1. American Imperialism and World War I

2. Define Isolationism.
The United States should stay out of world affairs.

3. What set precedent for Isolationism?
Washington’s Farewell Address

4. What was the basis of U.S. foreign policy from President Washington until World War I?
Isolationism

5. Define the Monroe Doctrine.
The U.S. policy that European countries should stay out of the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

6. Define imperialism.
One country gaining political or economic control over another country

7. What was the Open Door Policy?
All nations would have equal trading rights in China

8. What president is known for the Open Door policy?
William McKinley

9. What Secretary of State is known for the Open Door Policy?
John Hay

10. What does the Secretary of State do?
Handles foreign affairs for the President

11. Who was the last native ruler of Hawaii?
Queen Liluokalani

12. Who fought in the Spanish-American War?
United States
Spain

13. What country controlled Cuba before the Spanish-American War?
Spain

14. Who won the Spanish-American War?
The United States

15. What territory did the U.S. get in the Spanish-American War?
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Guam

16. At the end of the Spanish-American War in what country did the U. S
At the end of the Spanish-American War in what country did the U.S. say it could intervene militarily?
Cuba

17. From what country did Panama gain independence?
Columbia

18. Who was president when the Panama Canal was built?
Theodore Roosevelt

19. What did the Panama Canal do?
Provided a short-cut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

20. What type of imperialism was advanced by the Panama Canal?
Economic Imperialism

21. What president was known for Dollar Diplomacy?
William Howard Taft

22. What was Dollar Diplomacy?
U.S. business would invest in Latin America
If necessary, U.S. would intervene militarily in Latin America

23. Name 3 examples of American economic imperialism.
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Panama Canal

24. Who were the Central Powers in World War I?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire

25. What modern nation was known as the Ottoman Empire during World War I?
Turkey

26. Who were the Allies in World War I?
Great Britain
France
Russia

27. What country’s military tipped the balance of World War I and led to Germany’s defeat?
The United States

28. What official is the nation’s chief diplomat?
The President, assisted by the Secretary of State

29. Who developed the Fourteen Points?
Woodrow Wilson

30. What were the 3 key ideas of the Fourteen Points?
National self-determination
Freedom of the seas
League of Nations

31. What treaty ended World War I?
The Versailles Treaty

32. What is national self-determination?
The idea that each national group should be in charge of its own destiny

33. What is freedom of the seas?
Ships can sail in international waters without threat of attack

34. What was the League of Nations?
An organization of nations started at the end of World War I to maintain peace

35. What was a mandate?
A region governed by another country until it is ready for independence

36. What two countries were British Mandates after World War I?
Palestine
Iraq

37. What country was a French mandate after World War I?
Syria

38. Did the Senate ratify the Versailles Treaty?
NO.

39. Which political party was responsible for defeating the Versailles Treaty in the Senate?
The Republican Party

40. What legislative body ratifies treaties?
United States Senate

41. What vote is needed in the Senate to ratify a treaty?
2/3

42. Did the United States join the League of Nations?NO

43. What is internationalism?
The opposite of isolationism
Heavy involvement in foreign affairs

44. Except during the 1930’s, what has been the basis of U. S
Except during the 1930’s, what has been the basis of U.S. foreign policy from World War I to the Present?
Internationalism