Spanish-American War
The territories USA won as a result of the Spanish-American War.
What are The Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico?
One example of Theodore Roosevelt using the Big Stick Diplomacy to get something done was the building of this
What is the Panama Canal?
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
The United States was practicing this before entering the war
What is Isolationism?
Wilson’s plan for the postwar world
What were the Fourteen Points that called for World Peace?
The reason the USS Maine was in Havana Harbor?
What is to protect American economic interests?
Theodore Roosevelt expanded this former policy as a way to prevent European involvement in the affairs of Latin America countries.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Allied Powers
Great Britain, France, Russia, Japan, Serbia, Belgium, and the United States
This is the policy of supporting neither side in a war
What is neutrality?
A group formed through the Treaty of Versailles that tried to prevent future wars
What was the League of Nations?
This event was most responsible for causing the Spanish American War.
What is the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine?
This document explained the U.S. policy of European involvement economically and militarily in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
Leader of U.S.A. during WWI
Who was President Woodrow Wilson?
The Zimmermann note exposed this German plan
What is to help Mexico regain U.S. territory?
Why did the U.S. not join the League of Nations?
Wanted to still have isolationism
The three main causes of the Spanish American War.
What are Yellow journalism, protecting economic interests in Cuba, the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine?
Theodore Roosevelt used this to show American power
What is the U.S. Navy?
What year did Russia make a treaty with Germany and leave WWI?
What is 1917?
A British ship carrying both American and British passengers which was sunk by a German U-boat
What is The Lusitania?
How does a map of Europe before and after the war differ?
There were more countries in Europe after the war
This country gained its independence from Spain as a result of the Spanish American War
What is Cuba?
This feat of engineering was completed in 1914.
What is the Panama Canal?
Before declaring war on Germany, the U.S. was involved in WWI because of this
What are economic trade and alliances with Great Britain?
The two main factors that caused the United States to enter World War I
What are the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram?
This country did not join the League of Nations
What is The United States?