US Expansion & Imperialism
Spanish-American War
WWI (before US involvement)
WWI (after US involvement)
Peace Process after WWI
100
American planters of this cash crop began the push to annex Hawaii to the United States.
What is sugar/sugarcane?
100
This European empire brutally controlled Cuba as a colony for hundreds of years.
What is Spain?
100
These were the 4 main causes of World War I in 1914.
What are militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism?
100
The RMS Lusitania was sank by this type of new military technology perfected by Germany during World War I.
What is a U-Boat/submarine?
100
This was the exact date and time of the armistice that ended World War I.
What is 11am on November 11, 1918?
200
Initially the Alaska Purchase was unpopular with most Americans, which lead to this nickname for it.
What is Seward's Folly or Seward's Icebox?
200
This future American president led a unit called the "Rough Riders" through the war.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
200
This event was the spark the directly started World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
200
At the Battle of Belleau Wood in the summer of 1918, the US Marine Corps earned this nickname from veteran Germany soldiers they faced.
What is Teufel Hunden/Devil Dogs?
200
This term describes payments or fines that a nation must pay for damages caused during war. According to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany had to pay quite a large sum of these.
What are reparations?
300
The building of this man-made wonder of the world greatly increased our ability to connect both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
300
Yellow journalism consisted of poorly researched and exaggerated stories that were solely meant to sell more newspapers. The name "yellow" was based on this common cartoon character seen in both the NY World and NY Journal.
Who is "The Yellow Kid" or "Mickey Dugan"?
300
These were the two alliances that opposed each other during World War I.
What are the Allied and Central Powers?
300
Before the US declared war, some Americans volunteered for this type of military service with the French.
What is the air service?
300
This was the only one of Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points to make it into the Treaty of Versailles.
What was the League of Nations?
400
Those who study diplomacy are familiar with this term that means to take a piece of foreign territory and forcibly add it to your own.
What is annex/annexation?
400
More Americans were lost to this tropical disease than combat during the war.
What is malaria/yellow fever?
400
This was the official policy of the US at the start of World War I, and would last until 1917,
What is neutrality?
400
This President got re-elected in 1916 with the slogan "He Kept Us Out of War!" But would eventually ask Congress for a declaration of war in the April of 1917.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
400
Despite the League of Nations being Woodrow Wilson's idea, the US did not join. As a result, this was the League's major failure.
What is preventing World War II?
500
The Monroe Doctrine said that European empires should not attempt to colonize North & South America. This policy added to that, saying that the US can act as a police power using its military to control the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
500
Fighting in the Spanish-American War lasted approximately this long, leading to the nickname "A Splendid Little War."
What is 4 months?
500
According to the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen, the technology of World War I made this statement "the old lie."
What is "it is sweet and proper to die for your country?"
500
The Zimmerman Telegram from Germany to Mexico directly led to the US joining World War I. Germany promised to give Mexico these three US states back in exchange for an alliance.
What are Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona?
500
President Wilson was able to get his League of Nations added to the Treaty of Versailles. But this part of our government had to ratify (approve) it before we could join. (They ultimately told him no!)
What is the Senate?
