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Who was the Secretary of State that opened China, and secured the Panama Canal treaty? |
Hay |
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What nation did varilla take Panama from? |
Colombia |
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Which countries did the US intervene in during the early 1900s? |
Nicaragua, Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Haiti, Cuba, China, Hawaii |
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Who gave the Panama Canal back? |
Jimmy Carter |
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What is the Roosevelt Corollary? |
An add-on to the Monroe Doctrine |
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What was President Taft's foreign policy called? |
Dollar Diplomacy |
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Where did Taft send Marines to? |
Central America, Nicaragua |
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What did Roosevelt do to earn a Nobel Peace Prize? |
He helped end the Russia / Japanese war in 1905 |
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Where did Wilson send troops? |
Mexico, Dominican Republic. (Don't choose anything in Central America) |
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Who said "I'm going to teach South America republics to elect good men"? |
Woodrow Wilson |
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Who did Pershing Chase and not catch? |
Pancho Villa |
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Who are the triple entente members? |
France, Britain, Russia, and later Italy |
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Who were the Triple Alliance members? |
Germany, Austria, Turks |
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What Balkan Nation did Russia support early in World War One? |
Serbia |
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What heir to the Austrian Throne was assassinated? |
Franz Ferdinand |
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What nation had a treaty with Germany but sided with Britain and France during World War 1? |
Italy |
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What broke the us pledge of neutrality during World War I? |
Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegraph, loaned money |
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What is a war of attrition? |
Killing everyone! |
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Why did Britain war with the Ottomans? |
The British tried to assist the Russians by invading turkey |
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What was Germany's military plan in the west called during World War 1? |
The schlieffen plan |
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The sinking of this ship caused the u.s. to enter the war |
The Lusitania |
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Where was the Archduke of Austria assassinated? |
Sarajevo Bosnia |
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What is the bloodiest in longest battle of World War 1? |
Verdun |
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What is the biggest economic problem after World War I? |
Inflation |
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How many people died in World War 1? |
16 million |
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Did the u.s. emerge as the leading power after World War I? |
Yes |
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Did American support the draft? |
Yes |
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Did Americans know the Germans would lose when they entered the war? |
No |
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Who commanded the AEF? |
Black Jack Pershing |
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What is a devil dog? |
A Marine |
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Did female nurses serve in the AEF? |
Yes, but they didn't get a pension |
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Did President Wilson allow dissent during the war? |
Nope |
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The "blank" Renaissance in New York? |
Harlem |
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Who is Langston Hughes? |
African American poet |
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What killed 50 million people during and after the war? |
The Spanish Flu |
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Did the US accept President Wilson's fourteen points? |
No |
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What is the Treaty of brest-litovsk |
Treaty that took Russia out of War |
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How did the Germans help get the Russians out of the war? |
They snuck Lenin back into Russia |
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What is the Balfour Declaration? |
The Declaration where King George the 5th wanted " to see a Jewish homeland in the Middle East" |
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Did the US join the League of Nations? |
No |
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Race riots in 1919 took place in what city? |
Chicago |
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Which weapon heralded in age of chivalry in World War 1? |
The airplane |
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Who are two early aviators? |
Eddie Rickenbacker, and Billy Mitchell |
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Did the high tariff enacted by Congress ensure prosperity? |
No, they cost Americans jobs |
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Who raised employee's wages so they could buy a "blank"? |
Henry Ford, car |
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What is the Washington Naval Conference of 1920? |
People got together to limit the size of battleships. They needed to limit aircraft carriers! |
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What Scandal is President Harding associated with? |
The Teapot Dome scandal |
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In what year did Indians vote for the first time? |
1922 |
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What influence the flappers? |
The war, also the bars in Paris led to the girls wanting to dress differently |
