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Spanish-American War
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Biased information used to promote a particular political cause
What is Propaganda
100
Military operations in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from systems of fortified ditches rather than on an open battlefield.
What is Trench Warfare
100
On November 11, 1918, Germany agreed to a cease-fire. This is called _______
What is Armistice
100
Artificial waterway cut through Central America to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is Panama Canal
100
What were the Rough Riders?
What is Volunteer cavalry regiment commanded by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War
200
Laws that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S. participation in WWI
What is Espionage and Sedition Acts
200
Heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in 1914
What is Archduke Franz Ferdinand
200
The idea that the U.S. should stay out of foreign disputes
What is Isolationism
200
The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
What is Imperialism
200
Sensational style of writing that exaggerates the news to lure readers
What is Yellow Journalism
300
What did the Selective Service Act do?
What is Required men to register for military service
300
A man named ____________ trained and led the American military group that fought in World War I, called the ________ __________ ___________.
What is John Pershing, American Expeditionary Forces
300
Main opponent of the U.S. joining the League of Nations
What is Henry Cabot Lodge
300
The U.S. policy of using the nation's economic power to exert influence over other countries.
What is Dollar Diplomacy
300
American ship sent to Cuba in 1898. It blew up in the harbor of Havana.
What is U.S.S. Maine
400
This occurred because the war created many job opportunities in the North
What is Great Migration
400
The four long-term causes of World War I were
What is Militarism, Nationalism, Imperialism, Alliance System
400
Summarize the three main parts/goals of Wilson's Fourteen Points.
What is 1. Prevent another war 2. boundary changes 3. creation of League of Nations
400
The U.S. annexed this territory by force, against the will of the local residents, in 1898
What is Hawaii
400
Gave U.S. the right to intervene in Cuba and create new naval stations.
What is Platt Amendment
500
Percent increase in industrial productivity due to actions of War Industries Board
What is 20%
500
What were two examples of new technology during World War I, and what did technology result in regarding: A. human life B. the Western Front
What is Zeppelin, poison gas, machine gun, airplane, trench warfare, tanks A. huge loss of life B. stalemate because neither side could move
500
What did the Treaty of Versailles do regarding the following: A. Germany B. League of Nations C. political boundaries
What is A. Prohibited from having an army, war reparations, war-guilt admission B. League created C. nine new nations established, other boundaries shifted
500
What did the Roosevelt Corollary say?
What is U.S. claimed the right to protect economic interests by means of military intervention in nations of the Western Hemisphere
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What happened to each of the following in the Treaty of Paris in 1898? A. Cuba B. Guam and Puerto Rico C. Philippines
What is A. Independence B. given to U.S. C. sold to U.S. for $20 million