Why did President Roosevelt want to build the Panama Canal?
It would allow commercial and war ships to travel from Atlantic to Pacific more quickly
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How did Unrestricted submarine warfare contribute to the US joining the war?
German submarines attacked American ships carrying supplies to the Allied Powers
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The united states wanted to remain neutral and not take sides, what is this called?
Isolationism
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Why did President Wilson redraw state borders in Europe
He redrew the state borders so that they better reflected nations, groups of people with the same language, religion and ethnic heritage so they could live peacefully.
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Why was the Panama Canal built?
What is President Roosevelt wanted ships to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific more quickly
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What is the Manifest Destiny and how did it contribute to the annexation of new territory?
Belief that the United States should expand
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How did Wartime propaganda influence the US to join the war?
Advertisements and posters were put up persuading men to enlist in the war.
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This is an agreement among Nations to help each other during attacks of war
What is an alliance
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This is an international organization formed to prevent wars and President Wilson hoped this would put an end to WWI
What is the League of Nations
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What is yellow journalism and how did it played a key role in the Spanish American war?
Yellow journalism is false reporting in newspapers. Yellow journalists convinced Americans that Spain bombed the USS Maine, and to free Cubans from Spanish rule and declare war on Spain.
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What caused the Maine to explode
A gas leak
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What ties did we have to Great Britain to influence us joining the war?
We owed Great Britain loans, and traded with them
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List the countries that were in the Central Powers Alliance (4)
Who are Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
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This is a peace treaty signed in January 1919. This document officially ended WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
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What is Nationalism and how did it contribute to the US becoming a world power?
What is a love of country and the desire to have it free from the control of another.
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What territories were annexed by the United States?
What is the Spanish territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
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The sinking of this ship by the Germans killed 120 American citizens and influenced the United States to join the War.
What is the RM Lusitania
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List the countries that were in the Allied Powers Alliance (6)
Who are Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, and the United States
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Did the U.S. government sign the Treaty of Versailles? Why or why not?
No. They disagreed with the harsh treatment of Germany and they feared the League of Nations would force the US into future wars and limit the nation’s power to declare war.
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Can you find Hawaii and the Philippines on this map?
Locate on the map
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Why did the United States choose to become involved in the Spanish American War?
America had economic interest in Cuba
Americans were concerned for the Cuban people’s safety
We wanted to demonstrate America’s power in the world.
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This telegram from Germany to Mexico encouraged Mexico to enter the war on the side of the Central Powers in exchange to get back lands they had lost to the US
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
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These are Agreements between two or more opposing countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between them
What are peace negotiations
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How was trench warfare used in WWI?
Soldiers hid and lived in trenches to protect themselves from being shot.
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This man was assassinated by a Serbian citizen, causing Austria Hungary to declare war on Serbia- starting WWI