American History
UNIT 4 REVIEW
Alfred Thayer Mahan argued
in the 1890s that national
security and prosperity
rested on a powerful
Not army
navy
___ journalism caused the
Spanish American War because
Hearst exaggerated Spanish
atrocities in Cuba
color
Yellow
Policy was that all nations
should have equal trading
rights in China
Not closed
window
Open Door
Act limited freedom of
speech during the War
Not Alien
Sedition
Over 21 million people died
in 1918 of
Vomit
Influenza
Theodore Roosevelt’s
volunteer cavalry unit in
the Spanish American War was
called
Not smooth
walkers
Rough Riders
U.S. treatment of the
Filipino rebels after the
Spanish American War was an
example of
Little Brown
Brothers
Racism
The leading opponents of
senate ratification of the
Treaty of Versailles were
the
Never Agree
Irreconciliables
The Panama Canal is an
example of Teddy Roosevelt’s
_____ Diplomacy
Not Little Twig
Big Stick
What gave the United States
the right to preserve order
in Cuba?
Flat Addition
Platt
Amendment
the leader of the Philippine
insurrection against the
Spanish and then US
occupation
Emilio
Aguinaldo
United States entered World
War I we would easily win
the war in a few months
George M.
Cohen’s Song
Over There
Syndrome
American Imperialism was
based on __________ Destiny,
Political D_______ & R______
superiority
Manifest
Darwinism
Racism
Anti-Imperialists argued that
American actions in Cuba and
the Philippines were violation
of the ______ _______ of the
United States.
Revolutionary
ideas
Founding
principles
Article 231 of the Treaty of
Versailles stated that
_______________ solely was
responsible for starting the
war
Not France
Germany
As a result of the SpanishAmerican War, the United
States gained the
territories of __, __, & ___
All islands
Guam,
Puerto Rico,
Philippines
Before the Spanish-American War,
both Hearst's New York Journal and
Pulitzer's New York World, tried to
increase circulation by publishing
tales of Spanish atrocities towards
the _______________ people.
Grow tobacco
Cuban
German ______ affected
America’s decision to enter
World War I after the
sinking of _______________
Small & large
boats
U-boats
Luisitania
how were these territories
added to the United States?
Hawaii:_____, Alaska: _____,
Philippines: _____
2 As & 1 P
Annexed
purchased
annexed
In his book, Alfred T. Mahan
convinced the United States
to build a world class
_______________
sailors
navy
In the negotiations leading to
Treaty of Versailles, Woodrow
Wilson was willing to sacrifice
other portions of his Fourteen
Points in order to gain Allied
approval of
Not United
Nations
League of
Nations
Most Filipinos when they liberated
from Spanish control and occupied
by American forces following the
Spanish-American War felt ________
and launched a violent ___________
that killed thousands and took
years to end
Tricked, fight
Betrayed,
rebellion
President Roosevelt sent
troops to support Panamanian
rebels because he wanted to
build a ____________ across
the Isthmus of Panama
Water channel
canal
Reasons for American Imperialism
included the establishment of
______ bases, to obtain __________
materials, and to compete as a
_________ ____________ with Europe
M, R, WP
military
raw
World Power
the defeat of the Treaty of Versailles in
the Senate was caused by Wilson’s failure to
invite key U.S. ____ to participate in the
U.S. delegation to the peace conference, a
backlash in American popular opinion against
______ in foreign affairs, and Wilson’s ____
and incapacitation during the ratification
process.
Congress, active, can’t move
Senators
involvement
stroke
The Roosevelt Corollary to
the Monroe Doctrine made the
U.S. Hemisphere
_______________________
cops
policemen
The slogan “Remember the
___________________!”
encouraged Americans to
support the Spanish American
War
NE State
Maine
United States interested in
gaining Hawaii, Guam, and
Samoa because we wanted
naval ports in the
_________________
Ocean
Pacific
United States came out of
World War I determined to
_________________ of foreign
affairs
Not keep in
Stay out
When World War I broke out
in Europe, ______ Americans
were pro-German because
hated the British for their
misrule of __________.
Ethnic Group
Irish,
Ireland
Zimmerman Telegram exposed a
_______________ plot to
enlist ____________________
into an alliance
nations
German,
Mexico
There will be some questions
testing your understanding
of primary sources and
political cartoons such as…
“The world must be made safe for
democracy. We have no selfish ends
to serve. We desire no conquest, no
dominion. We seek not material
compensation for the sacrifices we
shall freely make. We are but one
of the champions of the rights of
mankind.”
Woodrow Wilson, 1918