American Imperialism and World War I

Policy by which a nation is free to determine its own political status

President Wilson suffered a severe __ in 1919.

Why did the US Senate NOT ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

Idea that every nation would have equal trading with China

Country that agreed to aid Austria-Hungary after the assassination

Head of the American armed forces during WWI

The peace treaty ending World War 1 was called this

President when the Panama Canal was begun

President of the U.S. during WWI

Opponent of Wilson who did not want the US to join the League of Nations

"Its not necessary to own people to trade with them"

Wilson's ___ gave support to countries whose beliefs were similar to the US

First Allied passenger liner to be sunk with a loss of American lives

Case that decided the 1st Amend. could be restricted if there was a “clear & present danger.”

Allowed the government to silence ideas that challenged its authority

Competition between nations for the highest number of weapons of war

Policy of one nation owning or controlling another

Product of the Hawaiian Islands desired by Americans

Last Hawaiian Monarch

Leader of the Rough Riders during America's war with Spain

Person whose newspapers helped get the U.S. into the Spanish American War

Term for an American soldier in the war

Person who set up pineapple plantations in Hawaii

Term for England, France, Russia, and the United States

Germany, at the end of the war, agreed to make these to pay for damages during the war

Wilson's plan for peace

Remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially political affairs

U.S. General in charge of soldiers during World War I

Country that withdrew from WWI because of an internal revolution

Used to justify imperialism, survival of the fittest, best country "wins" type stuff

Calling up of men to serve in the army

Great Migration

Area called Seward's Folly

German minister who sent a note to the Mexicans trying to persuade them to invade the U.S.

Country where Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated

Politician and Socialist leader who was jailed for speaking out against the war.

World's first international political organization

Harbor in which the USS Maine was blown up

This became a US Territory in 1917

Country that received the major blame for the war

Roosevelt Corollary

Famous harbor in the Hawaiian Islands

Reasons for American Imperialism

Position taken by the U.S. during the early years of the war

Theodore Roosevelt became the 1st American to receive this.

Country through which the United States built a canal

What does this cartoon represent?

A negative result of World War I was, that in many European nations

Wilson's Fourteen Points

Germany's all-out submarine attacks

Place charged by the Rough Riders

The 19th Amendment guaranteed federal ___ shortly after World War I.

American naval base established on Cuba

Nation that sold Alaska to the United States

Filipino leader who wanted his nation to become independent in 1898

Term for Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey

The United States encouraged and supported the Panamanian people gaining independence so....

Man whose assassination started World War I

Many women worked in ___ during World War I.

This amendment to the Cuban Constitution allowed the US to build a naval base.

He said, "The world must be made safe for democracy."

Roosevelt's quote stating the U.S. would try to achieve it aims quietly, with threat of warfare

Man who proposed the fourteen points

Of all the men that died in the Spanish-American war, 90 percent of them died from

Due to the rise of socialism and the fear of Communism this "movement" emerged after WWI.

He wrote a book analyzing the importance of naval power; big influence on TR

Taft's ___ furthered US economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.

Battleship sent to protect Americans living in Havana

3 territories gained by the U.S. from Spain at the end of the Spanish-American War

Practice of featuring sensational news with large headlines to sell papers

Mexican revolutionary who led Pershing on a chase before the war

This was a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial and anti-Christian uprising, took place in China

President who said the US should "speak softly and carry a big stick"

Person who said WWI should be "the war to end all wars"

This was the land between armies in trench warfare