Imperialism and World War 1

  1. What are the main points of the Monroe Doctrine? Who wrote it?

  2. What were the motivations behind U.S. imperialism?

  3. Great Britain was well known as a great imperial power. Explain the extent of their empire.

  4. What were the beliefs of Anti-Imperialists?

  5. What led to the U.S. joining the Spanish-American War? Which president declared war?

  6. What is Yellow Journalism?

  7. Describe the three dofferent foreign policies used towards Latin America, be sure to know which president supported each policy.

  8. What is the Roosevelt Corollary? What document does it add on to?

  9. Explain the building of the Panama Canal, detailed in your answer.

  10. What is Open Door Diplomacy and where was it used?

  11. What were the results of American imperialism?

  12. Briefly explain the four M.A.I.N. causes of WW1.

  13. What caused a stalemate in the trenches? Give specific examples.

  14. What was no-mans land?

  15. Breifly describe trench warfare

  16. Why did the U.S. stay neutral during WW1?

  17. How did the U.S. support the Allies prior to joining the war effort? How did this eventually impact The U.S. joining the war?

  18. What was the Zimmerman Note/telegram, and how did it impact American neutrality?

  19. What U.S. President declared war on Germany and therefore brought the U.S. into WW1?

  20. What was the role of the Food Administration during WW1? What did they ask people to do? How did they use propaganda to aid in their message?

  21. What were liberty bonds? How did they help the war effort?

  22. What were the Espionage and Sedition Acts? What freedoms did they limit (know what amendment protects these freedoms)? Why were they seen as necessary?

  23. Explain the Supreme Court Case Schenck vs. United States

  24. What was the Great Migration?

  25. What was the Selective Service Act? Which president passed it?

  26. What was the convoy system? Why was it used? Was it successful?

  27. Summerize the ideas of WIlson’s Fourteen Points

  28. What was the name of the final treaty that ended WW1? What was the conference called wehre it was made?

  29. How did the Treaty of Versailles treat Germany? Why was this a problem?

  30. What are reparations?

  31. What about the League of Nations caused many U.S. Senators to disagree with it (and therefore the Treaty of Versailles as a whole)

  32. Explain the legacy of WW1

  33. Map of Europe before WW1

  34. WW1 map after the war