Imperialism & WWI

Big Stick Diplomacy is when a country…

• uses talking as a means of settling things

• uses kidnapping as a means of negotiation

• shows off its’ military might to intimidate

• uses only bombs and never soldiers

President Roosevelt believed that having a canal through Central America would save time and money for commercial and military shipping and

• necessary for maintaining influence in Asia

• was vital to U.S. Navy & world trade

• would benefit the people of Central America

• would establish new markets in South America

Germany built u-boats in response to England's naval strength. What is this an example of? 

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism
• Nationalism

What was the "spark" of WWI in Europe?

• The assassination of Ferdinand.

• Nationalist movements in the Balkans

• Imperialism in Africa

• The sinking of the Lusitania

What incident finally convinced the US that war was necessary?

• The sinking of the Lusitania
• The Zimmermann Telegram
• The Schleiffen Plan
• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

What was President Wilson's peace plan called?

• 10 Points
• 12 Points
• 14 Points
• 20 Points

In victory gardens, people grew food to

• eat at home
• can in the factories
• feed the farm animals
• send to the soliders

One of the causes that made the United States think about joining the war happened on May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank

• the Maine

• The Titanic

• The Lusitania

• The Queen Mary

The first war time draft was implemented through the

• espionage act

• selective service act

• sedition act

• war board committee

What treaty officially ended WWI?

• Brest-Litovsk
• Paris
• Versailles
• Trafalgar