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American Expansionism
Spanish-American War & Imperialism
Panama, Parks & Policy
Causes of WWI US Entry
WWI Outcomes & Homefront
100

What territory, purchased in 1867, added resources and strategic position to the United States and was later valued for its timber and oil?

Alaska.

100

Which sensationalist style of reporting helped inflame U.S. public opinion against Spain in 1898?

Yellow journalism.

100
  • 100: Which man-made waterway connected the Atlantic and Pacific and shortened naval and commercial travel?

Panama Canal.

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  • 100: Which British passenger ship sank in 1915 after being torpedoed, helping shift U.S. public opinion?

Lusitania.

100
  • 100: What 1917 law and later related law limited free speech and punished antiwar expression in the United States?

Espionage Act and Sedition Act.

200

Name the policy that stated the U.S. would protect its interests in the Western Hemisphere and sometimes intervene in Latin American countries (linked to Roosevelt).

Roosevelt Corollary / Roosevelt’s Big Stick Diplomacy.

200
  • 200: Which U.S. battleship’s explosion in Havana Harbor was used by some newspapers to call for war with Spain?

USS Maine.

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  • 200: Which president supported the construction of the Panama Canal through Big Stick diplomacy?

Theodore Roosevelt.

200
  • 200: What German action involving submarines made unrestricted attacks on merchant and passenger ships and motivated U.S. entry into WWI?

 Unrestricted submarine warfare.

200
  • 200: What major demographic movement saw many African Americans move from the South to Northern cities during and after WWI?

Great Migration.

300

What was one major argument in favor of American imperialism at the turn of the 20th century?

Economic markets, naval power/strategic bases, “civilizing” missions.

300
  • 300: Name two territories the U.S. gained as a result of the Treaty of Paris (1898).

Philippines and Puerto Rico (also Guam).

300
  • 300: Name one federally protected area established in the early conservation movement (example from the proficiency scale).

Yellowstone (or Yosemite).

300
  • 300: What secret diplomatic message proposing a German‑Mexican alliance angered Americans when exposed?

 Zimmerman (Zimmermann) Telegram.

300
  • 300: Name one technological innovation used in WWI that changed later warfare (from the proficiency scale vocabulary).

Tanks, airplanes, chemical weapons.

400

Explain how acquiring overseas territories affected the geographic reach of the United States (give one specific example).

U.S. control of territories increased global naval reach (Panama Canal shortened route between oceans).

400
  • 400: Describe one long-term consequence of the U.S. annexation of the Philippines.

Example: sparked anti-imperialist movement, guerrilla war in Philippines, long-term U.S. presence in Asia.

400
  • 400: What was the Open Door Policy concerned with, and which region did it target?

 Open Door Policy sought equal trade access in China.

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  • 400: Name the U.S. general who led the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during WWI.

 General John J. Pershing.

400
  • 400: How did women’s roles during WWI contribute to a major political change back home (name the amendment connected to suffrage)?

19th Amendment (women’s suffrage).

500

Analyze how the debate over annexing the Philippines after the Spanish-American War reflected differing views about American identity and international role.

Annexing the Philippines raised debate over imperialism vs. self-determination and led to the Philippine‑American War.

500
  • 500: Evaluate Theodore Roosevelt’s role in the Spanish‑American War and how it influenced his later foreign policy.

Roosevelt gained fame with Rough Riders, later used Big Stick to secure Panama Canal and project U.S. power.

500
  • 500: Explain how control of the Panama Canal Zone gave the U.S. strategic advantages in both military and trade terms.

Strategic advantages: faster military redeployment, reduced shipping time, control of a vital maritime chokepoint.

500
  • 500: Combine three causes or events that together led the United States to declare war on Germany in 1917 (brief explanation).

Unrestricted submarine warfare resumed in 1917 (threatening U.S. ships), Zimmerman Telegram revealed German attempt to involve Mexico, plus cumulative attacks on shipping and economic ties to Allies.

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  • 500: Analyze how WWI led to both technological advances and social tensions in the U.S. after the war (give two specific linked examples).

Sample analysis: Technological advances (tanks, planes) changed future combat; social tensions included labor unrest and race conflicts as returning soldiers competed for jobs and wartime restrictions (Espionage/Sedition Acts) affected civil liberties.