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Imperialism
Diplomacy
Important People
The Great War
Miscellany
100
This was the single-most important event in the United States birth as an imperial power. (Hint: it gained the most foreign territory)
What is the Spanish-American War?
100
American President know for "dollar" diplomacy.
Who is William Howard Taft
100
He wrote the 14-point plan after World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
100
Name all four major factors leading to WWI and the event that triggered the war.
What are: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism; and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?
100
This British passenger ship was torpedoed by a German submarine killing over 100 Americans and served as pro-war propaganda.
What is the RMS Lusitania?
200
This American Secretary of State is responsible for the "folly" that acquired the Alaska territory from Russia.
Who is William Seward?
200

American president criticized by world leaders for hypocritical "missionary" or "moral" diplomacy

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

200
He added a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine backing it with military strength.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
200
This government body oversaw American businesses during the war effort and insured the production of materials for the war.
What is the War Industry Board?
200
This country helped us fight the Spanish during the Spanish-American war and then fought the US for its own independence (which was not granted until 1946) - it was also the location of the first battles of the war.
What is the Philippines?
300
This American Admiral lobbied for and received government backing in creating the "Great White Fleet" making the US the 3rd largest in the world at the time.
Who is Admiral Alfred T. Mahan?
300

This addition to the Cuban constitution, written after the Spanish-American war and its independence, gave the US an unusual amount of control over the island.

What is the Platt Amendment?

300
This American politician was backed by the Anti-Imperialist League and was the democratic nominee for president in three elections.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
300

This was the United State's Congress (and President Wilson's) initial stance toward taking a side in the Great War.

What is neutrality?

300
This type of hyperbolic media played a role in pushing the US toward war with Spain and imperialism in general.
What is "yellow" journalism?
400
Secretary of State John Hay created this policy for dealing with trade with China after the Boxer Rebellion was put down.
What is the "Open Door" policy?
400

This German Ambassador to Mexico was allegedly sent a telegram from the Kaiser offering an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the US during World War I.

Who is Arthur Zimmerman?

400
This American businessman and sugar planter briefly created a Republic of Hawaii after overthrowing Queen Liliuokalani and became the first Governor of the US territory of Hawaii.
Who is Sanford Dole?
400

This governmental body oversaw the production of war propaganda during WWI.

What is the Committee for Public Information?

400

This is the term of the mass movement of African-Americans from the South into Northern cities during the war to work vital factory jobs.

What is the "Great Migration?"

500

Roosevelt managed to give U.S. control of the Panama Canal by helping Panama overthrow the rule of this country.

What is Colombia?

500

An example of Roosevelt's "Big Stick Diplomacy" was when Cmdr. Matthew Perry entered trade negotiations with this country along with 4 war ships.

What is Japan?

500
This was the Mexican dictator overthrown during the Mexican revolution.
Who was Porfirio Diaz?
500

Accept during an active war these often combined governmental acts are a clear violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution.

What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?

500

This Russian communist political revolutionary led the Bolshevik party to victory over the Tsar in the middle of World War I.

Who is V. I. Lenin?