Lesson 27

Question 1

President 1865 through 1869. During purchase of Alaska

Answer 1

Andrew Johnson

Question 2

Sec of state for AndrewJohnson; purchase of Alaska

Answer 2

William Seward

Question 3

President 1897 through 1901; assassinated Theodore R promoted him to help him become president. Annexed Hawaii

Answer 3

William McKinley

Question 4

Assistant sec. Of the navy, then vice president under Mckinley; head of rough riders during Spanish-American war; became president after McKinley‘s assassination

Answer 4

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 5

President in 1893 through 1897

Answer 5

Grover Cleveland

Question 6

Last queen of Hawaii

Answer 6

Queen Liliuokalani

Question 7

In charge of the attack on Spanish in the Philippines

Answer 7

Admiral George Dewey

Question 8

Filipino general who tried to throw off Spanish rule; thought Americans were trying to help Philippines gain independence

Answer 8

General Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 9

American general who knew trench warfare would not win the war; drove Germans out of their trenches

Answer 9

General John J. Pershing

Question 10

president in 1913 through 1921;Trying to keep the US out a world war one; 14th point Plan; worked on the Treaty of Versailles

Answer 10

Woodrow Wilson

Question 11

satirical name for the purchase of Alaska; a.k.a. seward’s icebox

Answer 11

Seward‘s folly

Question 12

Policy to expand a nation’s power or economic influence, Often by force

Answer 12

Expansionism

Question 13

A policy of extending a nations power by gaining a political or economic influence

Answer 13

Imperialism

Question 14

A tax imposed on imports from another country

Answer 14

Tariff

Question 15

I like to use American foreign-policy in the late 1800s/early 1900s that wanted all countries equally

Answer 15

Open door policy

Question 16

Sensational and often exaggerated new stories in order to attract readers

Answer 16

Yellow journalism

Question 17

American naval ships said to protect American citizens; mysteriously blew up and became a cause for American supporting declaring war on Spain

Answer 17

USS Maine

Question 18

Teddy Roosevelt’s private regiment during the Spanish – American war; famous for charging up San Juan Hill

Answer 18

Rough Riders

Question 19

Nickname for Roosevelts expansionist policies; he wanted to expand using diplomacy, but was willing to use force

Answer 19

Big stick policy

Question 20

Nickname for the Panama Canal

Answer 20

The big ditch

Question 21

President Monroe’s policy of preventing further European colonization in the Americas (1823)

Answer 21

Monroe doctrine

Question 22

Roosevelt policy of protecting American interest in keeping peace in the western hemisphere

Answer 22

Roosevelt corollary

Question 23

Devotion to a national or ethnic identity, including a desire for freedom from foreign rule

Answer 23

Nationalism

Question 24

A policy of glorifying military power, ideas, and values

Answer 24

Militarism

Question 25

During world war one both sides dug trenches equipped of with barbed wire and booby traps; conditions were terrible, with disease

Answer 25

Trench warfare

Question 26

the area between the German and Allied trenches dangerous because soldiers were easy targets

Answer 26

No man’s land

Question 27

German submarine

Answer 27

U-boat

Question 28

British luxury liner sunk by German German claims the liner was caring torpedoes over 100 Americans were killed So America was forced to enter World War I

Answer 28

Lusitania

Question 29

Telegram intercepted by US German minister to Mexico approached Mexican government about joining forces against the US

Answer 29

Zimmerman note

Question 30

Information or ideas used by one group to promote its own ideas or damage the ideas and causes of another

Answer 30

Propaganda

Question 31

Conscription into the military, a way to pick soldiers for a conflict

Answer 31

Draft

Question 32

Patriotic group that looked for 100% Americanism suspicious of immigrants

Answer 32

American protective league

Question 33

1917 a law that made it illegal to interfere with the draft included penalties for spying

Answer 33

Espionage act

Question 34

1918 made it a crime to say anything negative against the US government

Answer 34

Sedition act

Question 35

President Wilson’s plan for post war peace last point Called for an international organization in which all members would support and defend each other

Answer 35

14 point Plan

Question 36

The treaty that officially ended the great war harsh towards Germany

Answer 36

Treaty of Versailles

Question 37

Wilsons idea for an international organization ironically the US never joined

Answer 37

League of Nations

Question 38

Policy of avoiding political or military agreements with other countries

Answer 38

Isolationism