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Ch 24
The Nation at War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Describe Theodore Roosevelt's defense and foreign policies. | - modernized the army; est'd Army War College & created a general staff to oversee military planning & mobilization - doubled the strength of the navy - got panama canal; Hay-Pauncefote Treaty (1901), US constructs & controls canal; Hay-Bunau-Varilla Tr |
| Discuss how the U.S. got the Panama Canal . | - Hay-Pauncefote Treaty w/ Britain gave US permission to construct & control it - supported the Panamanian revolt from Colombia by recognizing the new Republic of Panama; the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty w/ Panama gave US control of a canal zone 10 mi wide |
| Explain the Roosevelt Corollary. | - Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, warned Latin American nations to keep their affairs in order or face American intervention |
| Describe the relations between the U.S. and Japan from 1900 to 1918. | - strained due to worries that Japan would invade or attack the unguarded US Philippines - relations improved when Japan asked US to mediate Japan-Russian War & agreements were signed (Taft-Katsura, "Gentleman's," & Root-Takahira) btw US & Japan |
| Explain the goals of Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy." | - to promote American financial & business interest abroad (profit seeking motive) - substitute economic ties for military alliances - increase American influence & bring about lasting peace through economic ties |
| Discuss Wilson 's initial foreign policy ideology. | - institute moral diplomacy, designed to bring right to the world, preserved peace, & extend to other people the blessings of democracy |
| Describe Wilson's diplomacy prior to U.S. entry into World War I. | - sends Bryan to negotiate treaties of arbitration throughout the world, known as "cooling-off" treaties - not concerned w/ "pursuit of material interest" but w/ "human rights" and "national integrity" - continues Roosevelt-Taft policies |
| Describe Wilson's policy toward Mexico from 1913 to 1917. | - US will recognize only "lawful" govs (govs based on law) - help Mexicans in achieving political & agrarian reform - intervene as appropriate to achieve the goals of the US & protect the US (intervene when it seemed appropriate for American interests) |
| Discuss the diplomatic events of 1914 leading to World War I. | - Germany, Turkey, & Austria-Hungary - allied - England, France, & Russia - allied - 628/1914, a Bosnian assassin linked to Serbia killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne & w/in weeks the 2 allied groups were at war |
| Explain the basis of American support for Britain in 1914. | - common language and institutions - blamed Germany for the war - ties of heritatage and the course of the war |
| Explain why the U.S. entered World War I. | - Ger sends submarines to attack any ship near England & France - interc'd telegram from Zimmermann to Ger ambassador in Mex: proposed an alliance w/ Mex in case of war w/ US, offered financial support & recovery of Mex's "lost territory" in NM, TX, & AZ |
| Describe the U.S. military contributions in World War I. | - Wilson and Congress called for a draft - Sims's convoy plan (all merchant ships to & from England & France are escorted in convoys by American destroyers) to protect allied shipping - provides troops to the land war w/ Germany |
| Discuss the U.S. domestic sector in World War I. | - gov institutes: propaganda campaign to get US support for the war; a program of repression; strong anti-German sentiment - acts were passed to prevent tyranny of any kind - a board to oversee production of Am factories & Food Admin. to supply armies |
| Identify the major provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. | - created Poland and Czechoslovakia - w/ large German-speaking populations; divided up German colonies in Asia & Africa - made Germany accept responsibility for the war & pay large reparations - formed League of Nations |
| Explain why the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles | - Disagreement btw the role of the US & the League of Nations: due to the mutual defense part of the Treaty, they don't agree to it |
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