USH Unit 5

What did “big stick diplomacy”, “dollar diplomacy”, and “moral diplomacy” all have in common?

• They each resulted in United States intervention in Latin America

• They were policies that represented isolationist views of Americans

• They each resulted in undermining the Monroe Doctrine 

• They led to a worldwide view of the United States as weak 

Accurately describe the role of women during World War I

One major goal of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points was to:

• Collect war reparations for the United States 

• Create a League of Nations to prevent future wars and maintain peace

• Maintain United States large navy

• Punish the nations that started World War I

What was the Great Migration

• A mass movement of political refugees from Asia

• The political refugees from Cuba and Latin American

• The waves of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe during imperialism

• The movement of southern African Americans to the North during World War I

The policy in which a strong nation seeks to expand its powers beyond its borders; to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically.

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Nativism

What were the MAIN causes of World War I?

What was the Platt Amendment

• Added the the Cuban constitution and allowed for US intervention in Cuba

• It granted Cuba its independence from Spain

• Allowed the US to build a panama across Cuba for easier access to resources

• It allowed Spain intervention in Cuba after the war

What role did propaganda play during World War I?

What marked the beginning of imperialism and allowed the US to become a world power

• World War 1

• Gaining control of Hawaii and Alaska

• US involvement in Mexico

• Spanish American War

How did militarism threaten the peace in early 20th century Europe? 

• Countries competed for natural resources and markets by acquiring new territories

• Competitions for larger navies caused an arms race between major countries

• Alliances between minor countries resulted in rivalries with major countries 

• Members of ethnic groups attempted to unite territories under one national government