Unit 1 History Study Guide

Unit 1

1. Selective Service Act

Passed on May 18, 1917 and created the draft.

3. San Juan Hill

What Spanish-American War battle took place on July 1.

6. Austria-Hungary and Serbia

The two countries that technically started WWI.

9. Treaty of Paris

Treaty that ended the Spanish-American War.

12. Square Deal

Series of reform programs that promised fair and equal treatment for everyone.

13. Allies

The side the United States joined in WWI.

16. Schlieffen Plan

Germany's military strategy in WWI.

17. William McKinley

25th President of the United States.

18. Germany

Country that was largely blamed for WWI.

20. 16th Amendment

Amendment that empowered Congress to levy a federal income tax.

21. Rough Riders

Most famous fighting unit in Cuba.

22. Treaty of Versailles

Treaty that ended WWI.

23. Dollar Diplomacy

Taft's foreign policy.

24. League of Nations

Peacekeeping group created after WWI.

2. Pure Food and Drug Act

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs.

4. Payne-Aldrich Tariff

Tariff passed under Taft that split the Republican Party.

5. Federal Reserve Act

One of the most significant pieces of legislation in American history.

7. First Battle of the Marne

First major battle of WWI.

8. Isolationism

United States foreign policy before WWI.

10. 17th Amendment

Amendment that allowed for the direct election of Senators.

11. William Randolph Hearst

Newspaper publisher and leading example of yellow journalism.

14. Lusitania

British cruise liner that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915.

15. Belgium

Key to the Schlieffen Plan.

19. No Man's Land

Land between the trenches.

Hepburn Act

Was intended to strengthen the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and give it power to set railroad rates, which limited competition in the railroad industry.

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair was the author of this book, which caused the Meat Inspection Act of 1906 to take place.

Laissez-faire

Supporters believed the government should interfere in the economy only to bring the country out of an economic crisis.

Zimmerman Telegram

Document from Germany to Mexico telling Mexico to attack the United States.

Sussex Pledge

Germany would stop destroying ships as long as Great Britain would lift the blockade.

14 Points

Woodrow Wilson's suggestions to help end the war.

February 15, 1898

The U.S.S. Maine exploded.

April 1898

Cuba first began its struggle for independence.

April 24, 1898

Spain declared war on the United States.

Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Secretary of the Navy who left this position to create the 1st Volunteer Cavalry Unit.

Militarism

Building up of armed forces.

Alliance

Countries coming together to protect each other.

Imperialism

Expanding your country's power.

Nationalism

Deep devotion or pride in one's country.

July 29, 1914

Date that Russia mobilized their troops.

August 2, 1914

Date that Germany invaded Poland and Luxembourg.

June 28, 1914

Date that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.

Sedition Act

No disloyalty to the United States, its symbols, or the war.

Espionage Act

Punishment of those found helping the enemy in any way.

Trading with the Enemy Act

Restricted all buying and trading with countries not on our same side.

600 taxis

The French used 600 taxi cabs during the First Battle of the Marne.

November 11, 1918

The date when WWI ended.

42,000 African Americans

Number of African Americans who served in WWI.

500 miles

The amount of parallel trenches that were dug.