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U.S. History Review Guide Imperialism/World War I Name:__________________ Teacher:________________ This is not a required assignment . It is a test study guide. Completing and studying this guide will be very helpful on this unit test. Numerous questions on this guide could be answered from your notes and other assignments BUT some are items from your assigned chapter reading. Chapter 10 US Imperialism 1) What factors stimulated the growth of U.S. imperialism? 2) What factors caused the Spanish-American War? 3) What territories were gained by America as a result of the Treaty of Paris (that ended the Spanish American War) 4) What happened to Cuba as a result of the Spanish American War? As part of your answer explain the purpose of the Platt Amendment, 5) Explain the Open Door policy. 6) Explain how the following are all examples of Roosevelt's "Big Stick" Diplomacy? - the taking of the Panama Canal Zone. - maintaining the right to intervene in Latin American affairs. - The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. 7) Why did the US build the Panama Canal? 8) What are some reasons that some American’s gave for not supporting the policy of imperialism? 9) What is Dollar Diplomacy? 10) What is Missionary Diplomacy? Chapter 11 WWI 11) What is no-man’s land? 12. What assassination led to the beginning of WWI? 13) What nations made up the “Big 4” ? . 14) Why did the Allies (Britain, France, Italy) reject most of Wilson’s 14 Points? 15) List and explain the 4 long term causes of WWI 16) What nations made up the Central Powers? 17) What nations made up the main alliance know as the “Allies”? 18) What was the Zimmerman note (telegram)? Why did it make Wilson think war was unavoidable? 19) What caused Russia to withdraw from World War I? 20) How did German U-boat attacks become the issue MOST responsible for turning American public opinion against Germany? 21) What was “the Sussex Pledge”. 22) How did the British Blockade complicate the issue of the U.S. trying to stay a neutral nation? 23) Explain what The Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 were and how they violated the Constitution. 24) What nations were present at the Versailles Peace Conference 25) What was included in Wilson's 14 Points? 26) Who gave a speech that spoke of America's duty "… (to fight to make) the world safe for democracy . . . "? 27) Which country did Germany invade on its way into France in 1914? . 28) What was the foreign policy position that the US took when WWI began in Europe in 1914? 29) In the early years of WWI, why did the Central Powers say that the US was not neutral? 30) What happened to increase tension between the United States and Germany in early 1917 ? 31) What were the main components of President Wilson’s 14 Points? 32) During the Versailles Peace Conference how did the French and British feel about who should receive the blame for the war ? 33) Why did many Republican senators oppose the League of Nations? 34) How did the U.S. government raise the MOST money for waging WWI? 35) Prior to WWI, was the US involved in any alliances with European nations? 36) "The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month" is significant for what reason? 37) How did banking loans to the Allies affect US feelings about WWI? 38) In WWI what types of items would be considered “contraband of war”? 39) In what ways did women contribute to the United States war effort? Map Identification: Use your Chapter 10 map assignment for the imperialism maps and page 400 in your text for the World War I maps. Map #1 - Imperialism Guam the Philippines Panama Canal Cuba Hawaii China Puerto Rico Map #2 - Europe in 1914 Germany Austria-Hungary France Russia Serbia Map #3 - Europe in 1918 Germany Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Hungary Italy Russia Great Britain