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EXAMINATION  2  REVIEW:

EXAM REVIEW:
 
Chapter 20—An American Empire:
 
You should know:
  • What led to the idea of American imperialism—i.e. Idea of imperialism already gripping Europe, Economic considerations, Christian missionaries, expansion beyond the continent, notion of Anglo-Saxon superiority, and religion
  • Initial expansion in the Pacific region—Alaska, Hawai’i and Samoa
  • Overthrow of Hawai’ian monarchy
  • Spanish-American War—Causes, course of war (Dewey/Philippines; Roosevelt/Cuba), and outcome of the war
  • Involvement in China—“Open Door” policy in China
  • Election of 1900—McKinley’s Assassination and Theodore Roosevelt as President—“Roosevelt Corollary”
  • Philippine-American War
  • Panama Canal, Russo-Japanese War and involvement in Europe
 
Chapter 21—The Progressive Era:
 
You should know:
  • The nature of Progressivism—i.e. Reaction to the Gilded Age; more democracy; honest, efficient government; business regulations; greater social justice
  • What led up to the Progressive Era—Problems with industrialization; urban reform; socialist critique of living/working conditions; and muckrakers
  • Themes of Progressivism—Democracy; efficient, good government; regulation of giant corporations; social justice
  • What the progressive era presidents—Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson—accomplished during their respective administrations—regulation, trust-busting, Federal Reserve and income tax
 
Chapter 22—America and the Great War:
 
You should know:
  • Nature of Wilson and foreign policy—inexperienced and idealistic
  • Wilson and Latin America—Mexico intervention, dollar diplomacy, Latin American intervention
  • American neutrality during World War I—Strict neutrality, sinking of Lusitania, views of immigrants, economic credit to Allies, preparedness debates
  • Election of 1916
  • Toward intervention in World War I—Attempts to mediate, German submarine warfare, Zimmermann Telegram, Russian Revolution
  • American participation in World War I—Support of Allies, home front and civil liberties, America’s role in the war, Russian intervention
  • Peacemaking—Wilson’s 14 Points, League of Nations, Versailles Treaty, Rejection of Versailles Treaty in US
  • Post-war—Spanish Flu pandemic, Red Scare, race riots, Labor unrest
 
TERMS:
 
  1. New Manifest Destiny
  2. Alfred T. Mahan and Influence of Sea Power
  3. Queen Liliuokalani
  4. “Yellow Journalism”
  5. U.S.S. Maine
  6. De Lome Letter
  7. Admiral Dewey
  8. Rough Riders
  9. Platte Amendment
  10. Emilio Aguinaldo
  11. “Open Door” Policy
  12. “Roosevelt Corollary”
  13. Hay-Herran treaty
  14. Great White Fleet
  15. William Demarest Lloyd
  16. Russo-Japanese War/Treaty of Portsmouth
  17. Dollar Diplomacy
  18. Muckrakers
  19. Social Gospel
  20. 16 Amendment
  21. 17 Amendment
  22. Square Deal
  23. Elkins Act
  24. Hepburn Act
  25. Federal Reserve Act
  26. Federal Trade Commission
  27. Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party)
  28. New Freedom
  29. The Jungle
  30. Clayton Anti-Trust Act
  31. Lusitania
  32. Western Front
  33. Trench Warfare
  34. Zimmerman Telegram
  35. War Industrial Board
  36. Espionage and Sedition Acts
  37. 14 Points
  38. League of Nations
  39. 19th Amendment
  40. First Red Scare
  41. Henry Cabot Lodge
  42. Spanish Influenza
 

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