Section 5: US Imperialism & World War 1: 1898-1919)

History 221 Midterm

Liliuokalani

Queen of Hawaii, 1963, Last Hawaiian monarch overthrown by US coup. then annexed

Teller Amendment

1898, DC and Cuba, Promised us wouldn’t annex Cuba after Spanish-American war; showed anti-imperialist sentiment

Philippine-American War

US troops, Filipino revolutionaries, 1899-1902, Brutal war following S-A War; revealed contradictions of American imperialism

Lusitania

British passenger ship, Germany, US civilians, 1915, North Atlantic Ocean, Sinking by German U-boat killed Americans; shifted US opinon toward entering WW1

Zimmerman Telegram

Germany, Mexico, US, 1917, Europe/Mexico, German proposal for alliance w Mexico; angered Americans and hastened US entry into WW1

Espionage Act

Woodrow Wilson, 1917, US, Criminalized antiwar speech; showed limits on civil liberties during wartime

Schenck v US

Schenck and Supreme Court, 1919, DC, Upheld Espionage Act; established “clar and npresent danger” limit on free speech

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Army, Allied Powers, Germany, 1918, France, Major American-led WW1 battle; helped end the war

14 Points

W Wilson, 1918 DC/Europe, Wilson’s postwar peace plan emphasizing self-determination; basis for league of NationsL

League of Nations

W Wilson, World powers, 1919, Geneva Switzerland, International peace organization; US never joined, weakening its effectiveness

Henry Cabot Lodge

US Senator opponent of Wilson, 1919, DC, Led opposition to League of Nations; symbolized US return to isolationsim

The Red Scare

Gov, Radicals, immigrants, 1919-1920, US Fear of communism after WW1; led to arrests and deportations of suspected radicals