| A | B |
|---|
| reason Americans became interested in Alaska | gold was found there |
| gained control of land & trade in Hawaii | sugar planters & pineapple growers |
| U.S. possessions today gained in Spanish-American War | Puerto Rico & Guam |
| Progressives want to do this | improve government & make life better |
| T. Roosevelt's program of progressive reforms | Square Deal |
| Reason U.S. entered WWI | German submarines sank American ships |
| Most feared new weapon used in WWI | poison gas |
| ways women helped during WWI | took over jobs left by men going to war |
| reason Congress voted not to join the League of Nations | wanted U.S. to stay out of other countries' problems |
| Allied Powers | Britain, France, Russia, Italy |
| Central Powers | Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria |
| Nineteenth Amendment (a change to the Constitution) | gave women the right to vote |
| person who organized the Rough Riders | Teddy Roosevelt |
| President who was assassinated when TR was Vice-President | William McKinley |
| TR set aside lots of land as ___. | national parks |
| "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" | Song showing that Americans did not want involvement in WWI |
| "Over There" | Song showing Americans willing to fight in WWI after Germans sank American ships |
| trench warfare | a war fought from ditches dug in the ground |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land with water on both sides, connecting two larger land masses |
| Isthmus of Panama | location of the Panama Canal |
| isolationism | to keep separate; stay out of world events |
| alliances | partnerships or agreements to support and defend each other |
| TR, Rough Riders & Buffalo Soldiers | fought at the Battle of San Juan Hill (Spanish-American War) |
| explosion of the "Maine" in Havana, Cuba | reason for Spanish-American War |
| yellow journalism | exaggerated news to shock and attract readers |
| purpose of the League of Nations | find peaceful solutions to problems among nations |
| American expansion some thought foolish | purchase of Alaska from Russia |
| reason Congress refused to approve Treaty of Versailles | thought League of Nations might cause US involvement in future wars |
| President who supported the Treaty of Versailles | Woodrow Wilson |
| rations | limits on consumption of food & goods |
| armistice | agreement between two armies to stop fighting; truce |
| two groups of Americans that took new jobs during WWI | African Americans & women |
| things made by American workers during WWI to help with the war | ships, trucks, weapons, uniforms, gas masks, and helmets |
| new weapons of WWI | machine guns, tanks, hand grenades, poison gas |
