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1
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List times in which America acted like and imperialist country in the 1890s

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Native Americans
Mexican American War
Canada lust(war of 1812)

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Ways in which America behaved as an anti imperialist nation

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George Washington’s farewell address(avoid foreign entanglements

American revolution

Monroe doctrine

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4 events in the 1890s that enhanced or motivated imperialist ideas in US

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  1. 1890s census
  2. american paternalism
  3. economic issues
  4. Military concerns
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Long term causes of the spanish american war

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Spanish mistreatment of Cuba

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Short term causes of Spanish american war

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Sinking of USS Maine

De Lome letter

yellow journalism

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Treaty of Paris 1898

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End of spanish american war

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In the treaty of paris 1898 the US acquired colonies what are the colonies

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Puerto rico

Philippines

Guam

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How much did america pay for the philippines

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$20 million

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Teller Amendment

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Pre war agreement between US and Cuba that Cuba would remain independent and US wouldn’t take them over

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Platt Agreement

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Added to Cuban constitution. 3 main parts
1: cuba can’t make foreign treaties w/o US approval

2: Cuba cant go into debt to a foreign nation
3: US Govt has right to naval base in Cuba in perpetuity (Guantanimo Bay)

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Foraker Act

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Multi step process to teach democracy

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Steps in the Foraker Act

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1) military dictatorship
2) US President appoints gov, upper house, and natives elect lower house
3) US President appoints gov and natives elect both houses
4) commonwealth status
5) independence

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Commonwealth

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Natives elect all offices, control domestic affairs, but US controls all foreign affairs(trade, treaties, war, etc.)

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Dollar diplomacy

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USA Would intervene to:

  1. protect US investments abroad
  2. Keep all world markets open to US businesses
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Missionary Diplomacy

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US Would intervene to:

1. Stop another govt from unjust and immoral behavior to other nations

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16
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3 examples of dollar diplomacy

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Panama canal

Open door notes

Nicaragua

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17
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Two examples of missionary diplomacy

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Wilsonianism and WW1

Mexico

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18
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5 causes of WWI

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Imperialism

Militarism

Nationalism

Alliance System

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

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span of WW1 in Europe

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1914-1918

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Time span of WW1 in USA

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1917-1918

21
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What were the 2 sides in WW1

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Triple Alliance/Central Powers

Triple Entente/ The Allies

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Countries in Triple Alliance

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Austria hungary

Italy(switched sides)

Ottoman Empire

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Countries in Triple Entente

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England, france, russia

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Imperialism

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When a stronger nation imposes its military political or economic needs on a weaker nation

25
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panama canal

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US helped panama overthrow Columbian govt because Columbia wanted too much money for the rights to build the canal US wanted a 99 year lease

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open door notes

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John Hay proposed open door notes. they basically said that all nations have access to Chinese markets

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Nicaragua

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US loaned money to Nicaragua and when they couldn’t repay,the US sent the marines in to take over the railroads, banks, customs, etc, until the debt was repaid

28
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wilsonianism and WW1

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create global democracies replacing European monarchies and empires

29
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mexico

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US troops sent in after Wilson deemed an illegal coop

30
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reasons for US entry into the war

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  1. german sub(u boat attacks) like the Lusitania
  2. Zimmerman telegraph
  3. democracy vs monarchy(Wilsonianism)
  4. loaned great Britain and france $2.3 BILLION
  5. cultural ties
  6. sympathy for Belgium
31
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what was the Zimmerman telegraph

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Germany asked mexico to attack US so that US would be too busy to enter WW1

32
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how much money did usa lend to great Britain and france?

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$2.3 billion dollars

33
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espionage act 1917

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forbade false statements designed to impede the draft and promote military insubordination and banned from the mails of materials considered treasonous

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sedition act 1918

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unlawful to obstruct sale of war bonds and to use disloyal, profane, abusive language to describe the govts

35
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changing roles for women

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20% all workers in wartime electrical machinery, airplane, and food industries were women

36
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how many women worked in the railroad industry

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100,000

37
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selective service act

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males 18-45 registered for the draft. by the end of the war 24 million registered

38
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how many men American men served in the war

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4.8 million and 2 million served in france

39
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national war labor board

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smoothed conflicts between labor and management and took both sides

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war industries board

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headed by Bernard baruch. fixed prices, allocated supplies, and set production quotas, set standards. these all impacted private businesses

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food administration

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headed by Herbert hoover. the purpose of this was to increase production(victory gardens) and conserve(meatless, wheatless, sweetless meals)

42
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fuel administration

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controlled amounts and distribution of fuel

43
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war revenue act of 1917

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higher taxes on upper incomes

44
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who’s the head of the war industries board

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Bernard baruch

45
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committee on public information

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headed by George creel. the four minute men were apart of this group

46
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four minute men

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gave four minute speeches on three topics

  1. buy war bonds
  2. conserve and produce
  3. volunteer to fight
47
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war bonds did what

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financed most of the war ($1 billion to $25 billion)

48
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shenk case

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speech could be limited if it caused clear and present danger

49
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Lafollette’s speech

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free speech more important in times of war than any other time

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