US Imperialism and WWI Test Study Guide
US
Imperialism
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Spanish
American
War
WWI
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WWI
Homefront
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Foreign Policy Spectrum
(isolationist, collective security,
interventionist, imperialist)
3 factors that fueled US imperialism
Yellow Journalism
Countries the US intervened in
Big Stick Policy
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Bayonette Constitution
Panama Canal
Boxer Rebellion
Spheres of Influence
Seward’s Folly
Dollar Dipolmacy
Moral Diplomacy
Causes of the war (6, some listed
separately here, others not)
Reconcentration Camps
USS Maine
De Lome Letter
Four M.A.I.N. causes of the war
Assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand of Austria Hungary
Lusitania
When did the US get involved
Zimmerman Telegram
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Trench Warfare
No-Man’s land
Chemical Weapons
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Teller Amendment
US territorial gains after war
Rough Riders
Yellow Journalism
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What empires collapsed
because of the war
Big 4 (countries and leaders)
Reparations
War Guilt
Self-determination
Mandates
League of Nations
14 points
Treaty of Versailles
American Expeditionary Force
Conscientious Objectors
Committee on Public Information
Espionage Act
Sedition Act
African American’s response to the
war
League of Nations
Draft
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Wobblies
War Industries Board
Ways American families
supported the war effort
Why didn’t the US ratify the
treaty
Partisanship