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18 Cards in this Set
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The US hoped to improve the new market for US goods through: |
Expansionism |
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How did the US gain the Hawaiian Islands? |
Annexation |
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What encouraged the US to be involved in Cuba's fight for independence? |
Yellow Journalism |
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"Remember the Maine" was connected with what war? |
Spanish-American War |
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Why did the US want to annex the Philippines? |
Gain the Chinese market |
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What was a result of the Spanish-American War? |
Annexation of the Philippines |
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A peace treaty with Spain gained what country its independence? |
Cuba |
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Who gained the most from the US making and opening the Panama Canal? |
Shipping Lines |
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Archduke Ferdinand's assassination, the sinking of the Lusitania, and the attacks of US ships all lead toward: |
US declaring war |
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President Wilson's international policy would best be described as: |
Isolationist |
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Nationalism lead toward the first World War in what way? |
Nations wanting to kick out foreign rulers |
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What weakened the Germans in WWI? |
US entering the War
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What resulted in the majority of the loss of life in WWI? |
New Tech and New Weapons |
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Reducing the weapons supply of the Axis Powers, forming new boundaries in Europe, and the formation of an international association were all part of: |
Wilson's 14-Point Agreement |
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What would best describe way Germany felt about the Treaty of Versailles? |
Bitter |
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What was a cause of the League of Nations failing? |
Lack of US involvement |
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Due to the view that Alaska was useless icy wasteland cartoonists often depicted the deal between Russia and America to gain the land using: |
Ice or Icebergs |
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The American belief that Alaska was useless land was changed by: |
Discovery of resources |
