Spanish-American War
This battleship mysteriously exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, sparking public outrage and pushing the U.S. closer to war with Spain.
What is the USS Maine?
This policy, proposed by Secretary of State John Hay, aimed to ensure equal trading rights for all nations in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
This intercepted telegram from Germany to Mexico promised the return of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico in exchange for war support.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
As news spread that banks were going out of business, this action became common which made the financial system more unstable.
What is a bank run?
This surprise attack by Japan on December 7, 1941, led the United States to enter World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This war was fought in 1898 and resulted in the U.S. acquiring territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine declared that the U.S. had the right to intervene in Latin American affairs to maintain stability.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This international organization, proposed by Woodrow Wilson, was meant to prevent future wars but was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
What is the League of Nations?
This series of programs and reforms, introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt, aimed to combat the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
This 1942-1943 battle was a major turning point in the Pacific, where U.S. forces dealt Japan a critical defeat by sinking four aircraft carriers.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This future U.S. president gained fame as the leader of the Rough Riders, a volunteer cavalry unit that fought in Cuba.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This term describes the foreign policy approach of President Theodore Roosevelt, emphasizing diplomacy backed by military strength.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
This act, passed in 1917, required men to register for military service during World War I.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This environmental disaster devastated farmers in the 1930s, forcing many to migrate to California.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This executive order, signed by President Roosevelt, led to the forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans during the war.
What is Executive Order 9066?
This treaty ended the Spanish-American War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This foreign policy, promoted by President Taft, encouraged American businesses to invest in Latin America and East Asia to increase U.S. influence while avoiding military intervention.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
This treaty ended World War I but harshly punished Germany, setting the stage for future conflict.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This novel about a family that leaves the Dust Bowl to migrate to California captures the immense hardships people suffered.
What is The Grapes of Wrath?
This military strategy used by the U.S. in the Pacific involved capturing key islands while bypassing heavily fortified Japanese positions.
What is island hopping?
As part of the Treaty of Paris (1898), Spain ceded these two territories to the United States, expanding American influence in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
What are Puerto Rico and Guam?
Completed in 1914, this engineering marvel connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, drastically reducing travel time for ships and expanding U.S. influence in Latin America.
What is the Panama Canal?
Passed during World War I, these two laws made it illegal to interfere with the war effort or speak out against the U.S. government, leading to the imprisonment of anti-war activists.
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
The practice of buying stocks at great risk with the hope of getting large returns.
What is speculation?
This top-secret U.S. project developed the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, leading to Japan’s surrender.
What is the Manhattan Project?