UNIT 4 REVIEWAmerican History

  Alfred Thayer Mahan argued in the 1890s that national security and prosperity rested on a powerful

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Not army navy

___ journalism caused the Spanish American War because Hearst exaggerated Spanish atrocities in Cuba

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color Yellow

Policy was that all nations should have equal trading rights in China

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Not closed window Open Door

Act limited freedom of speech during the War

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Not Alien Sedition

Over 21 million people died in 1918 of

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Vomit Influenza

Theodore Roosevelt’s volunteer cavalry unit in the Spanish American War was called

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Not smooth walkers

Rough Riders

U.S. treatment of the Filipino rebels after the Spanish American War was an example of

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Little Brown Brothers Racism

The leading opponents of senate ratification of the Treaty of Versailles were the

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Never Agree Irreconciliables

The Panama Canal is an example of Teddy Roosevelt’s _____ Diplomacy

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Not Little Twig Big Stick

What gave the United States the right to preserve order in Cuba?

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Flat Addition Platt Amendment

the leader of the Philippine insurrection against the Spanish and then US occupation

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Emilio Aguinaldo

United States entered World War I we would easily win the war in a few months

Clue AnswerGeorge M. Cohen’s

Song

Over There Syndrome

American Imperialism was based on __________ Destiny, Political D_______ & R______Clue

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superiority

Manifest

Darwinism Racism

Anti-Imperialists argued that American actions in Cuba and the Philippines were violation of the ______ _______ of the United States.

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Revolutionary ideas

Founding principles

Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles stated that _______________ solely was responsible for starting the war

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Not France Germany

As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States gained the territories of __, __, & ___

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All islands

Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines

Before the Spanish-American War, both Hearst's New York Journal and Pulitzer's New York World, tried to increase circulation by publishing tales of Spanish atrocities towards the _______________ people.

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Grow tobacco Cuban

German ______ affected America’s decision to enter World War I after the sinking of _______________Clue Answers

Small & large boats

U-boats

Luisitania

how were these territories added to the United States? Hawaii:_____, Alaska: _____, Philippines: _____Clue

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2 As & 1 P

Annexed

purchased annexed

In his book, Alfred T. Mahan convinced the United States to build a world class _______________

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sailors navy

In the negotiations leading to Treaty of Versailles, Woodrow Wilson was willing to sacrifice other portions of his Fourteen Points in order to gain Allied approval of

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Not United Nations

League of Nations

Most Filipinos when they liberated from Spanish control and occupied by American forces following the Spanish-American War felt ________ and launched a violent ___________ that killed thousands and took years to end

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Tricked, fight

Betrayed,rebellion

President Roosevelt sent troops to support Panamanian rebels because he wanted to build a ____________ across the Isthmus of Panama

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Water channel canal

Reasons for American Imperialism included the establishment of ______ bases, to obtain __________ materials, and to compete as a _________ ____________ with EuropeClue

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M, R, WP

military

raw World Power

the defeat of the Treaty of Versailles in the Senate was caused by Wilson’s failure to invite key U.S. ____ to participate in the U.S. delegation to the peace conference, a backlash in American popular opinion against ______ in foreign affairs, and Wilson’s ____ and incapacitation during the ratification process.Clue

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Congress, active, can’t move

Senators

involvement stroke

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine made the U.S. Hemisphere _______________________

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cops policemen

The slogan “Remember the ___________________!” encouraged Americans to support the Spanish American War

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NE State Maine

United States interested in gaining Hawaii, Guam, and Samoa because we wanted naval ports in the _________________

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Ocean Pacific

United States came out of World War I determined to _________________ of foreign affairs

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Not keep in Stay out

When World War I broke out in Europe, ______ Americans were pro-German because hated the British for their misrule of __________.

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Ethnic GroupIrish,

Ireland

Zimmerman Telegram exposed a _______________ plot to enlist ____________________ into an alliance

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nations

German,Mexico

2 Essay Questions:Essay 1 Choice: In your opinion, should the United States have entered World War I? Support your opinion with many factual details. OR In your opinion, was the United States justified in going to war against Spain in 1898? Support your opinion with many factual details.Essay 2: What was it like to be an American soldier during World War I?

There will be some questions testing your understanding of primary sources and political cartoons such as…

“The world must be made safe for democracy. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek not material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind.”

Woodrow Wilson, 1918