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36 Cards in this Set
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What was Seward's Folly?
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Seward's Folly was that he bought Alaska for $7.2 million and everyone thought it was not a good deal because Alaska is so cold.
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How did Hawaii become the 50th state?
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Planters and military people overthrew the queen.
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Why was Latin America important to the U.S.?
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-They got products from Latin America cheap and sold them for more money.
-U.S. buys large amounts of land in Latin America for farming and mining -Political stability |
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What were the causes of the Spanish-American War?
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-Blew up the U.S.S. Maine.
-Spain refused to sign Congressional Revolution. |
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Why was the Panama Canal important to the U.S.?
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It was a shortcut through South America.
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Why did the U.S. become an imperialist nation?
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-Competition
-Power -Money -Land -Resources |
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What were the 4 major causes of WWI?
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-Imperialism
-Militarism -Nationalism -Alliance |
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What was the immediate cause of WWI?
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European nations competed to expand their empires.
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What was the U.S.'s position at the outbreak of war?
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At the outbreak of the war, the U.S. was neutral.
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Was the U.S. justified in declaring war?
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How did the U.S. recruit soldiers?
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The Selective Service Act required all males between the ages of 21 and 30 to sign up for military service.
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How did we transition from a peace-time to war-time economy?
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In what ways was WWI a "new kind of war"?
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They had more advanced technology during this war:
-Tank -Machine guns -Poison gas -Airplanes -U-boats |
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How were Americans at home affected by the war?
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How were immigrants/women/minorities/African Americans affected by WWI?
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-Women had to take on men's jobs
-Great migration -At home, African Americans were still treated as second-class citizens. -After 13 days of rioting, 38 people were dead. |
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Who were the major Allied powers? Central powers?
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Allied Powers:
-Serbia -Russia -France -Belgium -Britain -Italy Central Powers: -Germany -Austria-Hungary -Ottoman Empire -Bulgaria |
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How did Wilson's Fourteen Points attempt to make a lasting peace?
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It called for:
-Smaller military forces -An end to secret treaties -Freedom of the seas -Free trade -Changes in national boundaries |
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Did WWI plant the seeds for WWII?
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Treaty of Versailles
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Imperialism
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The policy by which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker nations or territories.
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Open Door Policy
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In 1899, the United States asked nations involved in Asia to follow a policy in which no one country controlled trade with China.
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Panama Canal
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A shortcut through Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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Militarism
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The belief that a nation needs a large military force.
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Nationalism
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A feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one's country.
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Alliances
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A person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose.
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Trench Warfare
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A kind of warfare during World War I in which troops huddled at the bottom of trenches and fired artillery and machine guns at each other.
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Zimmermann Telegram
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A message sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico, proposing a German-Mexican alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the United States entered World War I.
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Propaganda
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An opinion expressed for the purpose of influencing the actions of others.
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Neutrality
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The state of not favoring either side in a war.
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Lusitania
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The British liner who was sunk off the Irish coast by a German submarine on May 7th, 1915.
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No Man's Land
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The space between the trenches which belonged to neither side.
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The Home Front
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The place which opened up new jobs for women during the war.
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The Treaty of Versailles
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The 1919 treaty that ended World War I.
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Roosevelt Corollary
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A 1904 addition to the Monroe Doctrine allowing the United States to be the "policemen" in Latin America.
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Boxer Rebellion
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In 1900, Chinese resentment towards foreigners' attitude of cultural superiority resulted in this violent uprising.
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The Great Migration
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The movement of Puritans from England to establish settlements around the world, including 20,000 who sailed for America; the movement of African Americans between 1910 and 1920 to northern cities from the South.
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Revolts of the Spanish-American war
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-Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam
-Spain signed Treaty of Paris |
