WWI and AGE OF IMPERIALISM EOC

What does this political cartoon best represent?

• Public opposition to the League of Nations

• German Imperial Fleet discussing a blockade of Mexico

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• Talks of Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare

Why did the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?

• Senators opposed the severe sanctions that the treaty placed on Germany

• Senators feared the League of Nations would involve the U.S. in foreign wars

• Senators felt the League of Nations would interfere with American plans in the Philippines

• Senators predicted that membership in the new League of Nations would be too expensive

Which BEST describes how American women reacted to U.S. entry into WWI?

• Most supported the war effort and many filled men's jobs

• Because of the shortage of enlisted men, many women served in combat for the first time

• Women's continuing protests for women's suffrage dangerously impeded the war effort

• Large numbers of women were forced to move from their homes to meet wartime needs

What was one result of Dollar Diplomacy

• The French began the construction of the Panama Canal

• Yellow Fever and Malaria killed many workers

• The U.S. government encouraged American business to invest money in Latin America

• Time was cut drastically traveling from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans

Why is the construction of the Panama Canal considered one of the world's greatest engineering feats?

• It successfully connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• It created the country of Panama

• It allowed the United States to purchase Cuba form Spain

• It played an important role in ending the Russo-Japanese War

Why did Admiral Alfred T. Mahan feel the United States should build up its naval power?

• To U.S. ground troops could employ the Gatlin Gun to defeat the Spanish

• So the Rough Riders could be successful in taking San Juan Hill

• So sailors would be safe from Yellow Fever and Malaria

• To aid in American expansionism

What role did the United States play in the revolution in Panama

• The U.S. encouraged and funded the Panama Revolution against Columbia in order to get access to build a canal

• The United States deployed the U.S.S. Maine off the coast of Panama to intimidate Columbia

• The United States put the Columbian Queen under house arrest until she agreed to sign an agreement to give up land to sugar farmers

• The U.S. encouraged to French to loan money to Panama and other Latin American nations to build railroads

Printing sensational, often exagerated news stories in order to attract more readers and sell more papers.

• yellow fever

• yellow journalism

• imperialism

• isolationism

The practice of gaining power by taking over foreign countries and ruling them.

• yellow fever

• yellow journalism

• imperialism

• isolationism

It was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine, stating the United States had the right to protect its economic interests in South and Central America by using military force.

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Moral Diplomacy