Government Actions
US Imperialism
Spanish American War
WW I
Vocabulary
100

President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy

What is “big stick” diplomacy

100
How did the US gain access to the Panama Canal?

What is the United States backed Panamanian rebels who gained independence from Colombia...in order to pay less $ for the Canal

100

Governor of the Philippines who later became President of the United States.

What is William Howard Taft

100

The purpose of the War Industries Board under Bernard Baruch was to: 

What is regulate business in order to better support the war effort

100

The section of French border that was critical to winning the war.

What is the Western Front

200

This government action authorized a military draft.

What is the Selective Service Act

200

The territory annexed in 1898 during the Spanish-American War.

What is Hawaii

200

A volunteer cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War led by Theodore Roosevelt was known as:

What is the “Rough Riders”

200

Who was responsible for the agricultural policies of the United States during World War I?

Who is Herbert Hoover

200

Payment for war damages.

What is REPARATIONS

300

President Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy

What is “moral diplomacy”

300

a Filipino nationalist who rebelled separately against Spain and the United States

Who was Emilio Aguinaldo

300

Within a year of United States Navy Commodore Matthew Perry’s arrival in Tokyo Bay in 1853, what happened?

What is Perry negotiated a treaty that opened trade to the United States.

300

What "telegram" hastened the entry of the United States into World War I?

What is the ZIMMERMAN

300

A country that owes less money than it is owed.

What is a CREDITOR NATION

400

A policy in which strong nations control weaker countries or territories.

What is imperialism

400

Which organization specifically promoted support for the war among the American people under George Creel's leadership?

What is the Committee on Public Information

400

Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and other former Spanish territories were all involved in what 1898 treaty that ended the Spanish-American War?

What was the Treaty of Paris.

400

The Triple Alliance nations were (Must name all 3)

What is Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

400

The belief that life is a competitive struggle in which only the fittest survive.

What is SOCIAL DARWINISM

500

What government legislation gave the United States the right to preserve order as needed in Cuba?

What is The Platt Amendment

500

This legislation established a civilian government for Puerto Rico following the Spanish-American War (they were still under US rule, mind you)

What is the FORAKER ACT

500

In 1946 what LEGISLATION liberated this group of ISLANDS from Japanese occupation during World War II after being taken over by the U.S. during the Spanish-American War?

Must identify both.

What is the the JONES ACT and the PHILIPPINES

500

Women’s efforts and sacrifices during World War I led to U.S. government support for WHICH reform?

Which AMENDMENT granted this reform?

What YEAR what this amendment passed?

What is SUFFRAGE

What is the 19th Amendment

What is 1920

500

Privileged access by Britain, France, Germany, and Russia to Chinese ports and markets was known as THIS:

The US preferred THIS diplomacy created by Secretary of State John Hays.

What is SPHERES OF INFLUENCE.

What is OPEN DOOR POLICY