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Imperialism
Spanish - American War
West-Industrialization
Miscellaneous
World War I
100

Policy in which stronger nations exercise control over weaker territories

What is Imperialism?

100

Year that the U.S. & Spain declared war on each other

What is 1898?

100

Law that pressured Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream American society.

What was the Dawes Act?

100

Preferring to stay out of other countries' affairs, interests, and wars

What is Isolationism?
100

A new kind of warfare and the land between the two combatants.  

What is trench warfare and No man's Land?

200

The U.S. acquired this set of islands in 1897

What is Hawaii?

200
US President at the time of the war
Who was William McKinley?
200

Organization of workers that uses their collective power to win higher wages/better working conditions 

What is a labor union?

200

Canal in Central America that President Roosevelt acquired for the U.S.

What is the Panama Canal?

200

During WWI Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were called this.

What were the Central Powers?

300

Queen of the island nation the U.S. acquired in 1867

Who was Queen Liliuokalani?

300

US ship that exploded. US blamed Spain. 

What is the USS Maine?

300

Ruthless, greedy businessmen who exploited workers & built monopolies to gain massive wealth.

Who are the Robber Barons?

300
In 1898 the US and Spain met in France to make an agreement
What is The Treaty of Paris?
300

During WWI France, Britain, Russia and later the U.S. were called this. 

What were The Allies or the Triple Entente?

400

Annexing this land was thought to be a foolish and a cold idea

What is Alaska, or Seward's Folly?

400

Why not use our newspapers to spread headlines about the war?

What is yellow journalism?

400
Roosevelt later became president and was famous for saying this
What is "Walk softly and carry a big stick"?
400

This event was the immediate reason WWI started

What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

400

The four M.A.I.N. causes of WWI

What are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?

500

The U.S helped this country gain independence from Spain then kept a military presence on the island to maintain control over it

What is Cuba?

500

The first place the US attacked when they got involved in the war

What are the Philippine Islands?

500

Being against foreigners/outsiders

What is xenophobia or anti-immigrant sentiment?

500
3 factors that fueled American Imperialism
What is Military strength, thirst for new markets, belief in cultural superiority?
500

The US could no longer stay out of the war because of this event

What was the Zimmerman Telegram? (maybe "sinking of the U.S.S. Lusitania")