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| God given right to have land, land is ours. |
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| What was the U.S.S. Maine? |
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| a ship that exploded in 1898, U.S. thought it was the Spanish but turned out to be electrical. |
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| newspapers wrote about the atrocities in Cuba. Reports by Hearst about Spanish atrocities. |
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| William McKinley and what did he say about the Phillipines? |
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| President that was shot. He said that the U.S. should take over the islands in order to "uplift and Christianize them." |
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| a league of Mark Twain, Carl Schurz, Jane Adams and etc. They declared "We regret that it has become necessary in the land of Washington and Lincoln to reaffirm that all men, of whatever race or color; are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." |
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| Reason for going to War on a Public level? |
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| America thought on a public level that the reason why they went in was to Liberate Cuba. |
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| Reason for going to War on a government level? |
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| On a government level for self interest, like sugar, a naval base, and economic growth like new markets. |
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| Imperialism is the action of a country taking over another country. Or territories. Or One who dominates the political, social, and economic life of another. Policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial accusation or by establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations. |
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| a poem writen in 1899 by Rudyard Kipling. whiteman is responsible for civilizing dark people or cleaning the dark corners of the earth. a summons to act; proponent of imperialism and social darwinism |
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| Senator Albert Beveridge what did he have to say about the Phillipines? |
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| Senator Albert Beveridge expressed similar ideas about the Phillipines as the President, he said "leaving the Phillipines would only encourage other foreign powers to fight over the islands." |
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| Did Americans like or dislike the aquisition of overseas territory? |
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| Many Americans opposed the aquisition. |
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| A German immigrant working in the U.S. gov't. |
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| What did Carl Schurz think? And say about foreigners? |
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| He thought that ruling people against their will was immoral, getting the new territory would cost too much. He said that other peoples were "utterly alien to us, not only in origin and language, but in habits, traditions, ways of thinking, principles, ambitions." |
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| How did Emilio Aguinaldo and his followers feel after the learned the terms of the peace treaty? What did they do after this? |
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| they felt betrayed. they vowed to continue the fight for their independence. |
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| what was the Zimmerman note, when was note found, and what effect did it have? |
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The Zimmerman note was from Germany to Mexico, if Mexico joined in Mexico would recapture Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
The note was intercepted by the British in 1917. It angered the U.S. |
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| World War I began on ____________(date) with the bombing of _____________. The USA entered the war officially on ____________, and it ended with an armistice on _____________. |
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| July 28, 1914; Belgrade; April 2, 1917; Nov 11, 1918 |
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| The civil liberties of American citizens were alarmingly curtailed by three laws: The Espionage Act of 1917, the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, and the Sedition Act of 1918. List three things these laws criminalized. What effect did this have? |
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| 1. Refusal of military service. 2. Printing a newspaper in a foreign language without an English translation. 3. Encouraging people to resist American laws. Created a mentality of witch-hunting and super patriotism. |
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| guranteed Cuban independence |
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| Ends S-A war: we get Guam, P. Rico, Phillipines for $20 mil; Cuba becomes independent |
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| A period of strong Anti-Communist feelings shared by many Americans. This lasted from 1917-1920 and again in the 1950's. |
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| An American lawyer, statesman, and politician. A three-time Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States. Was an active peace advocate, prohibitionist, and an opponent of Darwinism. |
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| Relationship between 2 states in which the stronger state guarantees to protect the weaker state from external aggression in return for full or partial control of its domestic and foreign affairs |
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| alliance founded in 1882 b/w Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy at Germany's instigation for the purpose of securing mutual support on the European continent |
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| Alliance founded in 1907 between France, Britain, and Russia. With the defection of Russia from the Three Emperors' League, it hemmed in Germany on both eastern and western borders |
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| What was the event that launched the United States concern for the war? Which event pushed the U.S. to enter the war? |
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| The sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915. The Zimmerman Telegram on March 1, 1917. U.S. entered the war on April 2, 1917, right after the Zimmerman Telegram. |
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| What was the date that the Allies delcared war on the Ottoman Empire? |
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| What event caused the United States to enter the war? |
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| The interception of the Zimmerman Telegram. |
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| What event launched World War 1? |
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| The assination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. |
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| Name the members of the central powers. |
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| Germany, Austria-Hungry, and the Ottoman Empire. |
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| What was one of the reasons World War I started? |
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| On what day did Wilson ask for declaration of war? |
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| a radical socialist ideology |
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