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End of WWI
100
U.S. purchased this land from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million. Many people criticized the purchase, calling it "Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Icebox"
What is Alaska?
100
The Year the Spanish American War occurred.
What is 1898?
100
During WW1, Germans and French had a need to keep their enemies from advancing on them across open fields. Which weapon forced troops to remain in trenches and slowly dig their way to reach their opponents? (F) airplane (G) machine gun (H) tank (J) depth charges
What is the machine gun?
100
The United States entered the war with Germany during which of the following years? (F) 1898-1901 (G) 1914-1915 (H) 1915-1916 (J) 1917-1918
What is (J) 1917-1918?
100
What was Germany not allowed to have after WW1? (A) a military (B) a treasury department (C) a railroad system (D) a soccer team.
What is the military? (A)
200
What is the significance of the year 1898? (F) World War 1 began (G) Mexican War ended (H) Spanish-American War began (J) Civil War ended
(H) Spanish-American War
200
Spain's harsh treatment of the Cubans, "Yellow Journalism", the De Lome Letter saying President McKinley was weak, and the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine.
What are the main causes of the Spanish American War?
200
M.A.N.I.A. represented the causes of World War I in Europe. Those letters stand for...
What is militarism, alliance system, nationalism, imperialism, and the Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
_____________ was enacted in 1917 that required men 18 years or older to register for military service.
What is Selective Service Act?
200
____________ This is the 1919 peace treaty at the end of World War 1 which established new nations, borders, and war reparations.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
300
U.S. annexes this territory in 1898 and installs Sanford B. Dole as its first president and governor.
What is Hawaii?
300
This individual lead his troops, the Rough Riders, into the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish American War.
Who was Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt?
300
Years that World War I was fought between.
What is 1914-1918?
300
Zimmerman Telegram, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare by Germany, and Sinking of Lusitania
What are the reasons or causes that the U.S. entered WWI in 1917?
300
Association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace. The U.S. did not join it.
What is the League of Nations?
400
This individual, who was an imperialist, believed that if the U.S. was going to be a world power, we should have a large navy. He wrote "The Influence of Seapower upon history".
Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan?
400
Name 3 territories that the U.S.A. acquired after the Spanish-American War
What is Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines?
400
President during WWI.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
400
He graduated from the Military Academy at West Point, fought in the Spanish-American War, pursued Pancho Villa in Mexico, and Led the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in WW1. Who is being described above? (F) Teddy Roosevelt (G) Robert Lansing (H) John J. Pershing (J) Alvin York
Who is General John J. "Blackjack" Pershing (H)?
400
Which concern led Senators like Henry Cabot Lodge in the U.S. Senate to decline to ratify (approve) the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations? (A) The treaties accepted the communist government in Russia (B) The treaties levied heavy reparations and taxes on the United States (C) The treaties would involve the United States in entangling alliances and possible future wars. (D) The treaties changed the boundaries of existing countries in Europe.
What is (C) The treaties would involve the United States in entangling alliances and possible future wars?
500
John Hay, the Secretary of State for the U.S., created this policy in order for the U.S. to be able to trade with China like all other foreign nations.
What is the "Open Door" policy?
500
Alfred Thayer Mahan supported which of the following as a means of moving the United States towards a position of world power? (A) naval dominance (B) air supremacy (C) army strength (D) industrial might
What is (A) naval dominance?
500
U.S. foreign policy before getting into World War I would be called this:
What is isolationism and/or neutrality?
500
He was the most decorated soldier in World War 1, fought in the Battle of Argonne Forest, and received the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Who is Alvin York?
500
The famous court case, Schenck vs. US (1919), saw a man arrested for passing out pamphlets and literature telling people to resist the draft for WWI. He said his arrest violated his freedom of ______ found in the _____ amendment.
What is speech, first amendment?