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This German foreign minister had his telegram intercepted by the British.
Who is Arthur Zimmermann.
100
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine granted the United States the right to not only oppose European intervention in the Western Hemisphere but also to "intervene in the domestic affairs of its neighbors if those neighbors proved unable to maintain order and national sovereignty on their own."
What is the Roosevelt Corollary.
100
This caused Russia to withdraw from the war.
What is the Russian Revolution.
100
This phenomenon was catalyzed by several bombs that exploded within minutes of each other in the United States. Conspiracies flew and targeted the American fear of the time: communism.
What is The Red Scare.
100
The quote that President Theodore Roosevelt coined in regards to his views on foreign policy...
What is "Speak softly, but carry a big stick."
200
These men and their corresponding countries made up the Big Four.
Who are President Woodrow Wilson (United States), David Lloyd George (Great Britain), Vittorio Orlando (Italy), and George Clemenceau (France).
200
The ideology Roosevelt had over the value and importance of using American power in the world.
What is Roosevelt's Diplomacy.
200
These vast networks were described by troops as "no-man's land" and were located in the French countryside. Americans spent a brief time in there when compared to the European nations that were already fighting.
What are trenches.
200
This strike occurred in 1919 and is known as the "greatest strike in American history." Workers walked out of their jobs after demanding an eight hour long work day.
What is the Steelworkers' Strike.
200
This incident brought America one step closer into breaking their pact of neutrality. It involved a telegram between Germany and Mexico, which the British intercepted, in which the German foreign minister hinted that Mexico could regain their "lost land" from the United States.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram.
300
President Wilson ordered this person to lead an American expeditionary force on a man hunt in pursuit of Pancho Villa.
Who is General John J. Pershing.
300
After the Cuban government agreed to this, the United States granted them political independence.
What is the Platt Amendment.
300
This draft, created by President Wilson, brought nearly 3 million men into the army.
What is the Selective Service Act.
300
These two Italian immigrants were charged with the murder of a paymaster while the evidence against them was questionable. They were convicted simply for being publicly confessed anarchists.
Who are Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
300
This British passenger liner was sank in an act of German submarine warfare. About 1,198 people were killed, 128 of them were American.
What is the Lusitania.
400
This chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee was a close friend to Theodore Roosevelt and hated President Wilson with a burning passion. He passionately attempted to obstruct the Treaty of Versailles.
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge.
400
This linked the Atlantic to the Pacific and is seen as one of Roosevelt's best accomplishments.
What is the Panama Canal.
400
This secretary of war aided the President in creating a national draft to enlist much needed men into the army.
Who is Newton D. Baker.
400
This violence was sparked after a black teenager drowned after being stoned for drifting towards a white beach in Lake Michigan.
What is the Chicago Race Riots.
400
This organization, founded by President Wilson, created an assembly of nations that would work to organize world affairs and prevent future wars.
What is the League of Nations.
500
This woman created the Woman's Peace Party and was a leader in the fight for woman suffrage.
Who is Carrie Chapman Catt.
500
This event started in 1904 after the Japanese led a surprise attack on a Russian fleet in a province in China that Russia and Japan wanted to control.
What is the Russo-Japanese War.
500
These women participated directly in the war and were enlisted in the auxiliary branches of the military.
What is the Women's Motor Corps.
500
During this economic turmoil following the war, nearly 5 million Americans lost their jobs.
What is the postwar recession of 1920.
500
The Huerta forces in Mexico refused to apologize in this way after the incident involving the arrest of several sailors from the U.S.S. Dolphin.
What is the twenty-one-gun salute.
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