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Imperialism and wwi
Spanish American War
• Fought between the United States and Spain in 1898
• Began because of yellow Journalism and the break up of
Spanish colonial rule in Cuba and accelerated by the effects
of “yellow journalism”
• An example of American expansionism
• Resulted in American possession of the Philippines, Guam,
and Puerto Rico, as well as independence for Cuba
• Known as the SpAm war because more Americans died of
spoiled canned meat than died in Combat
• Also famous for Theodore Roosevelt leading the Rough
Riders in the Battle of San Juan Hill
Rough Riders
A unit of volunteer soldiers led by
Theodore Roosevelt who fought in the
Spanish-American War.
San Juan Hill
famous battle won by the Rough
Riders
Expansionism
• The term applied to the American desire to colonize
territory outside of American borders after the close
of the frontier (1890)
• Expansionism was carried out in economic, military,
political and social ways
• The Spanish-American War and the Panama Canal
are both prime examples of expansionist policy
Gentlemen’s Agreement
1907-1908 In San Francisco, the local school board put
all Chinese, Japanese, and Korean children in special
Asian schools.
This led to an anti-American riots in Japan.President
Theodore Roosevelt persuaded San Francisco officials to
stop their separation policy.In exchange, Japan agreed
to limit emigration to the United States
Open door
policy
• U.S foreign policy toward china at the turn
of the twentieth century .
Roosevelt Corollary
• A foreign policy statement issued by president
Theodore Roosevelt in 1904
• An amplification of the ideas first enunciated in
the Monroe Doctrine
• Declared the United States the “policemen” of all
affairs in the western hemisphere
• Arose because of some economic difficulties in
Central and South America
Panama Canal
• A waterway through the Latin American nation of
panama connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans .
• Built in the first two decades of the twentieth
century after Theodore Roosevelt negotiated .
• A hallmark achievement of expansionism.
Dollar diplomacy
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• A foreign policy of President Taft (1908-1912)
whereby he encouraged American economic
expansion in Latin American and Caribbean
countries by promising and delivering military and
economic aid to keep those countries stable and
friendly to America.
Woodrow Wilson
• President from 1912-1920
• Democrat
• Won the three-way 1912 election over William
Howard Taft (Republican) and Theodore Roosevelt
(Bull Moose Party)
• Considered a Progressive
• Domestic agenda was known as the New Freedom
• Ran for re-election on the slogan “Kept us out of
war”, but led United States into World War I in
1917
• Articulated his famous fourteen point for how the
world should work after the war
• Suggested the League of Nations be created
New Freedom
•The name for
Woodrow Wilson’s
Progressive
domestic agenda
when he was elected
in 1912
Lusitania
• British luxury liner that was sunk by German U-boats
(submarines) during the early years of World War I
• The Lusitania was smuggling military supplies to the
British (as the Germans claimed), but the American press
focused its yellow journalism on the deaths of 1,200
civilians (including 128 Americans)
• The sinking of the Lusitania brought the United States to
the brink of entering the war, but America remained neutral
until the Zimmerman telegram was intercepted
Zimmerman telegram
• World War I message from Germany to Mexico
and Japan that was intercepted by Britain and
published in America
• Encouraged both Mexico and Japan to declare war
on the United States to keep American troops out
of World War I.
• Led the United States to declare war on Germany
and enter World War I.
World War I
• Fought from 1914-1919 between Allied nations (Britain, France, Italy)
and Axis nations (Germany, Austria-Hungary)
• United states joined the way on the side of the Allies in 1917, after the
interception of the Zimmerman telegram
• Known for its widespread use of technology, including U-boats
(submarines), machine guns, gas warfare, tanks, dirigibles (blimps)
and airplanes
• Ended with the Treaty of Versailles, which punished Germany and
created the League of Nations
• The U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, beginning
the American policy of isolationism
Fourteen Points
• President Woodrow Wilson’s guidelines for world peace
following World War I
• Included the end of colonialism and the founding of the
League of Nations
• Many of Wilson’s ideas failed to win international support,
and the U.S. Senate refused to allow the United States to
join the League of Nations, ushering in an era of
isolationism
League of
Nations
• An international organization that was a precursor to
the United Nations
• President Woodrow Wilson suggested the creation
of the League of Nations as one of his Fourteen
Points after World War I
Isolationism
• The term for American withdrawal from
European and world affairs in the years
following World War I
• Isolationism came to an end with American
Entry into World War II
• Who was the Secretary of State
that created the Open Door
Policy?
• John Hay
• William Jennings Bryan
• William Howard Taft
• John Jay
• Which of the following is NOT true
about the Open Door Policy?
• It proposed a policy that would give all
nations equal trading rights with China.
• It urged foreigners in China to obey
Chinese law.
• It allowed all Chinese people to
immigrate to the United States.
• It wanted all countries to observe fair
competition.
• What is the term for strong
countries exerting economic,
political, and military power
over weaker countries?
• appeasement
• corollary
• containment
• imperialism
• Which area saw the overthrow
of its monarchy, is annexed by
the United States, and will
eventually join the union?
• Cuba
• Hawaii
• Puerto Rico
• Philippines
• Did Dollar Diplomacy support
the use of military action in
Central America if unrest
threatened American
investments?
• No
• Yes
• Which area did the United States
annex after the Spanish American
War giving the United States
natural resources as well as a
foothold in Asia?
• Puerto Rico
• Cuba
• Guam
• Philippines
• Which of the following foreign
policy statements declared that the
United States would not tolerate
European interference in affairs in
the Americas?
• The Tariff of Abominations
• The Good Neighbor Policy
• The Open Door Policy
• The Monroe Doctrine
• What did Roosevelt's corollary to the
Monroe Doctrine say?
• The United States has the right to protect its
economic interests in South and Central
America by using military force.
• The United States would stay out of Asian
affairs if Asian countries stay out of the
Western Hemisphere.
• The United States will spread capitalism and
democracy to Third World nations without the
interference of any other nation.
• The United States has the right to set up
colonies around the world
• What was Roosevelt's foreign
policy called?
• Dollar Diplomacy
• Square Deal
• Big Stick
• New Freedom
• Theodore Roosevelt negotiated a
treaty with Columbia for ______'s
independence as well as he
negotiated a treaty with _____ to
build a canal. What answer
completes both banks?
• Mexico
• Cuba
• Panama
• China
• The primary purpose of
constructing the Panama Canal was
to
• aid commerce between the United
States and South America
• expand U.S. colonial holdings
• link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
• showcase U.S. technological advances
• What was Taft's foreign policy
called?
• Big Stick
• Square Deal
• New Freedom
• Dollar Diplomacy
• What was the idea behind Dollar
Diplomacy?
• gained independence for Panama
• proposed open trade for all countries
with Central America
• urged American banks and businesses
to invest in Central America
• urged other countries to adopt
capitalism and democracy
• Which of the following is NOT
part of the Triple Entente?
• France
• United States
• Russia
• Great Britain
• What was the fighting style
used in World War I?
• hit and run
• search and destroy
• trench warfare
• guerrilla warfare
• Which is of the following is NOT a
way the United States supported
the Allied forces in World War I?
• broke off diplomatic relations with
France
• loaned Allied countries money to
purchase supplies
• sent soldiers overseas to fight
• continued trade with Allied countries
• What event made Wilson ask
Congress for a declaration of war?
• Assassination of the Archduke
Ferdinand
• sinking of the Lusitania
• reading the Zimmermann Note
• Germany's violation of Arabic Pledge
• The Zimmermann note tried to
persuade what two countries
to come into the war on
Germany's side?
• Canada and Mexico
• Canada and China
• Japan and China
• Japan and Mexico
• For how many years did the
United States remain neutral
from World War I?
• 2 years
• 4 years
• 3 years
• 5 years
• Which is NOT a food the
government asked people to
conserve during World War I?
• Sugar
• Meat
• Wheat
• Fruit
• Which of the following is NOT an
example of how the Fuel
Administration wanted people to
conserve fuel?
• limiting how much you drive on
Sundays
• cut back your thermostat at home
• use candles at night, instead of your
lights
• cut back production in factories
• What was the purpose for the
Espionage and Sedition Acts during
World War I?
• to keep the U.S. out of the war
• to stop Germans from immigrating to
the U.S.
• to protect the citizen's first amendment
rights
• to prevent any person or thing that is
anti-war or anti-USA
• What immigrant group was
harassed, fired, and considered
the enemy during World War I?
• Italians
• Germans
• French
• Russians
• Which of the following is NOT a
group that filled the gap by working
in the factories or fields when the
soldiers went overseas to fight in
World War I?
• immigrants such as Germans
• African Americas
• Mexican Americans
• Women
• Which is NOT a method the
United States government
employed to raise money for
World War I?
• income tax on business incomes
• excise tax on tobacco and alcohol
• income tax on all personal incomes
• sale of victory bonds
• What is the treaty for the end
of WWI?
• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Berlin
• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of WWI
• Did the Senate approve the
Treaty of Versailles?
• No
• Yes
• Which two countries wanted
Germany to pay reparations?
• Great Britain and Italy
• France and Great Britain
• Austria-Hungary and Serbia
• U.S. and Great Britain
• What is the name of President
Wilson's program for peace
after WWI?
• Fourteen Points
• Self-determination
• League of Nations
• Treaty of Versailles
• Which of the following is NOT a
key idea of Wilson's peace
plan?
• self-determination
• freedom of the sea
• end of mandate system
• reparations for Germany
• From the treaty at the end of
WWI, which of the following
did NOT become a new or
independent nation?
• Yugoslavia
• Latvia
• Czechoslovakia
• Turkey
• What was Wilson and America's
goal during and after WWI?
• to make the world safe for democracy
and eliminate the causes of war
• to make the U.S. the world power
• to spread democracy and punish
Germany
• to establish a League of Nations with
the U.S. in control
• What was the name given to
Wilson's idea of a formation of
a general association of
nations?
• Big Four
• Peace Keepers
• United Nations
• League of Nations
• In which city is the League of
Nations headquarters?
• Paris
• London
• New York City
• Geneva
• Why did the United States senate
not agree with the League of
Nations as it was written?
• It gave the League of Nations no power.
• The Senate has first priority in all
decisions that involved the U.S.
• The Senate did not like Woodrow Wilson
so it would not support his program.
• The League of Nations could bring the
U.S. into a war without the consent of
the Senate.
• Did the United States become a
member of the League of
Nations?
• Yes
• No