Imperialism And WW1

Question 1

List times in which America acted like and imperialist country in the 1890s

Answer 1

Native Americans
Mexican American War
Canada lust(war of 1812)

Question 2

Ways in which America behaved as an anti imperialist nation

Answer 2

George Washington’s farewell address(avoid foreign entanglements

American revolution

Monroe doctrine

Question 3

4 events in the 1890s that enhanced or motivated imperialist ideas in US

Answer 3

1. 1890s census
2. american paternalism
3. economic issues
4. Military concerns

Question 4

Long term causes of the spanish american war

Answer 4

Spanish mistreatment of Cuba

Question 5

Short term causes of Spanish american war

Answer 5

Sinking of USS Maine

De Lome letter

yellow journalism

Question 6

Treaty of Paris 1898

Answer 6

End of spanish american war

Question 7

In the treaty of paris 1898 the US acquired colonies what are the colonies

Answer 7

Puerto rico

Philippines

Guam

Question 8

How much did america pay for the philippines

Answer 8

$20 million

Question 9

Teller Amendment

Answer 9

Pre war agreement between US and Cuba that Cuba would remain independent and US wouldn’t take them over

Question 10

Platt Agreement

Answer 10

Added to Cuban constitution. 3 main parts
1: cuba can’t make foreign treaties w/o US approval

2: Cuba cant go into debt to a foreign nation
3: US Govt has right to naval base in Cuba in perpetuity (Guantanimo Bay)

Question 11

Foraker Act

Answer 11

Multi step process to teach democracy

Question 12

Steps in the Foraker Act

Answer 12

1) military dictatorship
2) US President appoints gov, upper house, and natives elect lower house
3) US President appoints gov and natives elect both houses
4) commonwealth status
5) independence

Question 13

Commonwealth

Answer 13

Natives elect all offices, control domestic affairs, but US controls all foreign affairs(trade, treaties, war, etc.)

Question 14

Dollar diplomacy

Answer 14

USA Would intervene to:

1. protect US investments abroad
2. Keep all world markets open to US businesses

Question 15

Missionary Diplomacy

Answer 15

US Would intervene to:

1. Stop another govt from unjust and immoral behavior to other nations

Question 16

3 examples of dollar diplomacy

Answer 16

Panama canal

Open door notes

Nicaragua

Question 17

Two examples of missionary diplomacy

Answer 17

Wilsonianism and WW1

Mexico

Question 18

5 causes of WWI

Answer 18

Imperialism

Militarism

Nationalism

Alliance System

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Question 19

span of WW1 in Europe

Answer 19

1914-1918

Question 20

Time span of WW1 in USA

Answer 20

1917-1918

Question 21

What were the 2 sides in WW1

Answer 21

Triple Alliance/Central Powers

Triple Entente/ The Allies

Question 22

Countries in Triple Alliance

Answer 22

Austria hungary

Italy(switched sides)

Ottoman Empire

Question 23

Countries in Triple Entente

Answer 23

England, france, russia

Question 24

Imperialism

Answer 24

When a stronger nation imposes its military political or economic needs on a weaker nation

Question 25

panama canal

Answer 25

US helped panama overthrow Columbian govt because Columbia wanted too much money for the rights to build the canal US wanted a 99 year lease

Question 26

open door notes

Answer 26

John Hay proposed open door notes. they basically said that all nations have access to Chinese markets

Question 27

Nicaragua

Answer 27

US loaned money to Nicaragua and when they couldn't repay,the US sent the marines in to take over the railroads, banks, customs, etc, until the debt was repaid

Question 28

wilsonianism and WW1

Answer 28

create global democracies replacing European monarchies and empires

Question 29

mexico

Answer 29

US troops sent in after Wilson deemed an illegal coop

Question 30

reasons for US entry into the war

Answer 30

1. german sub(u boat attacks) like the Lusitania 2. Zimmerman telegraph 3. democracy vs monarchy(Wilsonianism) 4. loaned great Britain and france $2.3 BILLION 5. cultural ties 6. sympathy for Belgium

Question 31

what was the Zimmerman telegraph

Answer 31

Germany asked mexico to attack US so that US would be too busy to enter WW1

Question 32

how much money did usa lend to great Britain and france?

Answer 32

$2.3 billion dollars

Question 33

espionage act 1917

Answer 33

forbade false statements designed to impede the draft and promote military insubordination and banned from the mails of materials considered treasonous

Question 34

sedition act 1918

Answer 34

unlawful to obstruct sale of war bonds and to use disloyal, profane, abusive language to describe the govts

Question 35

changing roles for women

Answer 35

20% all workers in wartime electrical machinery, airplane, and food industries were women

Question 36

how many women worked in the railroad industry

Answer 36

100,000

Question 37

selective service act

Answer 37

males 18-45 registered for the draft. by the end of the war 24 million registered

Question 38

how many men American men served in the war

Answer 38

4.8 million and 2 million served in france

Question 39

national war labor board

Answer 39

smoothed conflicts between labor and management and took both sides

Question 40

war industries board

Answer 40

headed by Bernard baruch. fixed prices, allocated supplies, and set production quotas, set standards. these all impacted private businesses

Question 41

food administration

Answer 41

headed by Herbert hoover. the purpose of this was to increase production(victory gardens) and conserve(meatless, wheatless, sweetless meals)

Question 42

fuel administration

Answer 42

controlled amounts and distribution of fuel

Question 43

war revenue act of 1917

Answer 43

higher taxes on upper incomes

Question 44

who's the head of the war industries board

Answer 44

Bernard baruch

Question 45

committee on public information

Answer 45

headed by George creel. the four minute men were apart of this group

Question 46

four minute men

Answer 46

gave four minute speeches on three topics 1. buy war bonds 2. conserve and produce 3. volunteer to fight

Question 47

war bonds did what

Answer 47

financed most of the war ($1 billion to $25 billion)

Question 48

shenk case

Answer 48

speech could be limited if it caused clear and present danger

Question 49

Lafollette's speech

Answer 49

free speech more important in times of war than any other time