American Imperialism
The act of a country extending its power over another country through military force
What is imperialism?
The name of the disease soldiers faced from standing in muddy, damp conditions all day long.
What is trench foot?
The capital city of Russia.
What is Moscow?
The result of the 18th amendment (what did it do?)
What is prohibition?
The event (and year it happened) that ended the roaring twenties.
What was the stock market crash of 1929?
Captain Alfred T. Mahan was in charge of this branch of the U.S. military.
What is the Navy?
The man whose assassination was the last straw and set off WWI.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The title given to a Russian ruler.
What is a Czar/Tsar?
What was the Red Scare?
The president during the start of the depression who is known for not doing enough to help out.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
The island that the U.S. took over through imperialism that later became U.S territory
What is Hawaii?
The 4 main causes of WWI.
What is militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism?
The man who was snuck into Russian on a sealed train to start the revolution.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
The reason John Thomas Scopes was on trial.
What is teaching evolution in the classroom?
The name of the deprived are on the outskirts of town consisting of large numbers of crude dwellings.
What is a shantytown?
The man whose victory in the Spanish American war eventually led him to the presidency.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
The man who was president during WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The name of the group of revolutionists who promised to give all land to the peasants and transfer ownership of factories to the people.
Who were the Bolsheviks?
The man who completed the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927.
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
The name of the event that made it nearly impossible to farm in the Mid-West due to poor conditions.
What is the Dust Bowl?
The voluntary fighting force that fought in the Spanish American War.
Who were the Rough Riders?
The event that pulled the U.S. into WWI.
What was the sinking of the Lusitania?
One of the six ways that the Communists managed to win the civil war in Russia.
What is an impressive army OR a weak opposing force OR having one goal OR war communism OR fear tactic OR dislike of foreigners?
The four main forms of popular culture in the 1920s.
What are sports, radio, music, and movies?
The tariff act that was meant to help Americans gain more money during the depression.
What was the Smoot-Hawley tariff act?