American Imperialism
This term describes the policy of extending a nation's political, economic, or military influence over other territories.
Imperialism
This 1898 conflict began after growing American involvement in Cuba and ended with Spain giving up control of several territories.
Spanish-American War
This president's foreign policy was associated with the phrase "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Theodore Roosevelt
This policy did the United States initially declare when World War I began in Europe in 1914
neutrality
Soldiers fought from these long, narrow defensive ditches that became a defining feature of the Western Front.
trenches / trench warfare
American businesses supported imperialism partly because they wanted access to these two things: natural resources and places to sell American-made products.
Raw materials and new markets
The United States acquired this Pacific territory through annexation in 1898, making it an important strategic location for American expansion.
Hawaii
This president promoted "Dollar Diplomacy," using American economic investment and financial power to increase U.S. influence abroad.
William Howard Taft
The acronym MAIN is often used to remember four major causes of World War I. These include militarism, alliances, imperialism, and this.
nationalism
This future president helped organize food conservation efforts during World War I and became known as the nation's "food administrator."
Herbert Hoover
This type of sensationalized newspaper reporting helped build American public support for intervention in Cuba by emphasizing Spanish atrocities.
Yellow Journalism
The explosion of this American battleship in Havana Harbor helped increase public support for war with Spain, although historians debate what actually caused the explosion.
USS Maine
Woodrow Wilson's approach to foreign affairs became known as this type of diplomacy because he emphasized American ideals and moral principles.
Germany's decision to attack ships without warning, including ships carrying neutral passengers and supplies, helped push the United States toward war.
unrestricted submarine warfare
Machine guns, poison gas, tanks, airplanes, and submarines demonstrated how this factor changed the nature of World War I.
new military technology/weapons
Supporters of imperialism argued that the United States had a duty to spread these ideas and values to other parts of the world.
American democratic and moral ideals
Built across the Isthmus of Panama, this project allowed ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans much more quickly.
Panama Canal
Unlike Roosevelt's emphasis on military power and Taft's emphasis on economic investment, Wilson attempted to use this as a basis for American foreign policy.
democratic and moral principles
This secret German message proposed that Mexico join Germany against the United States in exchange for assistance in recovering lost territory.
Zimmerman Telegram
This African American military unit, which served with distinction under French command, became known by a nickname referring to their toughness and fighting ability.
Harlem Hell Fighters
An American who opposed imperialism might argue that expanding overseas contradicted the nation's traditional belief in self-government because this would place foreign peoples under American control.
Anti-imperialists/non-interventionist argument
This policy announced by Theodore Roosevelt expanded the Monroe Doctrine by claiming the United States could intervene in Latin American nations when instability threatened American interests.
Roosevelt Corollary
Daily Double: A country facing political instability in Latin America receives American military intervention under Roosevelt, American financial investment under Taft, and pressure to follow democratic principles under Wilson. Identify the three diplomatic approaches represented.
Big Stick Diplomacy, Dollar Diplomacy, and Moral Diplomacy
Daily Double: Give two major reasons the United States moved from neutrality to entering World War I in 1917.
unrestricted submarine warfare, the Zimmermann Telegram, defense of democracy, economic interests, and attacks on American ships/citizens.
This Tennessee soldier became famous for capturing a large number of German soldiers during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and later received the Medal of Honor.
Alvin C. York