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50 Cards in this Set
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pressure for america to expand
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search for new markets
new territories spread democracy other countries are becoming imperialists aquire land and mineral deposits humanitarian effort |
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who were the advocates of american expansionism
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christian missionaries
politicians Navy-more funding press-sell more papers |
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When was the Spanish-American war
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april 1898
U.S.S maine explodes |
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where did the spanish-american war happen
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began in Havana, Cuba
spread to guam and phillipines |
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what happened in the Spanish American War
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Tension between U.S and Spain exploded with the sinking of the U.S.S maine
3 month war against spain marked the beginning of U.S imperialism |
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Yellow Journalism
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journalism that published the unconfirmed atrocities of the spanish and the propaganda encouraging warfare
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Treaty of Paris
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signed in paris 1898
cuba;s independence is recognized america acquires guam and puerto rico america pays 20 million dollars to buy phillipines |
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General Wyeler
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general in war
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Fighting in Cuba
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prepared volunteer force of 17,000
rough riders w/ roosevelt fought in broks brother's suits armies were hurt by disease |
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fighting in phillipines
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Roosevelt eager to show off navy
phillipines contain lots of natural resources businesses want access to the phillipines |
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when did the phillipines get their independence and at what cost?
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cost : 400 million dollars
ended in 1902 |
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Teddy Roosevelt's big stick policy
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Roosevelt wanted to make the US a policemen of the whole world and that you have to be a powerful nation and that we have a responsibility police the uncivilized nations.
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Platt Amendment
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U.S agrees to withdraw troop from cuba under the following conditions:
cuba could not go into debt U.S intervention in affairs was necessary to Cuba U.S ownership of guantanamo bay |
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years of WWI
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1914-1919
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time of U.S involvement
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1917-1919
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why did WWI happen
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arch duke franz ferdinand is assasinated
alliances treaties competition in imperialism |
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nationalism
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pride/ belief in superiority of your country or nationality to all other countries
arms race |
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why did the U.S become an allied power
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Woodrow Wilson's first term=neutral
businessmen saw was as opportunity and loaned money to allied powers german U boats blocked american trade unrestricted submarine warfare by germany U.S feared germany may take over germany tried to make a deal with mexico to invade U.S |
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the zimmerman telegram
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telegram intercepted by U.S intelligence
telegram from germany asking mexico to invade u.s and germany would help them gain back their lost land |
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the russian revolution
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czar is overthrown by trotsky
trotsky and karensky attempt to instill a semi democratic government karensky and trotsky are overthrown by bolshevik Communists and vladmir lennin |
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the domino effect
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the franz ferdinand is assasinated
austria hungary declares war on serbia russia declares war on A-H germany declares war on Russia french ally with russia germany declares war on france --2 front war-- germany declares war on belgium UK senses german threat, so UK declares war on germany bulgaria and ottoman join central powers Italy initially allys with germany but then switches to allied side |
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the U.S 's effect on warfront
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turns tide towards the allies,
breaks policy of neutrality becomes a world power |
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espionage act
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spying became a big crime
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sedition act
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no one could obstruct the purchase of bonds towards the war effort
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18th amendment- prohibition
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no more alchohol
all industry and consumption must go towards the war effort |
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fourteen points
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wilson issued his own ideas on how the treaty should be written up in the form of the 14 points, his strongest wish was the establishment of the league of nations
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Lusitania
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civilian ship carrying british and americans and other european passengers was shot down by germans after recieving intelligence that it was transporting arms
used for propaganda for war involvement |
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the beginning of WWII
when did it begin |
1939 with the german invasion of poland
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neutrality acts
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roosevelt established neutrality acts in an attempt to keep U.S out of europena turmoil
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industrial production
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women become invested in workforce
economy is turned into one foceused solely on war effort every citizen can conserve and help troops! |
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union action
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FDR meets with unions to regulate wages and to ensure that there would be no strikes to maximize workforce
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financing WWII
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raises taxes across the board
$ raised toward bonds |
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impact on american society
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cultural pressure and racism towards germans and japanese
americans are encouraged to conserve newsreels in movies depicted the front lines |
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yalta conference***
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conference with the big three
established the following: the division of germany russia agreed to declare war on japan (90 days after german surrender) german reparations german de-nazification conference transpired at the end of the war and is somewhat regarded as a peace conference |
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nuclear bomb
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hiroshima and nagasaki
ended war w/o one american casualty |
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japanese front
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japan imperializes small islands
america fights back for the island's independence pearl harbor surrendered after nuclear bomb |
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japanese internment
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japanese on the west coast were under suspicion of espionage with
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Korean war
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1950-1953
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korea after WWII
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korea divides along the 38th parallel
north korea and USSR are allied South korea and U.S are allied |
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communism in china
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communism spreads to china with mao zedong, and U.S fears it will spread to other asian nations
chinese communism= rise of the peasantry |
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start of korean war
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NK invades SK and reaches all the way to Pusan
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U.S involvement in korean war
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U.S quickly gets involved and moves NK back to the 38th parallel
china gets involved stalemate for 2 years along 38h parallel |
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reasons for u.s involvement in korea
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credibilty at stake
contain communism future market for american goods |
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UN support
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UN supported SK
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JFK foreign policy
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bay of pigs
berlin wall goes up b/c JFK will not remove troops from west berlin cuban missile crisis |
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Bay of PIgs
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U.S tries to incite revolution against castro
invades bay of pigs absolute failure |
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berlin airlift
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soviet troops embargo/quarantine w. germany
U.S must said steady aid to W. germany with airplanes |
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berlin wall
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e. germany builds dividing wall to prevent citizens from excaping and because JFK would not remove U.S troops from w. germany
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cuban missile crisis
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reconaissance mission over cuba sighted WMDs pointed at U.S
13 days long- U.S navy quarantines island of cuba and tells soviet ships that if they cross the quarantine line, they are at war rapid exchange of telegrams soviets turn back |
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kruschav
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leader of soviet union during cold war and JFK
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