Imperialism
This theory applied ideas about survival of the fittest to justify the domination of other peoples.
Social Darwinism
The explosion of this American battleship in Havana Harbor increased tensions with Spain in 1898.
USS Maine
What was the name of the German submarines that engaged in unrestricted marine warfare?
U-boats
Americans purchased these to help the government pay for World War I.
War bonds / Liberty Bonds
This term describes an agreement to stop fighting, such as the one that ended combat in WWI.
Armistice
This term describes adding a foreign territory to an existing country.
Annexation
Tampa served as a major departure point for American troops traveling to this island during the Spanish-American War.
Cuba
The widespread use of machine guns and heavy artillery encouraged armies to adopt this defensive fighting strategy.
Trench warfare
This government agency created propaganda to build support for the American war effort.
Committee on Public Information
President Woodrow Wilson proposed this peace plan to prevent future international conflicts.
Fourteen Points
This president promoted Big Stick Diplomacy, believing the United States should negotiate peacefully while maintaining a strong military.
Theodore Roosevelt
This type of sensationalized journalism helped increase public support for war with Spain.
Yellow journalism/Yellow press
This law required eligible American men to register for the military draft.
Selective Service Act
During WWI, Americans were encouraged to conserve food and other essential resources so more supplies could be sent to soldiers overseas. This practice was known as what?
Rationing
This international organization was proposed to help countries settle disputes and prevent future wars.
League of Nations
This policy called for equal trading opportunities in China rather than exclusive economic control by European powers.
Open Door Policy
Unlike the Teller Amendment, this amendment gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.
Platt Amendment
Unlike traditional weapons, these weapons could spread through defensive trenches and reach soldiers even when they were sheltered from direct enemy gunfire.
Chemical weapons
This movement brought many African Americans from the rural South to Northern and Midwestern cities for industrial jobs.
Great Migration
These four nations dominated negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy
This naval strategist believed a powerful navy was essential to America's rise as a world power.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Name all three territories the United States acquired from Spain as a result of signing the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War. Hint: The US occupied Cuba, but did not acquire it.
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
Name each of the 3 primary reasons the US finally entered WWI.
Sinking of Lusitania, Zimmermann Telegram, Unrestricted submarine warfare limiting trade.
These two laws restricted certain forms of antiwar speech and activities during WWI, raising questions about First Amendment protections.
Espionage Act and Sedition Act
Why did the U.S. Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles, and how did the U.S. interact with Europe moving forward?
The Senate feared foreign entanglements, particularly through the League of Nations, but the U.S. continued participating in European diplomacy.