Social Studies Final Flashcards
established trade between US and Japan; presented letter calling for Japan to grant trading rights to Americans
Perry’s trip to Japan
US bought Alaska; his purchase was looked at as a frozen wasteland
Seward’s Folly
Cleveland rejected a proposal to annex; argued vote had been illegal and was not supported by the people of the islands
President Cleveland and the annexation of Hawaii
Congress voted to make it a territory of the United States under McKinley
vote to annex Hawaii
wanted to guarantee the rights of all nations to guarantee the rights of China on an equal basis; helped protect the US right to trade with China
The Open Door Policy
sinking led to war between US and Spain, explosion, killed 260, Spain was blamed, one of the causes of the Spanish American war
The Battleship Maine
war between Spain and US, US declared war on Spain, 4/11/1898, nine days later Congress agreed, under McKinley
Spanish American War
Panama was Province of Columbia, Roosevelt wanted to give Columbia 10 MIL up front and 250K a year to rent and build Panama Canal
Columbia and the Panama Canal
gave US permanent use and control of the ten mile across the Isthmus
the signing of the canal treaty
Monroe asserts US will NOT permit European nations to interfere with the free nations of Latin America
The Monroe Doctrine
Taft policy protects US economic investments in Latin America and in other regions; urges US bankers to invest heavily in Latin America and Asia
Dollar Diplomacy
tensions erupt in Europe; imperialism, nationalism, militarism were all causes; competing for trade and territory in Africa Asia and the Pacific
The start of WW1
military defeats; food shortages, uprising, czar overthrown, new govt vows to keep Russia in war
Russia in March 1917
380,000 men, opportunities restricted, widespread racism, still encouraged by African civil rights leaders to support the war; only 10 percent were sent to combat
African American troops in WW1
headed to run new food administration, hoover had directed relief in Belgium, now job to assure adequate food supply for civilians and troops
Herbert Hoover in WW1
encouraged to spy on your neighbors; opened mail, tapped phones, pry into medical records
American Protection League
SHe had a victory garden which was part of something Hoover urged. Garden was on WHite House Lawn
President’s Wilson’s wife
American troops in Europe
The American Expeditionary Force
Germans pulled back from Paris France, at first they continued to fight despite lots of losses over 800k
Germans reaction to American troops joining the war
prevent future wares
Wilson’s goal at the peace conference in Paris
the big 4, France, Britain, Italy and US
Paris Peace Conference - countries involved
toward the end of the war, troop movements contributed to worldwide epidemic, killed more people than 4 years of war
influenza
soldiers came home to seek jobs, prices rising, stiff resistance management to unions, led to strikes
soldiers returning from the war
devotion to the interests of one’s own country; pride in one’s nation or ethnic group
nationalism
government took stern meaures to suppress criticism of the war; under acts closed newspapers and jailed individuals for expressing anti war moves
espionage and sedition acts
under Lenin, seized govt in 1917 wanted to set Russia on Road to COmmunism
Bolsheviks
made alliance with France, fought to push Germany out of France
How the US got involved in WW1
France, Britain, Russia
WW1 the three top European allies
Wilson’s idealistic plan to prevent future wars, first five points dealt with factor that had led to war, the 6th thru 13th dealt wih territorial issues from war, the 14th and most important set up international organization and associatin of neighbors to guarantee world peace
Wilson’s 14 points
Technological advances made the war more lethal biplanes flew overhead and observed battleground and airplanes had machine guns and engaged in 1 on 1 dog fights
Airplanes in WW1
biggest scandal settled o Teapot DOme Wyoming a govt pwned oil reserve; rep secretly leased land and reserve in return for bribe; FZall was sentenced and sent to prison
Teapot Dome