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WWI
Imperialism and WWI
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History
11th Grade
02/09/2011

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What are the three causes for American Imperialism?
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Anglo-saxonism, Military bases, and markets
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Name of the man sent to Japan by the U.S. to persuade them into trading with us?
Definition
Matt Perry
Term
Crop or plant that was the focus of Americans in Hawaii?
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Sugarcane
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James Blain came up with an idea in the 1880s that said that the U.S. and Latin American should work together
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Pan-Americanism
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Name of the Cuban rebel who started a revolt in Cuba against Spanish control?
Definition
Jose Marti
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What is one of the two names of the men who practiced yellow journalism to get Americans more interested about the Cuban revolt?
Definition
Hearst and Pulitzer
Term
Aggressive nationalism
Definition
Jingoism
Term
What was the name of the islands where the U.S. first sent its navy after they declared war on Spain?
Definition
Phillipines
Term
What president was sent to the Philippines before he was elected president to try to make the Filipinos more tolerable of American presence?
Definition
William Taft
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What year did the U.S. give the Philippines their independence?
Definition
1946
Term
What land did Japan want to take from China when it invaded it in 1894?
Definition
Manchuria and Korea
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What is one important reason why Roosevelt was elected as Vice President under McKinley?
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War Hero
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What are the four main causes of WWI?
Definition
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Term
Intense pride for one’s homeland?
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Nationalism
Term
What country was the assassin that killed Ferdinand from?
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Serbia
Term
What caused the British to get involved in WWI?
Definition
Invasion of Belgium
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Goods prohibited from shipment to a country?
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Contraband
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Nickname given to German submarines?
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U-Boats
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Name of the first ship that was sunk by the Germans that held American passengers?
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Lusitania
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Agreement between the U.S. and Germany that said that the Germans would not sink more merchant ships without warning?
Definition
Sussex Pledge
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There is a conspiracy theory that what country really wrote the Zimmerman Telegram?
Definition
Great Britain
Term
Gardens grown by American’s in their own back yards to conserve food consumption?
Definition
Victory Gardens
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Agency created by the U.S. government that was established to coordinate the production of war materials and resources?
Definition
War Industries Board
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What two ways did the government use to raise money for the war effort?
Definition
Taxes and Bonds
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What agency was created to prevent strikes from disrupting the war effort?
Definition
National War Labor Board
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Spying to acquire government information?
Definition
Espionage
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The Espionage and Sedition Acts were criticized by Americans because it limited their what?
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1st amendment rights
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Forced military service?
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Conscription
Term
What part of the military allowed women to enlist into their ranks?
Definition
Navy
Term
Name given to the area between two countries trenches that would be littered with dead bodies, barded wire and artillery craters?
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No-man's Land
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Average life expectancy for a combat pilot in WWI was what?
Definition
2 weeks
Term
What system did the U.S. use to get its troops and supplies across the Atlantic Ocean safely?
Definition
convoy
Term
Name of the government system that took over Russia after the Russian Revolution?
Definition
Communism
Term
Name of the man that took over Russia and set up a Communist form of government?
Definition
Vladamir Lenin
Term
How many empires were dismantled after WWI?
Definition
4
Term
How many new countries were created after WWI?
Definition
9
Term
What country that was originally apart of the Allied powers not participate in the peace talks?
Definition
Russia
Term
What organization was created after Wilson’s suggestion that was designed to preserve peace by pledging to respect and protect its member nation’s territory and political independence?
Definition
League of Nations
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Nationwide panic that Communists were going to spread into the U.S. and take over power?
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Red Scare
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Name of the Attorney General during the first Red Scare?
Definition
Mitchell Palmer
Term
Organization created by the U.S. to investigate the Red Scare?
Definition
General Intelligence Division
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The General Intelligence Division later become what agency in the U.S.?
Definition
FBI
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Method used by the GID to search for evidence of Communist take-over?
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Raids
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What is the name of Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace following the conclusion to WWI?
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14 points
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What was the name of the peace document that the Allies created post-war?
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Treaty of Versailles
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