Imperialism & WW1

Avoiding Involvement in world affairs

Isolationism

The exerting of control over another nation

Imperialism

Journalism that exploits or exaggerates events in order to attract reader

Yellow journalism

Annexation

To add to; adding a territory

“The belief that white people had a duty to civilize and christianize backward people”

White man’s burden

Why did many americans want to obtain(Keep) cuba

To spread slavery there

Why did US citizens first go into china? (THINK: SPAINORS)

To spread christianity

Why did the chinese come to the US?

Better life; More jobs

Why did the US not want to become an imperialist power?

Still had stuff to do at home; hypocritical

List three reasons why the US wanted to expand into other nations

Economic growth, racial theories, prestige

TR won the Nobel Peace Prize as a result of ending this war:

Russo-Japanese War

What was the purpose of the “Great White fleet?”

Show the US can fight if necessary'; real power in Pacific

Why was the defeat of spain significant for the US?

US is now a major power in the world affairs after defeating them

Why was the annexation of Hawaii Significant?

Helped us in winning the Spanish-American War

Why was US involvement in Samoa significant?

The first time the US helped rule other people

This man said: “Speak softy and carry a big stick”

TR ( Theodore Roosevelt)

What caused the US to want to assist the cubans?

Word spread about atrocities going on towards the cubans.

Name the battle the TR and his Rough Riders became national heroes

San Juan Hill

List three reasons why the US became engaged in war with spanish

Yellow journalism, stolen letter, sinking of the Maine

What did the Teller Amendment state?

When war was over and the US won, cuba would be independent

What is a republic?

government controlled by the people through elected representatives

Which country became stronger as a result of western influence?

Japan

What happened to China as a result of the Boxer Rebellion?

No loss of territory, had to pay reparations.

What was the cause of the boxer rebellion?

Chinese foreigners were in their country.

Significance of the Burlingame Treaty

led to an increase in Chinese immigration

Who said “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war”?

William Randolph Hearst

This act made it illegal to criticize the government

The Sedition Act

This was the volunteer cavalry unit that fought in a famous battle near santiago, cuba

Rough Riders

This is known as wilson’s peace plan

The fourteen Points

This country’s navy used U-boats on the high seas

Germany

He was president prior to Theodore Roosevelt

Mckinley

Queen of Hawaii (1891) and proposed a new constitution

Liliuokalani

Which nation was the focus of John Hay’s “Open Door Policy”?

China

True| False The treaty of Versailles was ratified by the US government

False

During ww1, The zimmerman Telegram revealed Germany’s desire to ally with

Mexico

F| T Germany was allied with Russia during WW1

False

In Schenck v. US the supreme Court rules that

Civil liberties could be restricted in times of national crisis

F|T Americans were encouraged to watch for German spies in the US

TRUE

World War 1 began after

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

'“The Great Migration” Involved

The Relocation of African Americans from the south to northern cities