Progressive Era
What did the Snyder Act grant?
citizenship rights for Native Americans
Define Imperialism
country looking to expand their political, social, economic influence over another territories or countries
Why did the US go to war with Spain?
over colonial rule
What are the 4 causes of WWI?
Militarism , Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
What does the Selective Service Act allow President Wilson to do?
men ages 21-30 to register to be drafted to fight in war
Who was the Conservation President?
Theodore Roosevelt
What was Hawaii before the US staged a Coup and took over?
Kingdom with Queen Liliuokalani
What was the mysterious event caused America to start fighting the Spanish in Cuba?
explosion of the USS Maine
What event jump starts the 1st World War?
Assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand
What is the entire US economy now focused on?
War Effort (food conservation, growing food, drafting men to fight, war bonds, weapon making)
Why were women so afraid of alcohol?
They were dependent on their husbands, sons, fathers
List 1 reason that McKinley finally got the Annexation through Congress.
Public opinion supported it
Hawaii's location in Pacific
What is journalism that relies on eye catching headlines and exaggeration to make profits?
yellow journalism
What was the African American infantry that fought with the French nicknamed by the Germans?
Harlem Hellfighters
What does the Schenck v. US determine about Constitutional Rights during war?
responsible limits can be placed on Constitutional rights (like speech)
What did the women at the Seneca Convention write? (mirrors an important US doc)
Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances
What is the slogan that Roosevelt bases his foreign policy on?
"Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far"
List the 2 places the US and Spain fought over colonial rule.
Philippines
Cuba
Describe Trench Warfare
gross, water, diseases, loud, down time, boredom, trench foot, etc
What is the main point of Wilson's 14 Points?
founding of a League of Nations to handle international disputes and create cooperation to prevent future war
List 3 organizations that aligned with the ASL (anti saloon league)
KKK, NAACP, Democrats, Republicans, Suffragists, international workers association, Populists
What are the 3 reasons the US want's to build the Panama Canal?
US becomes global power
Us control over both oceans
unites trade between oceans
What was the peace treaty that ended the Spanish American war?
Treaty of Paris
What 2 events bring the US into WWI and out of isolationism?
Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram
List 2 ways Propaganda helps the war effort of World War 1
discrimination of Germans
women enter workforce
conservation of food/growing food for Europeans
Enlistments
Government $ from War Bonds