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American Imperialism
Spanish American War
Mahan's Plan & Protecting the Empire
World War I - Europe
World War I America
100
This is when a nation extends its authority over another nation that is in some way weaker.
What is imperialism?
100
These two people heated up the debate on America's involvement in Cuba.
Who are Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst?
100
The US gained this territory after American business owners and the military organized a successful revolution.
What is Hawaii?
100
These are the Central Powers during World War I.
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire?
100
These countries are part of the Triple Alliance during World War I.
What are France, Great Britain, and the US?
200
The purchase of this state was seen as a mistake for nearly 30 years before gold and oil were discovered.
What is Alaska?
200
This is the big event that causes American to go to war with Spain.
What is the sinking of the USS Maine?
200
The US built this to connect the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean and shorten the time it took to sail from the west coast to the east coast.
What is the Panama Canal?
200
These three things made World War I one of the deadliest in history.
What are trench warfare, machine guns, and poison gas?
200
This is the reason the US declared war on Germany.
What is the Zimmerman note?
300
Name one of the two people who came up with the American plan for imperialism.
Who is Admiral Alfred Mahan or Teddy Roosevelt?
300
This was the only major battle of the Spanish American War and it was led by which major figure.
What is the Battle of San Juan Hill and Teddy Roosevelt?
300
This new American territory led a guerrilla war against the US to be able to rule themselves.
What is the Philippines?
300
This was the agreement made by Germany to stop firing at passenger ships.
What is the Sussex Pledge?
300
This is the biggest way the US government paid for the war.
What are war bonds?
400
This group of people believed that American Imperialism would benefit them because they could gain certain raw materials.
Who are Gilded Age business owners?
400
This is the treaty that ends the Spanish American War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
400
This is a government's policy in dealing with other countries.
What is foreign policy?
400
Name the type of warfare that was used by Germany to attack any ship headed toward Europe that wasn't on their side.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
400
This is the main reason the Treaty of Versailles did not pass in the US Congress.
What is isolationist groups in Congress opposed the League of Nations and did not have 2/3 vote to ratify?
500
Name two of the four keys to successful American Imperialism.
What is a modern fleet, naval bases in Caribbean, naval bases in the Pacific, and a canal in Central America.
500
The US gained these 4 territories after the Spanish American War, which helped create our empire.
What are Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and Cuba?
500
The gradual change in foreign policy and imperialism led to America being what kind of power in the Western Hemisphere?
What is a police power?
500
Name two of the four long-term causes of World War I.
What are nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and European Alliances?
500
These are the three themes of Wilson's 14 Points.
What are removing the causes of the war, self-determination, and the League of Nations?