Download US Foreign Policy and WW I

Unit 9:
U.S. Foreign Policy &
World War I
•Spanish-American
•“Social
•TeddyDarwinism”
Roosevelt: War:
USS
yellow
journalism 1898—1914
American
Imperialism,
•Need
forMaine;
resources
& markets
“Big
Stick”
diplomacy
Treaty
ofof
Paris,
1898 to the Monroe Doctrine
•Annexation
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Corollary
U.S.
gained
Philippines,
•Open
Door
Policy
in China Guam, Puerto Rico
Panama
Canal
•Philippine War, 1899
•Anti-Imperialist League
The Balkans
The Eastern Front
The Western
The Allied
Front Powers
The Central Powers
Reasons for U.S. Entry into World War I
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
vs. Freedom of the Seas
Zimmerman Telegram
“To Make the World Safe for Democracy”
Homefront
•Total War:
 Selective Service Act,
Committee on Public Info,
War Industries Board
 Rationing, war bonds
 Sedition & Espionage Acts
African Americans, Women, Red Scare
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Points 1-5:
New International Rules
Points 6-13:
Divided Empires, New Nations,
Self-Determination
Point 14: A League of Nations
Members of the League of Nations (in black)
The U.S. never joined the League & signed its
own peace treaty with Germany in 1921