Vocabulary
A person who writes about problems they saw so everyone knew about them. (Allowed people who could change the problems, like government officials, know so they could make the needed changes)
What is a muckracker?
Type of warfare that was used in WWI. Protected armies from opposing enemies and gunfire, but prevented them from advancing forward.
What is trench warfare?
Movement of people due to wars, famine, lack of access to jobs, land, opportunities, etc
What are push factors of immigration?
Policy of extending a country's power and influence by acquiring territories
What is Imperialism?
Someone who becomes rich and contributes positively to the country in some way such as charities or donating money
What is a Captain of Industry?
Belief that white imperialists had a moral duty to educate less developed people. Spread western ideas, customs, and religion
What is White Man's Burden?
WHAT DOES M.A.I.N. stand for?
M: Militarism
A: Alliances
I: Imperialism
N. Nationalism
Movement of people due to job opportunities, safety, freedom, etc
What are pull factors of immigration?
"becoming a world power"
What is a Military reason for US Imperialism?
Name of Ms. Wallace's cat :)
Who is Ivy?
Policy of extending a country's power and influence by acquiring territories
What is Imperialism?
TRUE OR FALSE:
Poision gas was not used in WWI because everyone knew the horrible side effects
FALSE!
It was used in WWI, but not in WWII because of this reason
"Often single males, unskilled, poor, Catholic or Jewish, and usually settled in cities rather than farms"
What are new immigrants?
White man's burden/Social Darwinism
What is a SOCIAL reason for US Imperialism?
The shift in the 1800s where the US stops rebuilding and shifts their attention to more "glamorous" things like industrialization, banking, oil and steel production
What is the Gilded Age?
When people saw corruption or problems in America and wanted to make change
What is progressivism?
President who had "The Big Stick" Policy.
Wanted greater US involvement in word affairs, advocated for peaceful relations, but wanted stronger American presence in order to ensure US prosperity/success
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
"Often came as families to settle, usually on farms. Many had money, were educated and had a skill or trade"
business/trade/land expansion
What is an economic reaosn for US imperialism?
Act that prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers, limited civil rights of Chinese already in U.S., and denied citizenship to Chinese immigrants
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Ideology that claimed it was natural for stronger nations to dominate weaker ones. Promoted white supremacy over all races.
What is Social Darwinism?
President whose Imperialism policy is "Dollar Diplomacy". Encouraged US to invest money in foreign nations. Believed that "dollars" not bullets, would advance US authority. Force was used as a way to teach other nations how to establish law and order"
Who is William Howard Taft?
List TWO examples of challenges immigrants faced when arriving in a new country
What is ...
job discrimination, housing discrimination, scientific racism, religious discrimination, racism/discrimination, language barriers, financial struggles, etc
President whose imperialism policy was "Moral Diplomacy"
(The US should promote democracy around the world and help maintain peace. Believed that America should help spread those ideas.)
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
What was the main event that caused WWI to begin?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.