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Goals 6 and 8 Test Study Guide
Goal 6: Imperialism and the Spanish American War
1. Define imperialism: _______________________________________________________________________
2. Define banana republic: ____________________________________________________________________
3. Define spheres of influence: ________________________________________________________________
4. A_________ T. M__________ wrote the Influence of Sea Power Upon History, thereby influencing future president
T_________ R___________ to become a proponent of imperialism. Mahan believed that the U.S. needed island
colonies to serve as ___________________ and _________________.
5. Josiah Strong believed the U.S. should engage in imperialism because _______________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________.
6. Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem called “_____________ ________’s _______________,” that detailed the idea that
______________________________________________________________________________.
7. Sanford B. Dole overthrew Queen _______________________ of Hawaii and set the islands up as a republic. The
U.S. annexed Hawaii despite Pres. McKinley’s objections that it was illegal.
8. When the Secretary of State purchased Alaska for $_______________, it was termed S________’s F_______ because
it was believed to be a chunk of ice but it later proved valuable as a source of ______ & _______.
9. A revolution for Cuban independence from Spain resulted in _____________ journalism by New York newspaper
publishers W_____________ R___________ H___________ and J___________ P__________.
10. The D____________ L________________ and the sinking of the U________ M___________ served as the sparks
for the S____________ A______________ War (aka The “___________ _________ War”).
11. Commodore G____________ D____________ led the assault on Manila Bay when the U.S. navy took the
P______________ from the Spanish. Future president T____________ R_____________ led the R______
R__________ (a volunteer cavalry regiment) in the Battle of San Juan Hill.
12. The Teller Amendment stated that __________________________________________________________.
13. The terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 were:
1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________
14. The Platt Amendment stated that ___________________________________________________________.
15. The A_____-I______________ L____________ formed in response to U.S. treatment of the Philippines. Some of its
famous members included __________________________ and _________________________.
16. When T____________ R____________ became president he sponsored a revolution for independence in
P_____________ so that he could build a canal connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific. P__________ was a province
of C______________.
17. Secretary of State under Pres. Roosevelt, J________ H_______ issued the O________ D________ Notes asking that
___________________________________________________________________________. Roosevelt sent the
G____________ W____________ F__________ to circumnavigate the globe and demonstrate American naval
power.
18. The United States helped with a multinational military force that put down the B____________ R________ in China.
The B_________s killed Christian missionaries and other non-Chinese because they saw westernization as a threat.
Pres. Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation of the R________-J___________ War.
19. Roosevelt called his foreign policy program B______ S______ Diplomacy. He made a corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine which stated _____________________________________________________________.
20. Taft called his foreign policy program D___________ Diplomacy meaning _________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________.
21. Wilson called his foreign policy program M__________ Diplomacy meaning ________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________.
22. Wilson sent Gen. John Pershing into Mexico with 6,000 troops after P____________ V___________ killed 36
Americans during the Mexican Revolution.
Goal 8: World War I
23. Spark? (for the world) _______________________________________________________________________
24. Long-term Causes:
M _________________: _____________________________________________________________________
A __________________: _____________________________________________________________________
I __________________: _____________________________________________________________________
N __________________: _____________________________________________________________________
25. Name the European countries that make up the opposing sides in World War I:
Central Powers
Allies
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__________________________
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26. What is the United States’ initial reaction? They choose this (non)action because it will protect…?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
* Germany’s submarine warfare signaled the need for “________________” → this led to a build up of armed forces and
the Council of National Defense that increased cooperation between the military and businesses.
27. Long Range Causes for U.S. Involvement (see review text)
1. _____________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________________
28. Short Range Causes for U.S. Involvement
1) Submarine Warfare → German U-boats sank the L____________________ when the Germans assumed that
c__________________ was on board with the passengers, killing 128 Americans.
2) German officials sent the ___________________ Telegram to __________ asking our neighbor to attack the U.S. in
exchange for the Southwest.
3) The Russian and B_____________ revolutions in ____________ overthrew the autocratic czar and made Americans
more comfortable with joining the Allies’ cause.
29. Mobilization of Resources
How did the U.S. mobilize?
1) Men
________________________________________
2) Money
________________________________________
3) Industry
________________________________________
4) Transportation
________________________________________
5) Agriculture
________________________________________
6) Foreign Commerce
________________________________________
7) Public Opinion
________________________________________
30. WWI Leaders
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Bernard Baruch → head of ______________________________________
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George Creel → head of _______________________________________
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Herbert Hoover → head of ______________________________________
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Gen. John J. Pershing → led _____________________________________
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Pres. Woodrow Wilson → led ____________________________________
The U.S. at War
31. Define:
1. trench warfare: ___________________________________________________________________________
2. “no man’s land”: _________________________________________________________________________
3. mustard gas: _____________________________________________________________________________
4. doughboys: ______________________________________________________________________________
32. Wartime Issues at home
1) The __________________________ Act → (the draft) was viewed by many as a threat. Those who thought the war
was declared to help American businesses make money: ______________________________, and those who thought
the war was immoral _______________. (see review text)
2) The Espionage and Sedition Acts → fines and prison time for those who spoke out against the government’s wartime
actions. E____________ V. D__________ of the I_______________ W___________ of the W_________ labor
union was sentenced to 10 years in prison for speaking out against the draft.
3) _____________ v. United States → plaintiff mailed leaflets urging draftees not to serve and was jailed under the new
law; appealed through his 1st amendment right to ______________________________________. The court ruled
that some speech posing a “clear and present danger” to the public was not protected.
4) The _____________________ raids were controversial raids by the U.S. ___________ Dept. that searched the homes
and offices of radical leftists. Many were jailed/deported as a result.
5) Isolationists like J______________ R___________ (the first female member of Congress) opposed U.S. involvement
in World War I.
After the Armistice (suspension of hostilities)
33. World War I ended on the ___________ hour of the _________ day of the __________ month of 1918. As the
B___________ F___________ (made up of __________________, ________________, ______________, and
________________) prepared to meet for the Paris Peace Conference, Woodrow Wilson drew up a plan for “peace
without ________________” called the F_________________ P__________________.
34. F______________ P_______________
Which part of MAIN does it solve?
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End to secret treaties
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_________________
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Freedom of the seas
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_________________
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Freedom of trade
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_________________
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Reduction of weapons
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_________________
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Self-determination
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_________________
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League of Nations
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_________________
35. Treaty of Versailles
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characterized by the Allies’ Revenge. The European members of the Allies wanted to make sure Germany was
weakened and required to pay __________________________
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Germany was required to pay reparations, to disband armed forces, and accept full responsibility for the war. In
addition, Germany was forbidden to manufacture war materials.
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The League of Nations
36. The U.S. Senate Response to the Treaty of Versailles
The League of Nations was opposed by isolationists and reservationists (led by Senator __________ __________
_______________).
* The U.S. never approved the treaty or joined the ___________________________ – dooming both to failure.
37. Postwar Foreign Policy
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__________________________________________: conference where ratios were set up for ship construction and
decisions were made concerning naval power in the Pacific.
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German war reparations = $_______ billion → The United States re-established isolationism and could not negotiate
to reduce this debt. However, the ____________ Plan set up a system to help Germany pay off its war reparations.