Domestic America
Name a reason immigrants came to America
Money
Jobs
Escaping bad situation
What was the role of the U.S.S. Maine?
When it sank, America blamed Spain and joined the war
How did Queen Liliuokalani feel about America's acquisition of her kingdom?
She felt it was unfair, but avoided war.
What international event first causes World War I?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Describe trench warfare
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Name two challenges immigrants would have faced entering America
The journey
Language
Community
Discrimination
The treatment of the people from which country by the Spanish led to American involvement in the Spanish-Americn War?
Cuba
Name one main cause of U.S. imperialism
Money
Feeling of cultural superiority
Military strategy
What was the African-American experience in WWI?
Segregated units
Name a Central Power
Austria Hungary
Germany
Ottoman Empire
Why did the Spanish flu spread so quickly?
Dense cities
War conditions
Large public gatherings
Which president led the volunteer group "Roughriders"
Teddy Roosevelt
Why did the Philippines fight a war against America?
They helped America, thinking we would give them Independence after the war
What was the role of propaganda in the war?
Nationalism
Enlisting
Funding the war
Name an allied Power
France
Britain
Usa
Russia
Serbia
Two causes of the Great Migration
Racial Violence
Sharecropping
Jobs in Northern cities
What is Yellow Journalism?
Exaggerated Headlines in order to sell copies and influence public opinion
Why did America's purchase of Alaska pay off in the long run?
What was the Zimmerman telegram?
Name three new types of wartime technology
Tank
Chemical Warfare
Machine gun
Airplanes
Dreadknought
Why is the Spanish Flu called the Spanish Flu?
Newspaper reporting began in Spain
Name all three territories that the U.S. acquired after the Spanish-American war
Puerto Rico
Guam
Philippines
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
German strategy of sinking every ship
What was the name of the most decorated U.S. unit during the war?
Harlem Hellfighters