Title: The United States joined European nations in a race to conquest smaller, uncivilized nations and to
1The United States joined European nations in a
race to conquest smaller, uncivilized nations
and to gain access to their resources and
markets. This was known as ______________________
.
2Imperialism
3What territory was annexed by the U.S. in the
Pacific Ocean in 1898?
4Hawaii
5Which war did the U.S. become involved in 1898?
6Spanish-American War
7What name was given to the sensationalistic
journalism that served as a major cause of the
Spanish-American War?
8yellow journalism
9What group of volunteers did Theodore Roosevelt
lead in the famous charge at the Battle of San
Juan Hill?
10Rough Riders
11What group of islands in the south Pacific did
the U.S. gain control over as a result of the
defeat of the Spanish?
12 Philippines
13President Roosevelt led the movement to build
what canal in Central America?
14Panama Canal
15What addendum to the Monroe Doctrine was made by
Roosevelt justifying American intervention in the
South American nations in trouble?
16Roosevelt Corollary
17How did Tafts foreign diplomacy differ from
Roosevelts?
18Dollar Diplomacy
19What were the long term causes of the first World
War?
20MilitarismAlliancesImperialismNationalism
21What was the immediate cause of WWI?
22The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
23Why did the U.S. enter the war?
24The sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman
note
25What types of technological innovations were used
in WWI?
26tank and submarine
27What treaty ended WWI?
28Treaty of Versailles
29What was the purpose of imperialism?
30to expand your country
31What type of fighting took place in WWI?
32trench warfare
33Who came up with the idea of the tank?
34British
35What type of technological innovation did the
Germans bring to WWIO?
36submarine
37Who were the Central Powers?
38GermanyAustria-HungaryOttoman Empire
39Who were the Allied Powers?
40FranceBritainU.S.RussiaItaly
41What acts contributed to the Nativist hatred of
immigrants especially during and after WWI?
42 Espionage and Sedition
43Name several groups of people who benefited from
the diminished workforce during WWI.
44 WomenAfrican-AmericansMexican-Americans
45Which country refused to sign the Treaty of
Versailles because the League of Nations was
included in it?
46United States
47Name the organization in which the nations of the
world would join together to ensure security and
peace for all members.
48League of Nations
49Which president supported the League of Nations?
50Woodrow Wilson
51Which political party rejected the League of
Nations?
52Republicans
53An intense fear of communism and other extreme
ideas that gripped the U.S. during the 1920s.
54Red Scare
55Trial in which two immigrants were given an
unfair trial due to their ethnic background and
were eventually put to death.
56Sacco and Vanzetti
57Name the summer in 1919 in which race riots
erupted in about 25 cities nationwide.
58Red Summer
59By 1922, this organizations membership had grown
to about 100,000 and by 1924 to 4 million.
60Ku Klux Klan
61Migration of blacks from the South to the North
for jobs.
62Great Migration
63A number limit set by laws to limit annual
immigration.
64Quota
65This type of immigration was banned altogether in
the 1920s.
66Asian immigration
67List several technological innovations in the
1920s.
68Carsplaneshome appliances
69African American literary awakening of the 1920s.
70Harlem Renaissance
71 African American author of Their Eyes Were
Watching God.
72Zora Neale Hurston
73List three leading poets/writers of the Harlem
Renaissance.
74Claude McKay Countee Cullen Langston Hughes
75This type of music grew out of African American
music in the south, especially ragtime and blues.
76Jazz
77What type of age is the 1920s referred to as?
78Jazz Age
79Illegal bars that flourished during Prohibition.
80Speakeasies
81Case over the teaching of the Theory of Evolution
in the classroom.
82Scopes Trial