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History 202
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| With china, the US goverment pursued a policy called ______, to open new markets for American Products | Open Door |
| The U.S used two stratergies for empire building Military force and | Economic power |
| With its involvment and victory in the Spanish American War. The united states shifted from _______to empire building | Isolationism |
| _____ both threatned and used military force when economic cercion proved unsucessful as it did in his bid to pay off Central America's debts with U.S dollars | Taft |
| In Asia, Taft tried to continue to support the balance of power, but his efforts backfired and allienated _____ | Japan |
| The campaign for a ban on the sale and manufacturing of alcoholic beverages, bolstered by anti-german sentiment and a call to preserve resources for the war effort | prohibtion |
| Woodrow Wilson's policy of maintaining commercial ties with all belligerents aand insiting on open markets throughout Europe during World War 1 | Neutrality |
| The United States changed from a strong isolationist approach to an appetite for American expansion after in Civil War (True or False) | True |
| _____, implemented a key stratergy for building an American empire: the threat, rather than the outright use of military force | Rooselvelts |
| _______ originated from the extensive damage left by the Civil War and its needs to recover both economically and mentally from that event | isolationism |
| The facts that industrial revolution changed the way, the country worked and the American West reached its farthest point. American mentality toward expansion, favored | better and more resources |
| Buisnesses sought new markets to | Export their factory-built goods |
| The unprocessed material needs to make finished products is called | Raw materials |
| Which of the following groups did agree with the American Expansionism | all of the options apply (Industriliast, religous organization) |
| The first significant international military conflict for the United States was the war against ______ | Mexico in 1846 |
| The statement by Theodore Roosevelt that the united states would use military force to act as an international police power and correct any chronic wrongdoing by any Latin American nation threatining the stabilty of the region is called the Roosevelt Coro | True |
| A style of jounalism that published sensationlist newspapers that sought to manufacture news stories in order to sell more papers is called Red Journalism (True or False) | False |
| Sphere of Influence was the name given to the goal of foreign countries such as Japan, Russia, France, and Germany to carve out an area of the Chinese market that they could exploit through tariff and transportation agreements | True |
| Taft's foreign policy, which involved using American economic power to push for favorable foreign polices was called "Dollar Diplomacy" (True or False) | True |
| The revolving door notes were the circular notes sent by Secertary of State Hay claiming that there should be "open door" in china allowing all countries equal and total acess to all markets, ports, and railroads without any special considerations from | False |
| Anti-imperalist league | a group of diverse and prominent Americans who banded together on 1898 to protest the idea of American empire buidling |
| dollar diplomacy | Taft's foreign policy, which involved using American economic power to push for favorable foreign policies |
| Frontier Thesis | an idea proposed by Fredrick Jackson Turner, which stated that the encounter of European traditions and a native wilderness was integral to the development of American democracy, individualism, and innovative character |
| Open Door Notes | the circular notes sent by Secretary of State Hay claiming that there should be "open doors" in China, allowing all countries equal and total access to all markets, ports, and railroads without any special considerations from the Chinese authorities; |
| Yellow journalism | sensaltionalist newspapers who sought to manufacture news stories in order to sell more papers |
| sphere of influence | the goal of foreign countries such as Japan, Russia, France, and Germany to carve out an area of the Chinese market that they could exploit through tariff and transportation agreements |
| Seward's Folly | the pejorative name given by the press to Secertary pf State Steward's acquisition of Alaska in 1867 |
| Rough Riders | Theodore Roosevelt's cavalry unit, which fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War |
| Roosevelt Corollary | a statement by Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would use military force to act as an international police power and correct any chronic wrongdoing by any Latin American nation threatining the stability of the region |
| Zimmerman telegram | the telegram sent from German foreign minister Arthur Zimmerman to the German a,bassador in Mexico, which invited Mexico to fight alongside Germany should the United States enter World war 1 on the side of the allies |
| Reservationist | Republicans who would support the Treaty of Versailles if sufficient amendments were introduced that could eliminate Article X |
| Red Summer | the summer of 1919, when numerous northen cities expercienced bloody race riots that killed over 250 persons, including the Chicago race riot of 1919 |
| Red Scare | the term used to desribe the fear that Americans felt about the possibilty of a Bolshevik revolution in the United States ; fear over Communist infiltrators led Americans to restrict and discriminate against any forms of radical dissent, whether communist |
| Prohibtion | the campaign for a ban on the sale and manufacturing of alcoholic beverages, which came to fruition during the war, bolstered by anti-German sentiment and a call to preserve resources for the war effort |
| Neutrality | Woodrow Wilson's policy of maintaining commercial ties with all belligerents and insiting on open markets throughout Europe during world war 1 |
| liberty bonds | the name for the war bonds that the US goverment sold, and strongly encouragred Americans to buy, as a way of raising money for the war effort |
| League of Nations | Woodrow Wilson's idea for a group of countries that would promote a new world order and territoral integrity through open discussions, rather than intimadation and war |
| Irreconcibles | Republicans who opposed the Treaty of Versailles on all grounds |
| Harlem Hellfighters | a nickname for the decorated, all black 369th infantry, which served on the frontlines of France for six monthes, longer than any other American unit |
| Fourteen Points | Woodrow Wilson's postwar peace plan, which called for openness in all matters of diplomacy, including free trade, freedom of the seas, and an end to secret treaties and negotiations, among others |
| Clear and Present Danger | the expression used by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in the case if Schenck Vs. United States to charectrize public dissent during wartime, akin to shouting "fire!" in a crowded theatre |
| One of the main points in Woodrow Wilson's presidnetial and reelection campaign of was to keep the U.S outside foreign military conflicts, unless there was a moral imperative to force the country to intervene (True or False) | True |
| The total war stratergies adopted by some of the countries in conflict during World war one. made ________ impossible for the US to keep | freee trade |
| which of the following wanted to go to WW1 | none of the options apply |
| all the following were meaures taken by the American goverment to prepare for the war except | promote the free expression of neutralitty activist |
| the war provided advancment for | African Americans and women |
| this important social change happened and remained in part because WW1 | women's suffrage |
| Republcians who would support the Treaty of Versailles if suffcient amendments were introuduced that could eliminate Article X | Reservationists |
| When the armistice between Germany and the allies was sign | November 11, 1918 |
| WW1 ended with the signing of what trendy | Versailles |
| the 17 points was the name given to Woodrow Wilson's postwar peace plan, which called for openness in all matters of diplomacy, including free trade, freedome of the seas, and an end to secret treaties and negotiations among other (True or False) | False |
| Clear and Present Danger was the expression used by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in the case of Schenck VS. United States to charectrize public dissent during wartime akin to shouting "fire!" in a crowded theatre (True or False) | True |
| The telegram sent from the German foreign minister to the German ambassodor in Mexico which invited Mexico to fight alongside Germany should the united states enter world war 1 on the side of allies was called Zimmerman Telegram (True or False) | True |
| The Red Terror was the term used to desribe the fear that Americans felt about the possibilty of a Bolshevik revolution in the united states (true or false) | false |
| The League of Nations was Woodrow Wilson's idea for a group of countries that would promote a new world order and territoral integrity through open discussions rather than intimidation and war | true |
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