U.S. Imperialism
What is the "Open Door Policy" with China?
All countries have the right to trade with China
What country tried to build a canal in Panama before the U.S.?
France
What 3 countries formed the Tripple Alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungry, Italy
What did the Government want U.S. citizens to grow in their backyard to help with the war effort? (hint: it grows food for your family)
Victory Garden
Treaty of Versailles
What was the Roosevelt Corollary correlated with?
The Monroe Doctrine
How many locks are in the Panama Canal?
5
What 3 countries formed the Triple Entante?
Russia, France, and Great Britain
What was the age range of men who had to sign up for the draft?
21-30
What country controlled Panama before the U.S. intervened?
Columbia
What territories did the U.S. acquire by winning the Spanish American War?
Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philippines, and Cuba
What city did Poncho Villa raid?
Columbus, New Mexico
What 2 things did Germany do to anger the U.S. into joining the war?
Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram
Name 2 ways the U.S. government and Big Business worked together to support the war effort.
allocated resources, set prices, built new factories, worked with unions to avoid strikes.
What branch of the military was the only one to enlist women during WWI?
Navy (the boat people)
Why did plantation owners want the U.S. to annex Hawaii?
To stop paying tariffs and to keep European control off the islands
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
Buying the debt of a country so you can gain influence over it.
What was Germanys goal with unrestricted submarine warfare around Great Britan?
Starve the island
What is "The Great Migration"?
When African Americans moved from the South to the North for factory jobs.
Who was the President during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
What was the name of the ship that the Spanish supposedly blew up to start the Spanish American War (FYI: its boiler blew up, that's why it sank)
U.S.S. Maine
What is the distance in miles for a trip from New York City to Shanghai China on a boat through the Panama Canal?
4,900 miles
What was the name of the man who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofie?
Gavrilo Princip
Other than combat, what else killed people across the world in 1918 and 1919?
Spanish Flu
What is Yellow Jounalism?
Stretching the truth to appear more sensational to sell newspapers.