What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The Americas north and south cannot be subjects of future colonization by any European power
Western hemisphere
What is Yellow Journalism?
Exaggerated news about spain
Blamed Spain for the sinking of the USS Maine WHICH sparked the Spanish American war. By cuba
It shaped the American opinion to help our neighbor Cuba
Who are the Rough Riders?
DMX RIP
led by teddy roosevelt volunteer cavalry during the spanish American War .
They invaded Cuba and invaded the Spanish.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
President of the Philippines who asked the US to get rid of Spain?
But he felt betrayed by the US who stayed and occupied
How did the US build the Panama Canal?
The US helped the Panamanians seek independence from Colombia
TR used the big stick to bully Panama for ownership of the canal.
The “BIG STICK” is a metaphor for the US Navy
What is the Open Door Policy?
Request by the US that the countries that had lease holds in China keep their ports to vessels of all nations on equal terms.
Why did the US take over Hawaii?
Many Americans recognized the strategic and commercial value the territory and in1898 the islands were annexed and officially became a possession of the United states
Non violent revolution that took over the queen
What is Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy?
Something about using religion to justify using the right thing
He argued it was our moral obligation to use democracy in other countries
This would lead to the Jones act that gave Puerto Rico citizenship
WWJD
What was Howard Taft’s Foreign Policy?
Dollar diplomacy,use money to get what you’d want.
Taft used dollar diplomacy to improve the economic status of latin america countries such as the Dominican Republic.
What caused WWI?
Militarism
Alliances:Countries taking sides
Imperialism: Imperialist competition
Nationalism: European Nationalism
The test would provide these options and ask which does NOT belong
US being isolated has nothing to do with the war starting
US entered the war after the zimmerman note was sent to mexico
What are the effects of WWI?
Selective service act: lead to men being required to register for the draft
Wilson 14 points were designed to eliminate causes of war but only this league of nations passed at the post war peace talks.
US senators chose to NOT join the league of nations because it would it could drag us Europeans conflict
Women worked, industries were controlled by fed Gov, citizens had victory gardens BUT military still segregated.
What are the effects of WWI? Part 2
Propaganda was used by the CPI to support the war
Black people started to move into major cities after the war, German Americans were attacked,and victory gardens were planted( pick the one that’s not mentioned)
The war effect the economy by increasing production of food and materials
Passage #1:
“The present German submarine warfare against commerce [trade] is a warfare against mankind. The German policy has swept every restriction aside.
Wilson accuses Germany of sinking Americans Ships like the Lusitania
-The effects are Americans being against the Germans during WW1
Whoever, when the US is at war, shall willfully cause or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the US, or shall willfully obstruct the recruiting or enlistment service of the US, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 10,000 or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both…”
Source: Espionage Act of 1917
-the purpose of this act to prevent criticism of the war at home
-You can get arrested for
- criticizing the government war efforts
-distribing anti-war pamphlets
-refusing to serve if drafted
