Question | Answer |
Define isolationism. | U.S. should stay out of world affairs. |
What was American foreign policy from President Washington to World War I? | Isolationism |
Define the Monroe Doctrine. | European countries should stay out of the affairs of the Western Hemisphere. |
What was the Open Door Policy? | All nations would have equal trading rights in China. |
What president started the Open Door Policy? | William McKinley |
What Secretary of State proposed the Open Door Policy? | John Hay |
Who was the last native ruler of Hawaii? | Queen Liluokalani |
What country controlled Cuba before the Spanish-American War? | Spain |
Who won the Spanish-American War? | The United States |
What territory did the United States get in the Spanish-American War? | 1) the Philippines
2) Puerto Rico
3) Guam |
At the end of the Spanish-American War, where did the U.S. say it could send troops? | Cuba |
What president was responsible for the Panama Canal? | Theodore Roosevelt |
What did the Panama Canal do? | Short-cut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
What president was responsible for Dollar Diplomacy? | William Howard Taft |
What was Dollar Diplomacy? | American business would invest in Latin America. |
Who were the Central Powers in World War I? | 1) Germany
2) Austria-Hungary
3) Ottoman Empire |
What modern country was known as the Ottoman Empire? | Turkey |
Who were the Allies in World War I? | 1) Great Britain
2) France
3) Russia |
What country's entry into World War I led to Germany's defeat? | United States |
Why did the U.S. enter World War I? | 1) German submarine warfare
2) Close ties to Great Britain |
What was the Great Migration? | Movement of African-Americans from the South to the North to get jobs |
Who was president during World War I? | Woodrow Wilson |
Who developed the Fourteen Points? | Woodrow Wilson |
What were the 3 key ideas of the Fourteen Points? | 1) National self-determination
2) Freedom of the seas
3) League of Nations |
What was the League of Nations? | Organization of nations started at the end of World War I to keep world peace |
What treaty ended World War I? | Versailles Treaty |
Who ratifies or approves treaties? | United States Senate |
What vote is needed in the Senate to ratify a treaty? | Two-thirds |
Did the Senate ratify the Versailles Treaty? | No |
Did the United States join the League of Nations? | No |
What is internationalism? | 1) Opposite of isolationism
2) Heavy involvement in world affairs |