Imperialism
Spanish-American War
Diplomacy
WWI - Start
WWI - End
100

Define 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 Roosevelt-era diplomacy made the United States "international police power" of the Western Hemisphere. 

What is Big Stick Diplomacy? 

100

Name two of the five causes of WWI

What is militarism, nationalism, imperialism, alliance system, and/or the assassination.

100
This act established a draft in the US
What is the Selective Service Act
200

Locate Alaska on the map. Why did some people think getting Alaska was a bad idea? 

Many thought it was a barren, cold wasteland with nothing there. A waste of money. 

Bonus points if you label Hawaii, Panama Canal, Philippines, and Cuba. 

200

Name one event that directly influenced the U.S. entrance into the war with Spain.

What is the sinking of the USS Maine and/or the De Lome Letter.

200

Which President supported making the world "safe for democracy". 

Who is President Wilson? 

200

How did President Wilson feel about joining the war in 1914? 

Not an American problem - we should remain neutral. 

200

Two reasons Wilson sent us to war. 

What are the sinking of the Lusitania, spreading democracy, giving national self-determination. 

300

Establishing naval bases around the Pacific is an example of which motive for expansion?

What is Militarism 

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

Using business instead of the military to promote America's interests was known as 

What is Dollar Diplomacy? 

300

The note from Germany promised Mexico they would get their land back if they declared war on the U.S. 

What is the Zimmerman Telegram. 

300

This legislative act limited anti-government speech during wartime.

What is the Sedition Act? 

400

The US annexed this sovereign nation of islands for military & economic purposes purposes before the Spanish-American War.

What is the Kingdom of Hawaii

400

How did this war make the US an imperial nation? 

The US gained a new territory that it controlled. 

400

How did the Treaty of Versailles go against previous American foreign policy?

Washington promoted neutrality, Monroe did not want to get involved in Europe. The Treaty made us permanent allies with Europe & Asia and gave them access to our problems.

400

Two reasons Wilson did NOT want to go to war. 

What are promoting peace and having immigrants from the waring nations. 

400

This investment was a way Americans could help from the homefront. It was like giving a loan to the government to provide resources. 

What is a war bond. 

500

Having and promoting extreme pride in one's nation. 

What is Nationalism

500

List the conditions of 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

Why was the US take over of the Philippines such a controversial issue?

The Filipinos thought they had won independence.

500

Name the members of the Allied and Central powers. 

What are Britain, France, Russia, the United States, Italy, Germany, the Ottoman Empire, & Austria-Hungary. 

500

This part of the Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for the war. It made them pay reparations to the Allies, severely crippling their economy, and limited their military strength. 

What is the War Guilt Clause