Building an empire by dominating other nations politically, militarily, or economically
Imperialism
Type of journalism that used sensational and outlandish headlines to sell newspapers.
Yellow journalism
President Warren G Harding was elected based on the slogan "Return to _________________" in 1920
Normalcy
What foreign policy, proposed by Theodore Roosevelt, advocated for peaceful negotiations backed up by military force?
Big Stick Policy
Early in the war, the US adopted a policy of
Isolationism/Neutrality
Queen Liliuokalani was deposed by Sanford Dole and other fruit farmers on this series of islands which was then annexed by the US?
Hawaii
The following quote is an example of what concept?
"I believe the Filipinos are incapable of governing themselves" - William McKinley
Social Darwinism
The Committee of Public Information was responsible for releasing posters and statements encouraging Americans to support the military in World War 1. What term do used to describe these posters, etc.?
China
The catalyst for the war was
the assassination of the Archduke
William Seward was responsible for purchasing what future American state, which many nicknamed "Seward's Folly"?
Alaska
What event led to the United States entry into the Spanish-American War?
The explosion of the USS Maine
Name two of the factors that led to the U.S. entry in World War 1.
Zimmerman Telegram
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Sinking of the Lusitania
What foreign policy, proposed by Woodrow Wilson, advocated for spreading democracy throughout the world?
Moral Diplomacy
What are the 4 MAIN causes of the WWI?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
The belief that American culture is superior to other cultures is called _____________ _______________.
Social Darwinism
Following the Spanish American War, The Platt Amendment was made to Cuba's constitution to all the US to control their foreign policy and....
a permanent naval base; Guantanamo Bay
Why did the United States Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles?
To keep the United states out of European entanglements (alliances/wars)
An addition to US foreign policy that said the US would intervene if Europeans attempted to forcibly collect debts from newly established Latin American countries
Roosevelt Corollary
At the start of the war, who were the Allied Powers (also called the Triple Entente because there were 3)
Britain
France
Russia
Alfred T Mahan wrote a book with what title that convinced many that the US needed a large navy?
Influence of Sea Power
The word that means "to have a desire for war"
Jingo or Jingoism
The Supreme Court case which ruled that personal liberties are limited at times of great national emergency (Hint: a man was jailed for encouraging young men to burn draft notices)
The Filipino-American War, the Platt Amendment, Dollar Diplomacy, and general resentment of American interference in other countries led to those countries viewing the US as not defenders of freedom, but...
A colonial power
The name of the segregated black fighting unit that was given France's highest honor
Harlem Hellfighters