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Period: to
1895-1925 timeline
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1898 Annexed Hawaii
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Open door policy
Started in 1899 lasted until 1900, Sec of state John Hay reciprocal trade among chinese spheres of influence -
Theodore Roosevelt
A hero from the Spanish American war -
Panic of 1907
Reaveals money trust greater power over US Banking& money supply tanh govt -
Teddy Roosevelt' s Gentlemans agreement
Restricts Japanese immigration -
Woodrow Wilson
Won election in 1912 defeatin 3rd party canditate Theodore Roosevelt -
16th amendment Progressive Income Tax
Allows taxes to be reducted -
Military In Vera Cruz
US military controls the cit ater mexican sailors seized U.S. soldiers -
The Lusitania
Sunk by a german u-boat -
U.S. enters WWI
Germans had ressumed unrestricted warfare -
Great Migration
many were suspiciious of foreiners and it contibuted with the red scare -
Influenza epidemic
Kills 600,000 in the U.S. -
Treaty of Versailes
U.S. did not sign -
Steel Strike
Massive violent strike by the union leader Samuel Gompers contributed to red scare
