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