Unit 14

Question 1

the building of empires by taking over—either politically OR economically—foreign lands

Answer 1

imperialism

Question 2

theorist who claimed US needed strong navy to become a world power in book called The Influence of Sea Power upon History

Answer 2

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Question 3

group of American battleships that sailed around the world in 1907-1909 to display American naval power

Answer 3

Great White Fleet

Question 4

President from 1901 to 1909

Answer 4

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 5

group that opposed American expansionism because it was against American values of liberty, self-government, and equality

Answer 5

Anti-imperialist League

Question 6

Intense nationalism that called for aggressive foreign policy

Answer 6

jingoism

Question 7

term for when sensationalist papers printed exaggerations in order to increase paper’s circulation

Answer 7

yellow journalism

Question 8

US battleship sunk in Havana Harbor; led to calls for war with Spain

Answer 8

Maine

Question 9

amendment to Congress’ war declaration on Spain that called for Cuban independence

Answer 9

Teller Amendment

Question 10

major land battle in Spanish-American War; led by future President Teddy Roosevelt

Answer 10

San Juan Hill

Question 11

place where US fleet destroyed Spanish fleet in Spanish-American War

Answer 11

Santiago Bay

Question 12

Filippino guerrilla who led revolt against US occupation forces in Philippines for 3 years

Answer 12

Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 13

amendment to Cuban constitution that effectively made Cuba a US controlled territory

Answer 13

Platt Amendment

Question 14

act that created Puerto Rico’s government structure and gave it non-voting representation in Congress

Answer 14

Foraker Act

Question 15

last monarch of Hawaii; overthrown by US settlers in 1893

Answer 15

Queen Liliuokalani

Question 16

Sec. of State John Hay’s policy of telling Europeans that all nations would have EQUAL trading rights with China; started US involvement in China

Answer 16

Open Door Policy

Question 17

nickname for Teddy Roosevelt’s aggressive foreign policy

Answer 17

Big Stick Diplomacy

Question 18

statement by Teddy Roosevelt that said only US would intervene in Latin American affairs

Answer 18

Roosevelt Corollary

Question 19

Taft’s foreign policy of promoting stability abroad and US interests/power by supporting trade

Answer 19

Dollar Diplomacy

Question 20

Wilson’s foreign policy that showed he opposed imperialism and aggressive tactics of McKinley, TR, and Taft (Republicans)

Answer 20

“Moral” Diplomacy

Question 21

British passenger ship sunk by German navy in 1915 with 128 Americans on board

Answer 21

Lusitania

Question 22

German proposal to Mexico that asked Mexicans to declare war on US so as to occupy American troops that might be used in Europe

Answer 22

Zimmerman Telegram

Question 23

wartime government agency that set production goals and set prices

Answer 23

War Industries Board

Question 24

wartime government agency led by Herbert Hoover that tripled US exports to Europe

Answer 24

Food Administration

Question 25

wartime government agency that implemented daylight savings time

Answer 25

Fuel Administration

Question 26

government bonds that helped fund the US war effort

Answer 26

Liberty Bonds

Question 27

wartime government agency that promoted the war effort through pamphlets, posters, ads, celebrities, and “Four Minute Men”

Answer 27

Committee on Public Information

Question 28

outlawed “disloyal” or “abusive” comments about US govt during World War I

Answer 28

Sedition Act

Question 29

Supreme Court ruling that said free speech could be limited when it caused “clear and present danger” to public safety; upheld Sedition Act

Answer 29

Schenck v United States (1919)

Question 30

Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after World War I; outlined various territorial solutions and goals for the postwar world

Answer 30

Fourteen Points

Question 31

idea that national groups should have their own countries

Answer 31

national self-determination

Question 32

money payments for wrong-doing

Answer 32

reparations

Question 33

isolationist US Senators who disapproved of any US involvement in foreign affairs after World War I

Answer 33

“irreconcilables”

Question 34

leading "reservationist" senator who wanted to modify the Treaty of Versailles before the Senate would approve it

Answer 34

Henry Cabot Lodge

Question 35

part of Red Scare of 1920; mass arrests of socialists, communists in 33 cities in 1920; resulted in 4,000 arrests, but only 3 pistols

Answer 35

Palmer Raids

Question 36

black nationalist leader who sought to repatriate blacks to Africa

Answer 36

Marcus Garvey

Question 37

term for US forces that fought in WWI

Answer 37

American Expeditionary Force (AEF)