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Imperialism & Outbreak of WW1

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    US imperialism and the outbreak of World War 1
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  • Which law established civilian government in Puerto Rico?
    The Foraker Act
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  • What gave the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs?
    The Platt Amendment
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  • What Cuban military base does the US still control?
    Guantanamo Bay
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  • Which war ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1898?
    The Spanish-American War
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  • Why did Theodore Roosevelt win a Nobel Peace Prize?
    For negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War
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  • Which country's residents became US citizens in 1917?
    Puerto Rico
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  • Who said, "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war?"
    William Randoph Hearst
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  • Who did the de Lome' letter criticize?
    President William McKinley
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  • Where did the assassination that started WW1 happen?
    Sarajevo, Bosnia
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  • What is the belief that the US should not involve itself in world affairs known as?
    isolationism
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  • What caused widespread starvation in Germany?
    The British blockade
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  • Which country's constitution was written in New York City?
    Panama
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  • The Open Door Policy was directed to which country?
    China
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  • What proclaimed the right of the US to police Latin America?
    The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
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  • Why was the Panama Canal more difficult to build than the Suez Canal?
    Ships need to cross mountains in Panama.
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  • What does this cartoon illustrate?
    Americans' racist attitudes towards people in the global South
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