.S. in 1898, furthering its Pacific influence.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This act strengthened antitrust laws by banning price discrimination and protecting labor unions.
What is the Clayton Antitrust Act?
This treaty officially ended WWI but was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This progressive reform allowed citizens to propose and vote on laws directly.
What is the initiative process?
Settling disputes by allowing an impartial outsider to make a decision.
What is arbitration?