Imperialism
'Survival of the Fittest'
What is Social Darwinism?
Countries taking over other countries or territories to expand their power.
What is Imperialism?
Type of warfare in which each side digs ditches and hides in them during wartime
What is Trench Warfare?
Created by the United States government to try and encourage Americans to support the war by enlisting, growing victory gardens, buying Liberty Bonds, etc.
What is Propaganda?
The immediate spark that started the Great War.
What was the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Exaggerated news in an effort to increase viewership.
What is Yellow Journalism?
Foreign Policy where America openly and freely trades with China.
What is Open Door Policy?
American foreign policy after the first World War.
What is Isolationism?
Allowed the United States government to borrow funds from its citizens.
What are Liberty Bonds?
countries join together and promise to protect each other if they are threatened by countries outside of this pact.
What are Alliances?
Extreme nationalism, which encourages harsh foreign policy.
What is Jingoism?
Small unstable countries whose entire economy depends on their agriculture and larger companies buying their goods.
What are Banana Republics?
African American group which fought during World War I with the French because the American military was segregated.
Who were the Harlem Hellfighters?
Americas initial response to joining World War I?
What is Neutrality?
The two reasons America joined the Great War.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram and the Bombing of the Lusitania?
Country America fought in order to try and get the rights to build the Panama Canal?
Who is Colombia?
Foreign policy used by Theodore Roosevelt, where we would negotiate peacefully while simultaneously threatening a large military.
What is the Big Stick Policy?
America would not join this group, because of our fear of not having autonomy or say in European conflicts.
What is the League of Nations?
Authorized the United States to draft men into the military at times of war.
What is the Selective Service Act of 1917?
Pledge where Germany promised to stop bombing American ships during World War I.
What is the Sussex Pledge?
Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
What were the territories that the United States gained as a result of imperialism?
Uprising in China, in which there was a violent outbreak against foreign and Christian agencies within China.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
Formally ended World War I, ultimately led to the beginning of World War II.
What is The Treaty of Versailles?
The court case which proved that Americans could be prosecuted for speaking out against the United States government during war times.
What is Schenck v. United States?
Lead to the reliance on military to resolve conflicts.
What is Militarism?