APUSH Amsco Chapter 22 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

APUSH Amsco Chapter 22 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS Archduke Franz Ferdinand - ANSWER- Heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I. Austrian Ultimatum to Serbia - ANSWER- Asking unfair concessions, 48hrs to answer, Serbia agrees to all but letting them in to observe nations Triple Alliance - ANSWER- A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding World War I Triple Entente - ANSWER- A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I. Allies - ANSWER- Britain, France, and Russia- Later joined by Italy Central Powers - ANSWER- Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire Moral Diplomacy - ANSWER- Foreign policy proposed by President Wilson to condemn imperialism, spread democracy, and promote peace Jones Act - ANSWER- 1916-Act which granted full territorial status to the Philippines, guaranteed a bill of rights and universal male suffrage, as well as Philippine independence as soon as a stable government was established Citizenship of Puerto Ricans - ANSWER- Citizenship given to Puerto Ricans in 1914 Panama Canal Tolls - ANSWER- This act in 1912 exempted US ships from paying taxes when crossing the Panama Canal. Woodrow Wilson later repealed this act. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan - ANSWER- was a strong supporter of expansion. had pet projects to negotiate treaties in which nations pledged to submit disputes to international committees and a cooling off period of a year after war to make treaties. California Land Policy and tensions with Japan - ANSWER- In the first two decades of the twentieth century, the relationship between the United States and Japan was marked by increasing tension and corresponding attempts to use diplomacy to reduce the threat of conflict. Each side had territory and interests in Asia that they were concerned the other might threaten. U.S. treatment of Japanese immigrants, and competition for economic and commercial opportunities in China also heightened tensions. At the same time, each country's territorial claims in the Pacific formed the basis for several agreements between the two nations, as each government sought to protect its own strategic and economic interests. Gentleman's Agreement - ANSWER- an informal agreement between the United States and the Empire of Japan whereby the U.S. would not impose restriction on Japanese immigration or students, and Japan would not allow further immigration to the U.S. Root-Takahira Agreement - ANSWER- Agreement between Japan and America in which they pledged to respect each other's territorial claims in the Pacific and also maintained an "open door" policy for trade with China Great White Fleet - ANSWER- 16 American battleships, painted white, sent around the world to display American naval power Wilson in Latin America - ANSWER- Anti-imperialist ideas for Latin America but would get involved if economic interests would be affected. Haiti - ANSWER- Troubled Caribbean island nation where a president's murder led Wilson to send in the marines and assume American control of the police and finances Dominican Republic - ANSWER- In 1905, the U.S. imposed financial restrictions upon this Caribbean nation. Part of making sure Latin America traded with the U.S. and not Europe. Virgin Islands - ANSWER- A group of islands in the Caribbean Sea east of Puerto Rico that are divided politically between the US and Great Britain. purchased by the United States from Denmark in 1917 Central America - ANSWER- A region of southern North America extending from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia. It separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean and is linked to South America by the Isthmus of Panama. Important to the US because of the Panama Canal. Hay-Pauncefote Treaty - ANSWER- 1901 - Great Britain recognized U.S. Sphere of Influence over the Panama canal zone provided the canal itself remained neutral. U.S. given full control over construction and management of the canal. Wilson and Mexico - ANSWER- Wilson did not want to get involved with Mexico's Revolts because they were financially motivated. In the end he does send troops to South Texas General Victoriano Huerta - ANSWER- brutal dictator; Wilson refused to recognize his bloody regime; nearly ended up fighting the US in 1914 Mexican Immigration - ANSWER- As Mexicans arrived in the United States, most became poorly paid agricultural, mine, and railroad laborers, with little prospect of upward economic mobility. Tampico Incident - ANSWER- An arrest of American sailors by the Mexican government that spurred Woodrow Wilson to dispatch the American navy to seize the port of Veracruz in April 1914. Although war was avoided, tensions grew between the US and Mexico. Port of Veracruz - ANSWER- Tensions built up after American Sailors were arrested in 1914 ABC intervention - ANSWER- official name was the Consultation, Non-Aggression and Arbitration Pact. Argentina, Brazil and Chile. May 15, 1915, the Powers met in Canada to sign a formal treaty, designed to develop cooperation, nonaggression and the arbitration of disputes between Mexico and the United States. Venustiano Carranza - ANSWER- He became president of Mexico in 1914. He succeeded the harsh President Huerta. President Carranza at first supported Wilson's sending General Pershing into Mexico to look for the criminal Pancho Villa, but when he saw the number of troops he became outraged and opposed Wilson. Pancho Villa - ANSWER- A popular leader during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. An outlaw in his youth, when the revolution started, he formed a cavalry army in the north of Mexico and fought for the rights of the landless in collaboration with Emiliano Zapata. John Pershing - ANSWER- He was a U.S. General who led the landings in France in huge numbers by the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI; was an American general who led troops against "Pancho" Villa American Expeditionary Force - ANSWER- About 2 million Americans went to France as members of this under General John J. Pershing. Included the regular army, the National Guard, and the new larger force of volunteers and draftees and they served as individuals Embargo Act 1812 - ANSWER- Jefferson cuts off all trade w/ Europe Non-Intercourse Act - ANSWER- 1809 - Replaced the Embargo of 1807. Unlike the Embargo, which forbade American trade with all foreign nations, this act only forbade trade with France and Britain. It did not succeed in changing British or French policy towards neutral ships, so it was replaced by Macon's Bill No. 2. Macon's Bill No. 2 - ANSWER- Reopened trade with Britain and France , America would lend its support to the first nation to drop trade restrictions; France acted first and America halted all British imports. The United States declared war on Britain. Impressment - ANSWER- British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service German blockade - ANSWER- Blockade of the area between Great-Britain and France by the use of German U-boats. The Germans did not want Britain sending supplies to the other Allied Powers British Blockade - ANSWER- Declared a loose, ineffectual and hence illegal blockade, it defined a broad list of contraband which was not to be shipped to Germany by neutral countries.