Module 8.03 America and the World Review

American Indian tribes were (and in many ways still are) independent nations. List two wars or battles that the United States engaged in with American Indians in the late 1800s.

• Dakota Sioux War 1862, Nez Perce War, Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of Wounded Knee, Sand Creek Massacre

• China, Southern Europe (Italy, Greece), Eastern Europe (Poland, Russia)

• Looking for economic opportunities, escaping violence/discrimination

• Unrestricted U-boat submarine warfare; Zimmerman telegram

List 3 places that immigrants were coming from during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

• China, Southern Europe (Italy, Greece), Eastern Europe (Poland, Russia)

• Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of Wounded Knee, Sand Creek Massacre

• Russia, Great Britain, France, United States

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Identify 3 causes of the Spanish-American War.

• 1. American business interests in Cuba

  2. Cuban communities in America and American support of independence 3. Sinking of the USS Maine

• 1. US gained Caribbean colonies - Puerto Rico, Cuba

  2. US gained Pacific colonies - Philippines, Guam

  3. US became an imperial power which was debated within US politics

Identify 3 results of the Spanish-American War.

• 1. American business interests in Cuba

  2. Cuban communities in America and American support of independence 3. Sinking of the USS Maine

• 1. US gained Caribbean colonies - Puerto Rico, Cuba

  2. US gained Pacific colonies - Philippines, Guam

  3. US became an imperial power which was debated within US politics

Describe Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick Diplomacy.

• declared that America could act as a police force in the Western Hemisphere to enforce treaties or intervene in a country’s domestic issues to protect American interests

• large navy to showcase American military power

• build and control a canal connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

• maintain a large and credible military/navy

Describe Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy and the Panama Canal.

• declared that America could act as a police force in the Western Hemisphere to enforce treaties or intervene in a country’s domestic issues to protect American interests

• large navy to showcase American military power

• build and control a canal connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

• maintain a large and credible military/navy

Describe Theodore Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet.

• declared that America could act as a police force in the Western Hemisphere to enforce treaties or intervene in a country’s domestic issues to protect American interests

• large navy to showcase American military power

• build and control a canal connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

• maintain a large and credible military/navy

Describe the Roosevelt Corollary.

• declared that America could act as a police force in the Western Hemisphere to enforce treaties or intervene in a country’s domestic issues to protect American interests

• large navy to showcase American military power

• build and control a canal connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

• maintain a large and credible military/navy

What were the 2 causes of the United States’ decision to enter World War I?

• maintain a large and credible military/navy

• Looking for economic opportunities, escaping violence/discrimination

• Unrestricted U-boat submarine warfare; Zimmerman telegram

Identify the major Allied Powers of World War I.

• Russia, Great Britain, France, United States, Serbia, Belgium

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria