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Give at least two reasons why imperialism was deemed important to advance a nation.

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Needed raw materials and markets for good. Mohan argued national security and prosperity depended upon it.

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Who coined the phrase dollar diplomacy?

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Taft

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What was the name of the addition to the Monroe Doctrine?

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Roosevelt corollary

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Which war did Teddy Roosevelt help negotiate the end of?

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Russo-Japanese

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What was the name of the treaty that ended the Russo Japanese war?

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Portsmouth

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Who did the United States pursue into Mexico after he contributed to the burning of a city in New Mexico?

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Pancho Villa

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Who was assigned to pursue Pancho Villa?

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General Pershing

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During who’s presidency was Alaska purchased?

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Andrew Johnson

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Who did we purchase Alaska from?

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Russia

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Give two reasons that the US entered the Spanish-American war.

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Independence of Cuba, De Lome letter, and the explosion of the USS Maine

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What is the term for sensationalizing the news?

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Yellow journalism

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The the two biggest newspapers that sensationalized the news

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Hearst of New York journal and Pulitzer from New York World

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Which amendment stated we would grant Cuba independence?

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Teller amendment

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What was the name of the cavalry division Roosevelt and Leonard Wood ran?

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Rough Riders

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Who lead the pacific fleet for the Americans in the Spanish American war?

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Dewey

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Which port in the Philippines did Dewey capture?

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Manila

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Which Filipino led the ground troops in the Philippines?

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Aguinaldo

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At which harbor was Pascal Cervera’s ships destroyed?

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Santiago

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Which treaty ended the Spanish American war?

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Treaty of Paris

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Which amendment, to the treaty of Paris, granted the US a navel base in Cuba, and permission to intervene whenever necessary?

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Platt

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What did we gain from the Spanish American war? (Land wise)

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Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

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Which group of ships did Roosevelt send around the world of a demonstration to our strength?

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The Great White Fleet

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What is the policy for establishing colonies and building an empire called?

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Imperialism

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Who wrote about the importance of the American West, including the Frontier Thesis?

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Frederick Jackson Turner

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At which event did the US fist attempt to assume leadership of the Western Hemisphere?
Pan American
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Who used to own Panama?
Columbia
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Which ship did we send to Panama to support their rebellion?
USS Nashville
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Who attempted to construct the Panama Canal first?
The French- De Lesseps
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What was the name of the rebellion in China?
Boxer Rebellion
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Following civil war most Americans' thoughts of foreign affairs was that they...
Gave little thought
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During the civil war who established a protectorate over Mexico and installed archduke Maximilian as emperor?
French
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President Grant tried and failed to annex the
Dominican Republic
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After civil war, America expanded its overseas influence and empire in the...
Latin America and Pacific
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The principal architect of Americas Open Door policy was...
John Hay
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What was the policy the US preached which meant it did not interfere with other countries?
Isolationism
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What was Alaska nick-named when fist purchased?
Sewards Folly or Sewards ice box
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Who purchased Alaska?
Secretary of State, William Seward
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The Us sent marines and dignitaries to Hawaii to overthrow whom?
Queen Liliuokalani
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What was the nick-name of the Spanish American war and who came up with it?
A splendid little war. John Hay
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The Rough Riders managed to capture what?
San Jaun Hill
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What was the open door policy?
US and other countries having free trade with China
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The Boxers surrounded foreigners where for 55 days?
Peking
43
Who brought steamships into Edo bay?
Mathew Perry
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What is Nationalism?
Extreme pride in ones nation
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What countries were part of the Triple Entente?
Britain France and Russia
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What countries were in the a Triple Alliance?
Germany Austria-Hungary and Italy
47
Who was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip?
Fraz Ferdinand
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Germany enacted the Schlieffen Plan which was intended to do what?
Going through Belgium to knock out France swiftly
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What was some new technologies introduced in WWI?
Poisonous gas, machine guns, tanks, and airplanes
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What was pilots nick-named when they got a certain amount of kills?
Aces
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What were two main reasons the US entered WWI?
Freedom over the seas, and the sinking of the Lusitania
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Who did the US side with during WWI?
Britain and France
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On what day and year was the Lusitania sunk, how long did it take to sink, and by whom?
May 7th, 1915 took 18 minutes to sink. Sunk by torpedo by a German submarine, U-20
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Who was the captain of the Lusitania?
William Turner
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Who was the Zimmerman Telegram sent to?
German Ambassador in Mexico
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What did the Zimmerman Telegram say?
That if the US attacks Germany, Germany would offer support to Mexico for them to attack the United States
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What were most of WWI casualties from?
Flu epidemic
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Which board fixed prices and determined rationing of certain products?
War industries board
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The committee on public information was founded by whom?
Creel
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Who were the "big four" individuals?
Woodrow Wilson of the USA, David Lloyd George of Britain, Georges Clemenceau, of France, and Vittorio Orlando of Italy.
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Who proposed the 14 points?
Woodrow Wilson
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What treaty was signed to conclude the Great War?
Treaty of Versailles. Although the US did not sign it
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Who stated a navy was necessary for security and prosperity?
Mohan
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Who was stated as the best Ace in WWI?
The Red Baron
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What policy stated that one could not talk poorly about the US?
Sedition
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Who was responsible for the US not signing the treaty of Versailles?
Henry Cabot Lodge

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