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Bayonet Constitution
The Bayonet Constitution was the constitution the Americans made King Kalakaua sign at gunpoint, stripping him of his power. Category: Foreign Policy. -
King Kalakaua
King Kalakaua was the monarch of Hawaii until the Americans made him sign the Bayonet Constitution which stripped him of his power. Category: Society and Culture -
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst was the publisher of the New York Journal and reported using the tactics of yellow journalism. Category: Society and Culture. -
Imperialism
Imperialism is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Category: Society and Culture. -
Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer was the publisher of the New York World who used the tactics of yellow journalism in their issues. Category: Society and Culture. -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow journalism is the sensational style of reporting that used scandalous stories and shocking illustrations before the start of the Spanish American War. Category: Society and Culture. -
Spanish American War
The Spanish American War is the war between America and Spain over the land of the Philippines and Cuba. At the end of the war, the Americans had a clear victory and had won the lands of Cuba, the Philippines and Guam. Category: Politics. -
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
The Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is a US Navy base located on the land and in the water of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Category: Geography. -
Rough Riders
Rough riders were the famous volunteers who volunteered to fight in the Spanish American War. Category: Society and Culture. -
de Lome Letter
The de Lome letter was a letter written by Enrique Dupuy de Lome which ridiculed president William McKinley for being weak and catering to the rabble. Category: Politics. -
Explosion of the Maine
The explosion of the Maine was an American ship sent to Havana Harbor to help protect American lives and property. On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine blew up killing 260 sailors. Category: Politics. -
Cuba becomes Protectorate
The Platt Amendment made Cuba and US protectorate, meaning a country under the control and protection of another country. Category: Foreign Policy -
George Dewey
Dewey was the commander of the US Navy's Asiatic Squadron and was ordered by Theodore Roosevelt to attack the Spanish fleet in the Philippines in war broke out between the US and Spain. Category: Society and Culture. -
Open Door Policy
The Open Door Policy was a policy made by the Americans to give equal trading rights to all nations trading with China. Category: Foreign Policy. -
Philippine Annexation
The Philippine annexation was controversial because many people wanted to help the Philippines have independence but many people believed they could do it on their own. America decided to annex the Philippines and they went to war with them for a bit before the Americans won. Category: Foreign Policy. -
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was a rebellion by the a secret group called the Society and Righteous and Harmonious Fists (aka Boxers) who began attacking foreign missionaries and Chinese Christians because they were against foreigners The rebellion was when the boxers laid siege on the capital of Beijing. Category: Politics. -
Imperialism in Europe
Imperialism in Europe was the taking over of the land in Africa for the power of European countries. Category: Society and Culture. -
Foraker Act
The Foraker Act established that the United States would appoint Puerto Rico's governor and the upper house of its legislature. Puerto Rican voters would elect the lower house. Category: Foreign Policy. -
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a canal in Panama that Americans built to travel faster between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. France started building it but then the project went bankrupt and the US stepped in and built the rest. Category: Geography. -
Platt Amendment
The Platt Amendment was a part of the new Cuban constitution which limited Cuba's ability to sign treaties with other nations ad gave the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs. Category: Foreign Policy. -
William McKinley
McKinley was the 25th president of the USA and is best known for fighting in the Civil War and starting the Spanish American War. President McKinley was assassinated on September 4th, 1901. Category: Society and Culture. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt was the 26th president of the USA and is best known for his accomplishments of regulating big businesses, starting the Elkins Act, Hepburn Act, Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Newlands Reclamation Act, and the Antiquities Act. He became president after William McKinley was assassinated. Category: Society and Culture. -
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War broke out because both Russia and Japan wanted the land of Korea and Manchuria. At the end of the war, the Japanese had a clear victory. Category: Politics. -
Roosevelt Corollary
The Roosevelt Corollary was an extension of the Monroe Doctrine that stated that the United States was justified in exercising internationa police power to put an end to the wrongdoing in the Western Hemisphere. Category: Foreign Policy. -
Dollar Diplomacy
The dollar diplomacy was a policy of promoting American economic interests in other countries and using that economic power to achieve American policy goals. Category: Foreign Policy. -
William Howard Taft
Taft was the 26th president of the USA and is best known for the establishment of the 16th amendment, signing the Payne-Aldrich Tariff and splitting the Republican Party into two sides. Category: Society and Culture. -
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution was the rise of people in Mexico against the dictator Porfirio Diaz. Category: Politics. -
Francisco "Pancho" Villa
Villa was a Mexican who led a revolt with Pascual Orozco in northern Mexican against Porfirio Diaz. Category: Society and Culture. -
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson was the 28th president of the USA and is best known for declaring war against Germany and putting America in World War 1 and creating the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. Category: Society and Culture. -
Nationalism
Nationalism is the national pride one has for their country. This was strong during World War 1. Category: Society and Culture. -
Militarism
Militarism is the belief of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend its nation. Category: Politics. -
Triple Alliance
The Triple Alliance was the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in World War 1. Category: Politics. -
Triple Entente
The Triple Entente was the alliance between Great Britain, Russia, and France in World War 1. Category: Politics. -
Isolationism
Isolationism is a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries. This is what Woodrow Wilson intended on having the United States do before joining the war. Category: Politics. -
Battle of Veracruz
The Battle of Veracruz was when U.S. Marines landed in Veracruz, Mexico and were met by gunfire from Mexican soldiers. A battle then erupted killing 17 Americans and 300 Mexicans. Category: Politics. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand, in Sarajevo. Ferdinand's wife was also killed that day. Category: Politics. -
Central Powers
The Central Powers were the name given to the countries Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire during World War 1. Category: Politics. -
The Allied Powers
The Allied powers were the names of the countries Great Britain, France, and Russia during World War 1. Category: Politics. -
World War 1
World War 1 was the war between Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy that started due to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and growing tension between the countries. The fighting went on until 1918. Category: Politics. -
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Kaiser Wilhelm II was the leader of Germany during World War 1. The Kaiser sided with Austria-Hungary and Italy during the war. Category: Society and Culture. -
Germany Invasion of Belgium (Beginning of WW1)
The Schlieffen Plan was a plan for Germany to occupy Belgium and take France by surprise.This backfired when Great Britain declared war on Germany for occupying the neutral country of Belgium. Category: Politics. -
Sinking of Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania was a British luxury ship that was sunk by German U-boats. The sinking of this ship is one of the reasons the US joined the war. Category: Politics. -
John J. Pershing
Pershing was a US General who led more than 10,000 troops into Mexico searching for Pancho Villa. This expedition led to Mexicans resenting Americans. Category: Society and Culture. -
Sussex Pledge
The Sussex Pledge was the pledge Germany took that meant that Germany promised not to sink merchant vessels without warning and without saving human lives. Category: Foreign Policy. -
The First Red Scare
The First Red Scare was when Americans were starting to become paranoid and afraid of the rise of Communists. Category: Society and Culture. -
Zimmermann Note
The Zimmermann Note was a note written by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman that was sent to a German official in Mexico proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany. This is one main reason why America joined the war. Category: Politics. -
US Declaration of War on Germany
The United States declared war on Germany on April 2nd, 1917 because of the Zimmermann Note and unjustified warfare at sea. Category: Politics. -
Selective Service Act
The Selective Service Act was a law that required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register to be drafted into the armed forces. Category: Domestic Policy. -
Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points was a plan for peace that included reduction of military, the right to self-determination, and the creation of the League of Nations. Category: Domestic Policy. -
National War Labor Board
The National War Labor Board was a board that was established to judge disputes between workers and management. The board also set policies that improved working conditions for all Americans. Category: Domestic Policy. -
Schenck v. United States
The Schenck v. United States was a supreme court case that considered putting limits on the First Amendment right. The outcome of the case was that your First Amendment right could be restricted if the words spoken present a clear danger. Category: Domestic Policy. -
Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids were raids led by A. Mitchell Palmer against suspected radical Communists. Palmer arrested thousands of people suspected of being a part of radical groups. Category: Society and Culture. -
Tampico Incident
The Tampico Incident was when crew members of the USS Dolphin went ashore for supplies in Mexico they were grabbed in the Mexican port of Tampico and arrested by soldiers of Victoriano Huerta. Category: Politics. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that ended World War 1 and forced Germany to disarm its military forces and pay the Allies reparations for war damages. It included the right for ethnic groups in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia to have self determination. It also created the nations of Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Yugoslavia. Category: Foreign Policy. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations was an organization of nations that would work together to settle disputes, protect democracy, and prevent future wars. The US would not be a part of the organization. Category: Foreign Policy. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a scandal involving president Warren G. Harding and Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall. Fall was accepting bribes in return for allowing oil companies to drill oil reserves on the land known as the Teapot Dome in Wyoming. Category: Politics. -
Warren G. Harding
Harding is the 29th president and is best known for wanting to have business involved with the relationship of government, having corrupt workers in his cabinet who would take bribes, his scandal with the Teapot Dome and his untimely death at a speech in Seattle. Category: Society and Culture. -
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge was the 30th president of the USA and became president after Warren Harding died. He is best known for believing that business would provide energy and resources to fuel America's growth and helping reconstruct America after Harding's presidency and World War 1. Category: Society and Culture. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was pact made between France and America stating that they would never go to war against each other. Category: Foreign Policy.