11.4 Study Guide

Question 1

Yellow Journalism

Answer 1

Newspaper tycoons William Randolph Hearst Joseph Pulitzer tried to sway American sympathies in favor of Cuban rebels by using Yellow Journalism- the practice of sensationalizing stories.

Question 2

Which war led to the U.S. becoming a world power?

Answer 2

Spanish-American War

Question 3

List the effects of the Spanish American War on the U.S.

Answer 3

America becomes a world power

Question 4

What was the result of the Spanish American War?

Answer 4

America will be given control over territories in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Question 5

Why was the war with Spain a turning point in U.S. history?

Answer 5

Because the U.S now becomes an imperialistic power

Question 6

Which territories did the U.S. gain as a result of the Spanish American War?

Answer 6

Puerto Rico and Guam are made unincorporated U.S. territories.

Question 7

Why did the U.S. want to maintain control of the Philippines?

Answer 7

• America believed the Philippines were unfit to rule themselves.
• They believed it would be cowardly to give them back to Spain.
• The U.S. wanted access to a new market.

Question 8

What is Manifest Destiny?

Answer 8

The belief that the U.S. had a god-given right and duty to expand as a nation. Many Americans were comfortable with the idea of expanding beyond its borders because of a belief in Manifest Destiny.

Question 9

Define Imperialism

Answer 9

The government policy of expansion and acquiring new territories for political and economical control. The political and economic domination of strong nations over weaker nations.

Question 10

How did industrialization lead America to change its foreign policy from isolationism to imperialism in the 19th century?

Answer 10

American industrialization will reverse that policy due to the need for new markets and surplus manufactured goods.

Question 11

Social Darwinism

Answer 11

Applies Natural Law to explain society. Nations compete with each other politically, economically, and militarily. The strongest will survive.

Question 12

Social Gospel Movement

Answer 12

Applies religious principles to solve societal problems.

Question 13

Explain the U.S.’s Open Door Policy with China.

Answer 13

America’s attempt to solve the problem of foreign economic influence in China by stating that all countries should have equal trading rights with China.

Question 14

Why did the U.S. want to have an “Open Door” with China?

Answer 14

The U.S. wanted to gain access to China’s raw materials, resources, and markets.

Question 15

What was the Boxer Rebellion?

Answer 15

An attempt by China to end America’s, Japan’s, and several other European powers influence in China.

Question 16

What did Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy state?

Answer 16

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick-U.S. forces will become responsible for enforcing foreign policy in Central America. It was a message to Latin America that the U.S. would take a more active role in Latin American affairs, including the use of military intervention.

Question 17

What was Roosevelt trying to achieve with Big Stick Diplomacy?

Answer 17

The U.S. will become the international police of the Western Hemisphere.

Question 18

What was a weakness in Big Stick Diplomacy?

Answer 18

The U.S. military will become responsible for enforcing foreign policy in Central America.

Question 19

Which president acquired the rights to build the Panama Canal?

Answer 19

Teddy Roosevelt

Question 20

Why was the Panama Canal important to the U.S.?

Answer 20

The location of the Panama Canal was considered strategic for both military and economic reasons.

Question 21

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 21

Further European colonization in the Western Hemisphere is prohibited.

Question 22

What is Roosevelt’s lasting legacy?

Answer 22

President Roosevelt will be remembered for expanding the power of the president.

Question 23

How does the United States demonstrate its newly acquired power?

Answer 23

The U.S. demonstrated its newly acquired power in dealing with the Boxer Rebellion, the
Philippine-American War, and the Panama Canal.

Question 24

Dollar Diplomacy

Answer 24

• Dollar Diplomacy-give foreign aid, loans, and trade to influence a country’s behavior.
  - An effort to use economics and politics to increase U.S. influence abroad.
  - A policy where political power was applied to foreign nations to allow U.S. investment in them.

Question 25

Moral Diplomacy

Answer 25

Moral Diplomacy was the type of foreign policy that Woodrow Wilson tried to establish.
Wilson would try to establish a moral democratic government in Mexico.

Question 26

What event triggers the start of WWI

Answer 26

WWI begins when a Serbian group assassinates Austria-Hungary’s, Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Question 27

America’s position regarding the war prior to 1917?

Answer 27

America held an isolationist political position regarding the war up until 1917.

Question 28

Which country sank the cruise ship, The Lusitania?

Answer 28

May 7, 1915, a German u-boat sank the Lusitania, a British cruise liner.

Question 29

What will be a major factor in the U.S.’s decision to enter the war?

Answer 29

Jan, 31 1917 Germany announced unrestricted submarine warfare. This will be the primary reason and most important factor in America’s decision to enter the war.

Question 30

Explain the Zimmerman Note.

Answer 30

• Germany proposed that Mexico ally itself with Germany and in return Mexico would receive territory that it had lost to the U.S.
• A British official intercepted the message and spread the news to the U.S.

Question 31

Explain the Selective Service Act

Answer 31

The U.S. will enact the Selective Service Act which allows civilians to be drafted into the Army

Question 32

How will the U.S. increase its control of the economy during WWI?

Answer 32

The U.S. government will increase control of the economy during WWI by overseeing war related production.

Question 33

Despite the loss of workers to WWI, how did U.S. factories maintain production?

Answer 33

Factories will be able to continue production during WWI despite the loss of workers to the draft because women and minorities filled the jobs.

Question 34

How did WWI affect the cause of women’s suffrage?

Answer 34

WWI will affect the cause for women’s suffrage because it will set aside arguments about separate spheres for men and women.

Question 35

What was the purpose of The Food Administration?

Answer 35

The Food Administration was established during WWI to encourage Americans to conserve food.

Question 36

What is propaganda? And list examples.

Answer 36

To shape the public’s opinion, the government used various forms of propaganda:

• Movies
• Flyers
• Posters
• Bulletins

Question 37

Total War

Answer 37

Total War-full mobilization of the civilian economy, industry, and the citizenry itself for military purposes.

Question 38

The Espionage and Sedition Act

Answer 38

The U.S. will pass the Espionage and Sedition Act which made it illegal to speak out or print anything against the war in Europe.

Question 39

What was the effect of the U.S. becoming a world power?

Answer 39

The U.S becoming involved in WW1 was an effect of the U.S becoming a world power.

Question 40

Explain Wilson’s goal for a League of Nations.

Answer 40

The purpose of the League of Nations is to establish an organization to maintain world peace.

Question 41

Explain the Treaty of Versailles

Answer 41

The Treaty of Versailles is the peace treaty which ended WW1 and made Germany the big loser

• Germany would lose industrial and mining territory to France
• Germany would pay reparations
• Germany would have to publicly take blame for WW1

Question 42

List examples of Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Answer 42

The points gave countries territorial integrity and self-determination, the reduction of arms, and create a League of Nations.

Question 43

Why did some U.S. senators oppose the League of Nations?

Answer 43

At home, many U.S senators were opposed to the League of Nations because they felt it would get the U.S involved in the affairs of foreign nations.

Question 44

What was the effect of the U.S. not joining the League of Nations?

Answer 44

U.S Congress will vote to keep the U.S out of the League of Nations making it a weak organization