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| 8769500758 | The Influence of Sea power upon History by Admiral Alfred Thayer | This book influenced the expansion of the US navy. What was it called and who wrote it? | 0 | |
| 8769500759 | US Imperialism | A term used to describe the US acquisition of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines in 1898 | 1 | |
| 8796455760 | Imperialistic actions of European countries in Africa | What may have inspired US imperialism? | 2 | |
| 8796587382 | Resources of fishing, mining, furs, and ice | What made Alaska valuable to Americans? | 3 | |
| 8796594271 | Klondike gold rush and the 1862 Homestead Act | What helped expand the population of Alaska? | 4 | |
| 8796605413 | Location was halfway between California and Japan and had useful harbors | Why was Hawaii desirable to merchants and Naval officers? | 5 | |
| 8796612569 | Control of California and completion of the Transcontinental Railroad | What factors expanded US interest in Hawaii? | 6 | |
| 8796620679 | US sugar plantations | What was a major economic force in Hawaii? | 7 | |
| 8796625746 | If Hawaii could ship a steady supply of sugar duty free to the US, then Hawaii would not grant trading rights or naval bases to any other country | What deal did Hawaii make with the US regarding trade? | 8 | |
| 8796638279 | His sister Queen Liliuokalani | After King Kalakaua died, who took control of Hawaii? | 9 | |
| 8796643271 | Wanted to win Hawaii back for the Hawaiians and reduce American power | What did Queen Liliuokalani want for Hawaii? | 10 | |
| 8796656716 | American planters who formed the annexation club | Who overthrew Queen Liliuokalani? | 11 | |
| 8796667154 | Cleveland sensed something amiss among the rebels and ended negotiations | When the US Navy arrived, why was Hawaii not annexed then by Grover Cleveland? | 12 | |
| 8796674779 | Mckinley | Under which president was Hawaii annexed? | 13 | |
| 8796685519 | Philippines and some Caribbean islands | After successful independence movements in Latin America, what were the only territories left that Spain had control over? | 14 | |
| 8796696120 | Lost its last territories of Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico | After the Spanish American war in 1898, Spain lost what? | 15 | |
| 8796716259 | Cuba | Where did the Spanish American war begin? | 16 | |
| 8796731278 | 1894 raise on the sugar tariff reduced the sales of sugar and severely hurt the economy | What began the Cuban revolution of in the 1890s? | 17 | |
| 8796740580 | Created concentration camps to separate the Cubans from the rebels causing mass starvation and disease | How did Spain respond to the Cuban revolution of the 1890s? | 18 | |
| 8796749473 | The publishing of sensationalized accounts of the events in Cuba | What was Yellow Journalism? | 19 | |
| 8796764795 | Spain, to go to war with them | Americans blamed who or what for the explosion of the battleship the USS Maine? Why? | 20 | |
| 8796793644 | American soldiers were ill-prepared for the climate and the battles were slow and difficult | Why was the US invasion of Cuba was not well planned? | 21 | |
| 8796802241 | Led African American troops in an assault on San Juan Hill | How did Teddy Roosevelt gain fame? | 22 | |
| 8796811729 | Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico | What was three territories did the US take during the Spanish American war? | 23 | |
| 8796818574 | Made the US a world power with a far flung empire | What was the impact of the Spanish American war on the US? | 24 | |
| 8796829244 | Maximize US involvement and establish a permanent naval base at Guantanamo Bay | What did the US decide to do with their newly acquired territory of Cuba? | 25 | |
| 8796835862 | Convert the natives to Protestant Christianity through the aid of missionaries | What did the US decide to do with their newly acquired territory of Philippines? | 26 | |
| 8796857426 | Formed a plan for revolt and revolted against US control under the leadership of Emilio Aguinaldo | How did the Philippines respond the US taking control? | 27 | |
| 8796869572 | Organization to oppose the war an consisted of reformers, former abolitionists, among others | What was the Anti-Imperialist League? | 28 | |
| 8796881299 | "The Constitution Follows the Flag" | An argument that the rights of US citizens should be extended to any people living in a territory conquered by the US | 29 | |
| 8796895487 | Since Puerto Rico and the Philippines were only territories, those residing there were subjects not citizens; Insular cases | What did the Supreme court decide in the argument of "The Constitution Follows the Flag"? What were these cases called? | 30 | |
| 8796919403 | The Panama Canal | What was Roosevelt's proudest accomplishment? | 31 | |
| 8796924472 | Climate and the Terrain | Why was building a canal across Central America difficult? | 32 | |
| 8796930717 | Treaty between US and Britain which stated the canal would be treated as a joint venture even though neither controlled the territory | What was the 1850 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty? | 33 | |
| 8796945736 | A treaty giving the US exclusive rights to build the canal | In 1901, Secretary of State John Hay and British ambassador to the US Lord Pauncefote created what? | 34 | |
| 8796963903 | Panama | Where did Roosevelt want the canal to be built? | 35 | |
| 8796968909 | Roosevelt Corollary | President Theodore Roosevelt's policy asserting US authority to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations; an expansion of the Monroe Doctrine | 36 | |
| 8796991134 | Panama belonged to Colombia | Why was building a canal in Panama difficult? | 37 | |
| 8797017070 | Sent the US Navy to stop any forces from the Colombian government from landing in Panama | When Panama revolted against Colombia what did the US do? | 38 | |
| 8797027361 | Roosevelt quickly recognized them as an independent country and proposed the canal idea to them | What happened once Panama declared independence? | 39 | |
| 8797035975 | 1914 | When was the canal opened? | 40 | |
| 8797385987 | Russia was looking to expand its territory in Asia but Japan was determined to stop Russia's expansion in Manchuria and Korea | Why did the war between Russia and Japan begin? | 41 | |
| 8797401191 | Japan asked Roosevelt to negotiate peace between the two | How did the process for peace between Russia and Japan begin? | 42 | |
| 8797408260 | Portsmouth, New Hampshire | Where did the representatives of the two countries and Roosevelt meet? | 43 | |
| 8797418153 | Received much praise from both of the countries and won a Nobel Peace Prize | What recognition did Roosevelt get from orchestrating peace between Japan and Russia? | 44 | |
| 8797429589 | Russia called the US out for their hypocrisy because of American lynchings of African Americans and the poor treatment of Chinese immigrants | How did Russia respond to America formally protesting Russia's use of pogroms? | 45 | |
| 8797443111 | Gentlemen's Agreement | A diplomatic agreement in 1907 between Japan and the US curtailing but not abolishing, Japanese immigration | 46 | |
| 8797450309 | Great White Fleet | A US Navy fleet send around the world from December 1907to February 1909 by President Roosevelt to show American strength and to promote good will, helped ease tensions with Japan | 47 | |
| 8797462366 | In San Francisco, the School Board adopted a racial segregation policy for Chinese, Korean, and Japanese children in schools | Why was Japan not happy with the US? | 48 | |
| 8797473886 | Boxer Rebellion in 1901 attacking foreigners including American businessmen and missionaries who were seen as the cause for their plight | Why were tensions against the US rising in China? | 49 | |
| 8801336407 | Dollar Diplomacy | The US policy urged by Taft of using private investment in other nations to promote American diplomatic goals as business interests | 50 | |
| 8801358398 | An international loan to support building rail lines in China | What loan did JP Morgan propose to give to China? | 51 | |
| 8801376265 | No | Did the government approve the loan by JP Morgan? | 52 | |
| 8801420704 | California continuing to marginalize Japanese immigrants | What was the main cause of tensions between the US and Japan? | 53 | |
| 8810686431 | Mexico's revolutions and coups | What was the most difficult foreign policy issue for Wilson in his first term? | 54 | |
| 8810691949 | When Mexican army general Victoriano Huerta overthrew President Francisco Madero. | How did the Mexican Revolution of 1913 begin? | 55 | |
| 8810732540 | Wilson believed the coup in Mexico was a part of a battle between British and American oil companies | Why did Wilson refuse to support the Huerta administration? | 56 | |
| 8810775669 | He immediately recognized it | What did Wilson do when Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa led a revolution against Huerta? | 57 | |
| 8810813345 | Independence movements, Germany angry at being left out of the colonies in Asia and Africa, an arms race for security, and a series of alliances among countries | What issues contributed to the growing tensions across Europe and ultimately led to World War I? | 58 | |
| 8810839123 | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire | What countries made up the Central Powers alliance? | 59 | |
| 8810845090 | Russia, France, and Great Britain | What countries made up the Allies alliance? | 60 | |
| 8810850951 | An easy victory | What did many Europeans expect at the beginning of the war? | 61 | |
| 8810870154 | Battle of the Somme | This battle took place in 1916 and killed 60,000 British soldiers | 62 | |
| 8810878478 | Tanks, artillery, flamethrowers, and the introduction of mustard gas | What new inventions in the war increased the death toll? | 63 | |
| 8810887841 | Herbert Hoover | Who was known as the "Napoleon of Mercy"? | 64 | |
| 8810891180 | War cut into US trade and hurt farmers who couldn't get their goods to European markets | Why was it hard for America to maintain neutrality? | 65 | |
| 8810913099 | Germany's use of submarines | What caused the greatest diplomatic tensions during the war? | 66 | |
| 8810925469 | The Lusitania | What famous ship did German submarines sink? | 67 | |
| 8810932965 | No | Was the sinking of the Lusitania the cause that brought America into the war? | 68 | |
| 8810939072 | Germany announcing it was resuming full employment of all the weapons, and sending the Zimmerman telegram | What were the two mistakes that Germany made while Wilson was trying to negotiate peace between Germany and England? | 69 | |
| 8810955233 | Secret cable to Mexico from Germany offering them the restoration of the territory from Texas to California if Mexico attacked the US | What was the zimmerman telegram? | 70 | |
| 8810971891 | Asked Congress to declare war against Germany | After German submarines sank 3 US merchant ships killing 15 Americans, what did Wilson do? | 71 | |
| 8810985935 | Robert La Follette and George Norris | In the Senate who led the opposition to declaring war? | 72 | |
| 8810991527 | Jeannette Rankin | Who was the only woman in the House of Representatives at this time? | 73 | |
| 8811015020 | Wanted her to vote for war as a way to demand women's rights but she voted no | Why did women want Jeannette Rankin to vote in favor of the war? What was her vote? | 74 | |
| 8811026380 | Committee on Public Information | Government agency during World War I that sought to shape public opinion in support of the war effort through newspapers, pamphlets, speeches, films, and other media | 75 | |
| 8811044895 | George Creel | Who was the head of the Committee on Public Information? | 76 | |
| 8811052190 | volunteers who were ready to speak at a moment's notice in favor of the war | What were the "Four Minute Men"? | 77 | |
| 8811061818 | Sedition Act | Broad Law restricting criticism of America's involvement in World War I or its government, flag, military, taxes or officials | 78 | |
| 8811072811 | Schenck v. United States | The first of several decisions by the US supreme court upholding the Sedition and Espionage Acts | 79 | |
| 8811080978 | Espionage Act | Law whose vague prohibition against obstructing the nation's war effort was used to stop dissent and criticism during World War I | 80 | |
| 8811094858 | General John J. Pershing | Who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces? | 81 | |
| 8811102194 | July 4th, 1917 | What date did the American troops arrive in France? | 82 | |
| 8811105498 | "doughboys" | What was another name for the American troops? | 83 | |
| 8811112607 | Pulled Russia out of the war | What impact did the Bolshevik Revolution have on the course of the war? | 84 | |
| 8811120434 | Because America had more people and thus more soldiers | Why did Germany need to win the war before America entered the war? | 85 | |
| 8811130029 | November 11th, 1918 | What date was the armistice signed and the official end of the war? | 86 | |
| 8811137510 | Paris (Versailles) | Where did the leaders of the victorious nations meet to write a peace treaty? | 87 | |
| 8811148438 | Sailed to Paris to lead the American delegation at the peace talks, which no other president had done before | What precedent did Wilson break when negotiating a peace treaty? | 88 | |
| 8811158066 | America had helped end the war | Why did Wilson think he had a strong bargaining position when he arrived in France? | 89 | |
| 8811169503 | France- Georges Clemenceau Britain- David Lloyd George Wanted revenge for their losses; not in mood for generosity | Who were the leaders of France and Britain and what was their stance in the peace talks? | 90 | |
| 8811186293 | The losing countries and Russia | Who was excluded from the peace conference? | 91 | |
| 8811189526 | Fourteen Points | The proposed points outlining peace offered by Wilson in 1918 after World War I. The treaty agreed to at the Versailles peace conference did not, however; include all 14 points-Treaty that emerged disappointed everyone | 92 | |
| 8811213492 | Faced strict limits on military power, temporary occupation of the Rhineland, and a war guilt clause making Germany pay for most of the war | What consequences did Germany have at the end of the war? | 93 | |
| 8811222493 | Poland, Yugoslavia, Romania, and Czechoslovakia | What nations were created as a result of the peace conference? | 94 | |
| 8811240078 | They were instead made mandates assigned to the victorious powers | Colonies belonging to the defeated powers expected to be independent but what happened instead? | 95 | |
| 8811229681 | No | Did Congress approve the League of Nations? | 96 |
