Key Terms: U.S. Imperialism and World War I
Analyze the groups of key terms and describe their significance to each other.
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De Lome Letter / The Maine
Teller Resolution / Platt Amendment
Anti-Imperialist League
Philippine Independence/ Foraker Act of 1900 / Insular Supreme Court Cases
Open Door Policy / Gentlemen’s Agreement
Monroe Doctrine/ Roosevelt Corollary
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“Watchful Waiting” / Tampico Incident
Lusitania / Sussex Pledge / Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Zimmerman Telegram / Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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Selective Service Act
War Industries Board
Committee on Public Information
Fourteen Points / Paris Peace Conference
Treaty of Versailles / League of Nation / “The Lodge Reservations”
Chapter Questions
Chapter 27
1. What were the essential principles of Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy, and how did he apply
them to specific situations?
2. The text states that the Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe Doctrine distorted the original policy
statement of 1823. How did it do so (see Chapter 10)? Compare the circumstances and purposes
of the two policies
Chapter 29
1. How did Wilson’s foreign policy differ from that of the other great progressive president,
Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft (see Chapter 27)? Which president was more
effective in foreign policy and why?
2. Why was America so determined to stay out of World War I during the early years of the
conflict? What were the factors that gradually turned the government and the majority of
Americans against Germany?
Chapter 30
1. What did American women gain from their participation in the war effort? What did they fail to
obtain?
2. How was Wilson forced to compromise during the peace negotiations, and why did America, in
the end, refuse to ratify the treaty and join the League of Nations?
3. Do you agree that the final responsibility for the failure of America to join the League of Nations
lies with Woodrow Wilson rather than with his opponents like Henry Cabot Lodge? Why or why
not?