4. Imperialism
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5. Analyze the political issues:
Reasons for AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
Need for raw materials and markets ($$$)
Causes of Spanish-American war (1898)
U.s.s. Maine explosion, yellow journalism, us businesses
Effects of Spanish-American War (1898)
Acquired colonies (raw materials & markets)
World power

6. Chart Panama Canal Issues and Problems Mudslides
-Heavy rains in mountainous terrain
Revolution /Rebellion
-A new government allowed for U.S. to obtain
Access to land for Canal

7. Why did the u.s. see the need to build the panama canal?
US Navy could make it quickly to new territories

8. Chart Leader About Them How they affected U.S. Imperialism
Theodore Roosevelt
-secured an area for building canal
-build the Navy
Alfred Thayer Mahan
-supported building canal in Panama
-wanted U.S. to increase their Navy
Sanford B. Dole
-served as President and Governor of Hawaii
-Helped overthrow Queen of Hawaii
Queen Liliuokalani
-Queen of Hawaii that was overthrown
-tried to stop U.S. Imperialism
Henry Cabot Lodge
-Senator that originally thought America needed to spread humanity and civilization through the world
-After WWI, opposed the League of Nations because feared that US would be brought in to more foreign wars

9. **Add at bottom**
Expansion: most territories occurred across pacific ocean to be used as refueling stations

10. Terms Roosevelt corollary (“Big stick policy”): Dollar Diplomacy:
Control of latin American affairs (problems)
Debt collecting ex. Nicaragua and Dominican republic
Dollar Diplomacy:
Invest and protect U.S. businesses in latin America
Show u.s. economic power $$$
Open door policy:
Equal trade opportunity in china that protected u.s. trade

11. Terms Presidential action: Missionaries: Yellow journalism:
President (executive) acting without looking at other branches (legislative & Judicial)
Missionaries:
Converted natives to Christianity and made them more like Americans
Yellow journalism:
Exaggerated “news”, purpose to sell papers

12. terms Populism: Political machines: Labor unions:
Farmers and silver, represented by William Jennings bryan
Political machines:
Corrupt political groups that bought votes and stole government money
Labor unions:
Fought for the right of workers

13. Terms Federal reserve act of 1913: Interstate commerce act:
Divided into 12 regions to provide adequate money or currency- “Banker’s Bank”
Interstate commerce act:
A presidential action to regulate the railroad practices

14. World War I
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15. 4A and 4C
Henry Cabot Lodge- opposed the League of Nations because feared that US would be brought in to more foreign wars
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

16. 4C
Sussex Pledge- Germany promised to stop unrestricted submarine warfare
Lusitania- British passenger ship that was sunk by a German submarine
Unrestricted submarine warfare- Germany attacking non- military ships
Treaties/Alliances- agreements between countries to assist during times of need (ex. War)
Zimmerman Telegram- A German telegram sent to Mexico that tried to make an alliance with Mexico and asked Mexico to attack US

17. 4F
Isolationism- caused by the separation from the world because of the oceans
Neutrality- hard to stay neutral and protect US trading

18. 4F: Fourteen Points (please notice how much information: 4 questions)
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points-
(1) believed that colonial territories should be controlled by local inhabitants (natives) AND “self-determinations”
(2) did not join League of Nations because some believed we would be brought into more wars
(3) goal: to achieve peace after WWI
Treaty of Versailles- the peace agreement that imposed many restrictions on Germany after WWI

19. 2D
US emerges as a world power in Europe (turning point)

20. 4D American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)- US forces that were trained
General John J. Pershing- came back a hero after leading the AEF and the Allied forces to victory

21. 4E Stalemate- no one wins, a tie
Technological innovations: increased causalities (death)
-Machine guns- could shoots 100s of bullets in a minute
-Airplanes- could see bird’s eye view of enemy side

22. 4E -Tanks- able to move people while protecting them
-Poison gas- caused death and blindness
-Trench warfare- pathway that were dug that soldiers made home during WWI

23. 4G and 26F
Battle of the Argonne Forest- the US victory led to Germany’s surrender and treaty
Congressional Medal of Honor- awarded to people that go beyond the “call of duty”
Alvin York- earned a Congressional Medal of Honor by his efforts at the Battle of Argonne Forest

24. 19B Espionage Act: silenced critics of the war
Sedition Act: silenced critics of the war
Constitutional issues: challenge of the 1st Amendment by Schenck v. United States
Schenck v. United States- limited free speech if it causes a “clear and present danger”

25. Be able to identify examples of each
Primary- document that is from time period, ex. Diary, document, newspaper
Secondary- historical document from another time period, ex. Report, Wikipedia, textbook

26. 25 questions multiple choice
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