It exaggerated accounts of events and influenced sympathy from Americans
What was the main effect of completing the Panama Canal?
Made tradeand transportation more efficient between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
The sinking of the Lusitania was the result of Germany using this warfare tactic.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of WWI. How did it impact Germany?
Punished Germany / required them to pay reparations / weakened Germany's military and power
What foreign policy did America follow prior to WWI and then after again until it's involvement in WWII?
Isolationism / Neutrality
The Espionage and Sedition Acts during WWI and the Supreme Court ruling in Schenck v. U.S. expanded the U.S. government to limit __________________ during _________________.
free speech; wartime.
What was the goal of Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy and Taft's Dollar Diplomacy towards Latin America?
They protected U.S. investments / interests in Latin America
What was the impact of the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor?
U.S. Congress declares war on Spain
This common piece of the Treaty of Versailles and Wilson's Fourteen Points led to the U.S.'s refusal to ratify the treaty.
League of Nations
What military innovation was used to affect the course of WWI by ending the staelmate?
Invention of the tank
President Wilson's outlined plan for peace that would include the U.S. joining an official international alliance
Fourteen Points
Signed into law by Congress, allowed the temporary expansion of the military through conscription (required enrollment)
Selective Service Act
What foreign policy stated that all foreign countries were to have equal trading rights with China?
Open Door
How did the Zimmerman Telegram influence U.S. entry into WWI?
Revealed a proposed military alliance between Germany and Mexico
What was the impact of the Roosevelt Corollary?
Showed the U.S. was willing to intervene in affairs of Western Hemisphere
Casualties in WWI were increased due to the causes of a stalemate, these included:
Trench warefare, machine guns and poison gas
During WWI African Americans sought economic opportunites in the North, their move from agricultural based work to factories was known as
The Great Migration
How did the expansionism affect the M in the M.A.I.N causes of WWI?
Aquiring new territories allowed the U.S. to expand naval bases overseas
How did Alfred T. Mahan influence American Imperialism?
Advocating for overseas expansion with Naval bases
How did the Spanish AMerican War increase U.S. commerce and power?
U.S. aquired territories including Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
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