Unit 3 History And Geogrophy

Who controlled cuba in the late 1800s?

Spanish

Delome Letter + Signifigance

Spanish Ambasador insulted U.S president William Mckinley in a parasite letter, calling him weak & a stupid politicion * cubans leaked letter to press

Spanish Lands U.S Gains Control of?

Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam * Philippines not current

US position at begging of war

Position of Neutrality

What were two cash crops grown in Hawii

Sugar and Pinapple

commander of the American Expeditionary Force In Europe(AEF)

Jhon J. Pershing

4 main causes of world war 1

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

What forms of goverment did Hawii have in the late 1800s?

Monarchy- Queen Lil

Woodrow Wilson diplomacy

Moral Diplomacy " world must be made safe for democracy"

Harlem Hell Fighters

The African American infantry unit that fought with the French Army in World War I -delt with racism

Why did the US enter the war?

threat to us shipping exports, still selling goods to war participants

Rough Riders? + famous member

unit of volunteers on horseback Calvary * teddy Roosevelt

What type of war characterized WWI along western front?

Trench Warfare

Four Allied Powers

UK, Russia, France, Italy

Moral Diplomacy- woodrow wilson

Us ideas moral, values, democracy, imperialism, for US

Pres of US during WWI

Woodrow Wilson

Does Cuba gain Independence after war?

Yes

immediate cause/ spark of world war 1

assasination of Austria- Hungarys Archduke Franz Ferninand

Bick still diplomacy- tho Rosevelt

emphasized acting boldly and decisively in dealing with other nations

Dollary Diplomacy - william taft

expand and protect American Trade & Investment in Latin America & Asia

Imperialism

expand, control, or influence weaker geographic areas beyond your own land

What is unrestricted submarine warfare? what country did this?

Germany Sank ships in the Atlantic without warning, especially in water near British isks

four central powers

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire

What rival newspapers engaged in yellow journalism and who were their editors?

Editors: william randolph heast - ny journal & joseph pulitzer- NY wand * their publications had a comic strip character called yellow kid

Which Spanish Land is not Happy With U.S Control

Filipinos resisted annexation after war

American Soldiers Called

" Doughboys"

What were the two names given to the war we now know as world war 1?

" The Great War" " The War to all Ends"

Selective Service Act

( the draft) began to increase the size of armed forces

Why were anti imperialists opposed to taking over other lands?

- Contrary to Democratic Principles; hypocritical -following isolation policy; why change? - if we didn't another would?

Why did the U.S seek to expand it's territory?

- Desire for raw materials & natural resources - New markets to sell goods -Spread American Democratic & Moral Ideas - Military expansion ( build military rural bases overseas for strategic purposes)

How would an imperialist respond to an anti imperialist?

- Economic Gain - Strategic Purpose ( military) - Brought National Prestige ( nationalism) -our duty to civilize less advanced people

What are the 3 reasons the spanish american war is called " Spelendid Little War"

- Few american combat casualties ( most died from disease) - Only Lasted 4 months -U.S. Dominated - Rough riders

What happened in Hawii 1893?

- Tax on sugar -queen + citizens appose annexation - Americans overthrow queen -Hawaii is annexed ( U.S territory)

What happend to the U.S.S Maine

- U.S battleship sent to havanh harbor - ship exploded ( killed 266 American Sailors) * Yellow Journalists blaimed spain- US declared a war on spain " Accident"

Why was US Neutral?

- US not threatened -distant European Conflict -Our Military was small VS. Euro

Alvin C New York

- pall man tn -contentious objector - congressional medal of honor

Conditions in Trenches

-cold -rats -damp -muddy -bodies

weapons and tec used in war

-machine guns/field guns -poison gas -Tanks -Submarines

when was world war 1 fought?

1914-1918

year US entered war

1917

No mans Land

A strip of land beween the trenches of opposing armies along the Western Front during WW1

Why did Americans sympathize with Cubans during this time?

Americans new what it was like to want independence?