VUS 9

The US Involvement in
Latin America and Asia

Latin American- The Spanish-American War

Causes:

●Cubans desire for independence from Spain

●Damage to America’s investment in Cuba ($50
million)

●Yellow journalism- exaggerated stories

●Destruction of the US battleship Maine in the
Havana harbor (266 persons died)

Effects:

●President McKinley asked congress for
authority to use force on Spain on April 11,
1898.

●Spain declared war on America

●The war lasted less than 4 months with a U.S.
victory

●The Treaty of Paris is signed in 1898

●Results:

●Cuba gains its independence

●U.S. gets the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and
Guam

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Multiple Choice

All of these were gained by the US in the Spanish American War EXCEPT for

• Philippines

• Hawaii

• Puerto Rico

• Guam

Multiple Choice

Which country gained its independence as a result of the Spanish American War?

• Spain

• Puerto Rico

• Cuba

• Guam

Multiple Choice

What caused the Americans to enter the war?

• Bombing of the U.S.S. Maine

• Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders

• Bombing of Key West Florida

• Battle of San Juan Hill

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the United States' involvement in the Spanish American War? 

• To protect the U.S. business interests in the Caribbean.

• To prevent the spread of Communism.

• To establish dominance over the Western Hemisphere

The United States Right to

Intervene in Cuba

The United States Asserted its Rights to Intervene in Cuban

Multiple Choice

 What ensured that Cuba would remain tied to the United States?

• Foraker Act

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Anglo-Saxonism

• Platt Amendment

Multiple Choice

The U.S.’s responsibility to be an international “police power” in the Western Hemisphere to “keep order

• Imperialism

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Expansionism

• Dollar Diplomacy

Multiple Choice

Which U.S. President advocated for Big Stick Diplomacy?

• James Monroe

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• John F Kennedy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was intended to prevent Europe from becoming involved

in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Yellow Journalism

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Big Stick Diplomacy

Multiple Choice

Threatening use of force in Latin America if need be

• Shuttle Diplomacy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Moral Diplomacy

Multiple Choice

What event does this cartoon depict?

• US building the Panama Canal

• Dollar diplomacy in action

• Beginning of the Big Stick policy

• Roosevelt fighting in the Spanish American War

Multiple Choice

Who was the U.S. President who oversaw the construction of the Panama Canal?

• Abraham

  Lincoln

• George Washington

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Mckinley

Multiple Choice

Which two oceans does the Panama Canal connect?

• Pacific and the Arctic

• Pacific and the Indian

• Atlantic and the Mediterranean

• Atlantic and the Pacific

Multiple Choice

What are some benefits of the Panama Canal, click all that apply.

• Lowers the cost of goods

• Has traffic jams

• Allows for easy trade between Europe, Asia, and South America

• Expensive tolls

Multiple Choice

Taking over other smaller countries for our benefit

• Imperialism

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Domestic Policy

• Monroe Doctrine

Multiple Choice

Which of the following states the U.S. has the right to interfere in economic

matters of the other nations in the Americas?

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Monroe Doctrine

• Yellow Journalism

• Roosevelt Corollary

Multiple Choice

According to the Roosevelt Corollary, what was the role of the US in the Western Hemisphere? 

• Okay for Europeans to imperialize

• allow imperialism in the Americas

• prevent Europeans from intervening in Latin American affairs

• remain neutral and not interfere in foreign affairs

Asia and the Pacific

UNITED ANNEXATION OF HAWAII

Causes:

●Changes in the Hawaiian constitution
resulted in an increase of power for
wealthy plantation owners

●Tariff law

●Queen of Hawaii resented the power of
white planters

●Abolition the constitution that gave
political power to the white minority

Effects:

●The queen was overthrown in 1893

●New Government led by Santon B. Dole

●In 1898 congress proclaimed Hawaii as
official U.S. territory

Multiple Choice

The Open Door Policy was important to US merchants because its goal was to

• control the economy of Latin America

• Limit commercial activity in Europe

• ensure freedom of trade with China

• Grant exclusive trading rights with Hawaii

Multiple Choice

Which European country colonized the Philippines?

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

• Russia

Multiple Choice

The new government in Hawaii was led by

• Santon B. Dole

• George Washington

• T. Roosevelt

• JFK

Racial conflict in the Spanish-American War and the Philippines

● African American soldiers and sailors eagerly enlisted to fight

but were kept in segregated units

● The long fight against the Filipinos after the American arrival

was often interpreted in the United States as a struggle between
white and “colored” peoples

World War 1

1914-1918

​

Multiple Choice

Who were the Central Powers in WWI?

• Germany, Russia, France

• Germany, China, Kenya

• Austria-Hungary, Italy, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire

• Spain, Germany, and Italy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following countries comprised the Allied Powers during World War I?

• Great Britain, France, United States

• France, Germany, United States

• Great Britain, France, Spain

• Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary

Multiple Choice

What sparked World War I?

• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Germany sank the Lusitania

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The Zimmerman Telegram

The United States Involvement in WW1- 1917

​United States' involvement in World War I

• The war began in Europe in 1914 when Germany and Austria-Hungary went to war with Britain, France, and Russia.

• For three years, America maintained neutrality due to popular support for isolationism.

• The decision to enter the war was the result of continuing German submarine warfare (violating freedom of the seas) and American ties to Great Britain.

• More than 350,000 African Americans fought for the Allied forces, often restricted to support roles but sometimes on the front lines

​​United States' involvement in World War I

• Immigration from Europe stopped and factories in the North needed laborers; 

• Americans wanted to “make the world safe for democracy.” (Woodrow Wilson)

• America’s military resources of soldiers and war materials tipped the balance of the war and led to Germany’s defeat.

Multiple Choice

When did the U.S. join WWI?

• 1918

• 1914

• 1939

• 1917

Multiple Choice

What side did the U.S. help in WWI?

• Axis Powers

• Triple Entente

• Triple Alliance

• Central Power

Multiple Choice

When war broke out in 1914, the U.S. had a policy of _________.

• Naivety

• Involvement

• Capitalism

• Neutrality

Multiple Choice

What does neutrality mean?

• Not taking a side in a conflict

• Not taking a side in a conflict in order to help one side more than the other.

• Fighting the people you disagree with in a conflict

• Helping out the people you agree with in a conflict

Multiple Choice

Which was NOT an event that caused America to join World War I?

• Unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans

• interception of the Zimmerman telegram

• yellow journalism about the sinking of the Lusitania

• Prohibition

Multiple Choice

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

• It was a telegram from Germany asking Mexico to be friends with the US

• It was a telegram from Germany asking Mexico to attack the US

• A letter from Great Britain to Mexico to attack Japan

• It was a telegram from Britain asking the US to join forces with them

Multiple Choice

Which of these was not a reason for US involvement in World War I?

• Germany's unrestricted Submarine Warfare

• The sinking of the Lusitania

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• The sinking of the USS Maine

​Wilson’s plan to eliminate the causes of war

• Key points

• Self-determination

• Freedom of the seas

• League of Nations

​Fourteen Points

​Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles failed to secure a just and lasting peace.

• The French and English insisted on the punishment of Germany.

• A League of Nations was created.

• National boundaries were redrawn, creating many new nations.

• The Mandate System was established in the Middle East.

Multiple Choice

The Treaty of Versailles was based on which of the following?

• Wilson's 14 Points

• The Monroe Doctrine

• War Reparation

• U-boats

Multiple Choice

Who had to take the blame for World War I according to the Treaty of Versailles?

• Italy

• Germany

• France

• Austria-Hungary

Multiple Choice

Who was the President of the United States during WWI?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Grover Cleveland

Multiple Choice

What was not a provision of the treaty of Versailles?

• Germany + Austria Hungary had to give up territories

• Germany did not have to repay the countries for the war

• Germany was not allowed the export weapons

• Germany had to accept full responsibility

League of Nations debate in the United States

• ​Many senators objected to United States foreign policy decisions being made by international organizations rather than United States leaders.

• The United States Senate’s failure to approve the Treaty of Versailles led to the United States not joining the League of Nations.

Multiple Choice

Why did the United States Senate refuse to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

• They wanted Germany to take more responsibility for their role in causing the war in the first place

• They feared joining the League of Nations would limit the ability of the US to declare war if needed

• They didn't want the war to end

Multiple Choice

What were the senator's thoughts about the League of Nations?

• If the US signed, it would drag us into more wars

• If the US signed, we would be protected from future world wars

• If the US signed, we would not be able to follow Fourteen Points.

• If the US didn't sign, we would declare war on Germany