Expanding westward
Big Stick Diplomacy
Causes of World War I
U.S. Entry into WWI
Homefront & Fighting
Peace, Treaty & Aftermath
100
This 1898 war resulted in the U.S. gaining Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
100
Roosevelt’s famous slogan: “Speak softly and carry a ___.”
What is a big stick?
100
Germany, Britain, and Russia greatly increased the size of their armies and navies.
What is militarism?
100
German submarines that sank ships and angered Americans.
What are U-boats?
100
This 1917 law created the military draft.
What is the Selective Service Act?
100
Wilson’s plan for peace that included a League of Nations.
What are the Fourteen Points?
200
Queen Liliʻuokalani was overthrown, leading to U.S. annexation of this kingdom.
What is Hawaii?
200
Roosevelt sent this fleet of battleships around the world to display power.
What is the Great White Fleet?
200
This system forced countries to defend their partners and helped start a world war.
What is the alliance system?
200
This British passenger ship was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915.
What is the Lusitania?
200
Americans bought these to help pay for the war.
What are war bonds?
200
The U.S. Senate rejected this treaty and refused to join the League.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
300
This canal improved U.S. Navy transportation and trade between oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
300
This 1904 addition to the Monroe Doctrine allowed U.S. intervention in Latin America.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
300
European nations competing for colonies and showing dominance over others.
What is imperialism?
300
This secret telegram promised Mexico U.S. territory if it joined Germany.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
300
These two laws limited free speech during the war.
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
300
This senator led opposition to the League of Nations.
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge?
400
This policy demanded equal trading rights for all nations in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
400
Roosevelt’s policy of using military strength to back up diplomacy is known as this.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
400
Extreme pride in one’s country that made compromise difficult before 1914.
What is nationalism?
400
One major reason shown in the “Are You With Me Fellows?” poster for entering the war.
What is German U-boats sinking ships?
400
New weapons developed largely because of trench warfare.
What are tanks and gas masks?
400
This Supreme Court case said speech can be limited if it creates a “clear and present danger.”
What is Schenck v. United States?
500
The U.S. gained these three territories from Spain in the Treaty of Paris (1898).
What are Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
500
The Roosevelt Corollary justified intervention especially when Latin American nations had this problem.
What is economic instability (or debt)?
500
The assassination of this archduke sparked the chain of events leading to war.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
500
Unrestricted submarine warfare violated this traditional American right.
What is freedom of the seas?
500
This soldier captured over 100 Germans and received the Medal of Honor.
Who is Alvin York?
500
After the war, many Americans wanted the U.S. to return to this foreign-policy approach.
What is isolationism?
600
Sanford B. Dole strongly advocated for the annexation of this Pacific location.
What is Hawaii?
600
The photograph of U.S. warships on a world tour best represents this Roosevelt policy
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
600
The four long-term causes of World War I are often remembered with this acronym.
What is MAIN (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism)?
600
Wilson asked Congress to declare war in order to make the world “safe for” this.
What is democracy?
600
The American Expeditionary Forces helped launch major attacks mainly in this country.
What is France?
600
One major long-term result of the Spanish-American War and WWI was that the U.S. became this.
What is a world power?