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Imperialism
Spanish-American War
Diplomacy
WWI - Start
WWI - End
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What is the definition of Imperialism?
What is the attempt by stronger nations to create empires by dominating weaker nations – economically, politically, culturally, or militarily.
100
Reporting that exaggerates the news to lure new readers
What is Yellow Journalism
100

This form of diplomacy gave the United States "international police power" and direct military intervention?

What is Big Stick Diplomacy

100
Name two of the four causes of WWI
What is militarism, nationalism, imperialism, and alliance system.
100
This act established a draft in the US
What is the Selective Service Act
200

The belief that the most "fit" nations were naturally superior to "lessor" nations

What is Social Dawinism

200
These two events directly influenced the U.S. entrance into the war with Spain.
What is the sinking of the USS Maine and the De Lome Letter.
200

Which President supported Moral Diplomacy?

Who is President Wilson

200
How did the majority of Americans feel about US involvement in WWI at the start of the war
Not an American problem
200

What branch of the Government did not want America to join the League of Nations

What is congress?

300

This policy made it so that America could have equal trading rights in China

What is open door policy

300
The majority of the Spanish American War was fought in two countries. Name one.
What is Philippines and Cuba
300

What racist poem/idea promoted the idea that imperialism would help "less developed" countries and people?

What is the White Man's Burden?

300
The British intercepted this note between Germany and Mexico.
What is the Zimmerman Note
300
This supreme court case limited free speech during wartime.
What is Schenck v. US
400
The US annexed this nation for military purposes before the Spanish-American War.
What is the Kingdom of Hawaii
400
The US required Cuba to include this amendment in its constitution before the US would withdraw its military forces.
What is the Platt Amendment
400
Using business instead of the military to promote America's interests was known as
What is Dollar Diplomacy
400
The area between enemy trenches was known as
What is No-Man's Land
400
This law prohibited speaking out agianst the government during wartime

What is the espionage act

500
Expanding into smaller nations to compete with other large nations would fall under which motive for expansion?
What is Nationalism
500

The results of the Spanish American War and the Treaty of Paris of 1898

What is an independent Cuba, US gets Puerto Rico and Guam, and US pays Spain $20 million for the Philippines

500
How did the US gain access to the Panama Canal?
What is supporting a rebellion.
500
Name the three members of the Central Powers
What is Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
500
How was the fighting in WWI different from previous wars? Give 3 examples.
What is poison gas, tanks, airplanes, automatic weapons, trench warfare, mass casualties, multi-nation