Terms
A term meaning "to take over"
What is "annex"
The youngest President ever at age 42.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
The name of the U.S. battleship that blew up in Havana Harbor in Feb 1898?
What was the USS Maine?
Besides new weapons, this is a main reason why WWI was so different from other wars.
What are alliances?
This was the object of "Seward's Folly", sold by the Russians to the United States for $7.2 M in 1867.
What is Alaska?
The name of the African-American soldiers who fought in the Spanish-American War. They first fought in the Plains Wars against Native Americans
What is "buffalo soldier"?
The is where the famous picture of President Theodore Roosevelt in an enormous steam shovel was taken.
What is in Panama during the construction of the Panama Canal?
This type of journalism is based largely on exaggeration and was one of the reasons Americans were eager to go to war in the Spanish-American War.
What is yellow journalism?
This the year when America entered World War I
What is 1917?
The 3 main reasons the United States was interested in this place was to build a naval base, grow & sell pineapples and grow and sell sugar (sugar cane).
What is Hawaii?
The name of a journalist (or newspaper writer) who writes about dishonest politicians or unsafe working conditions (digs up dirt/muck)
What is a muckraker?
This is the opinion of a political cartoonist that shows President Roosevelt digging the Panama Canal with a shovel
What is the building of the canal is very important to President Roosevelt?
These were some reasons American troops faced difficulties in the first weeks of the Spanish-American War.
Because it was poorly equipped and planned. Soldiers had to wear warm uniforms, had few horses & spoiled food?
German U-Boats (submarines) sinking US ships and killing Americans.
What is a main reason America went to war against Germany?
This Army doctor's discovery of the connection between yellow fever and mosquitoes helped build the Panama Canal.
Who was Dr. William Gorgas?
This term refers to people who believe in social progress
(ex – no child labor, safer working conditions, better pay, improve tenements, etc)
What is a "progressive"?
Some of the reasons Teddy Roosevelt was thought of as a "progressive".
What is because he wanted to improve business and government. He wanted to give everyone a fair chance ("Square Deal") (not just the Carnegies & Rockefellers)?
In the Spanish-American War, these troops fought under Teddy Roosevelt & won the Battle of San Juan Hill.
Who were the Rough Riders?
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These were the years of WWI.
What was 1914-1918?
These two newspaper owners competed with one another for newspaper sales & were known for "yellow journalism".
Who were William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer?
These are changes designed to improve the lives of many people (ex no child labor, safer working conditions, better pay, improve tenements, etc.
What are reforms?
The reason Theodore Roosevelt was thought of as a "conservationist".
What is conserving (protecting) America's wilderness and creating national parks and wildlife refuges?
The reason Theodore Roosevelt was thought of as a "conservationist".
What is conserving (protecting) America's wilderness and creating national parks and wildlife refuges?
This organization was planned by President Wilson to be a place where nations could settle their differences peacefully instead of going to war.
What was the League of Nations?
This Secretary of State encouraged the purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million.
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Who was William Seward?