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Alaska (imperialism)
The U.S bought Alaska from Russia. We bought Alaska for 7.2 Million which is about 2 cents an acre. -
American Expansion (Imperialism)
The main reason that we wanted to expand was because of three things: Global Competition, Desire for Military Strength, and Thrist for new markets -
The NAWSA (Progressivism)
The National American Woman Suffrage Association helped women get involved more in the working and political feild -
Cuba uprising (Imperialism)
Jose Marti started an uprising in cuba which helped us because we had tried to get Cuba so if we get them independent we can take them over -
The U.S.S Maine (imperialism)
The Spain had Exploded The U.S.S Maine which caused Americans to become angry and helped bring on the Spanish-American war -
Lewis Hine Photography (Progressivism)
Lewis Hine took pictures of child workers to expose the fact that kids were working in factories at very young ages. This helped create the child labor law. He started in 1904 and ended his photo career in 1909. -
The Great White Fleet (Imperialism)
The Great White Fleet was the creation of many ships to help improve Americas navy since it was a 2 ocean navy -
The Lawrence Strike (Progressivism)
This is were the strikers felt underpaid. it was stopped using military force. This was important because it helped make the 8 hour days and showed Americans want their vocies to be heard -
Henry Ford (Progressivism)
He brought the workdays down to 8 hours. This helped because it lessened the strikes because they wernt sweat shop conditions -
British Blocade
The British Blocade was a big part in WW1 because the
Germans responded by using U-Boats which drew us in the war -
USS Lusitania
This ship was attacked by german u-boats. it prevoked many Americans for involvment in WWI -
Tanks
The invention of the Tank was a huge advancement it helped us cross no mans land and "mow over" troops -
Zimmerman Noted
The zimmermann note is a telegram that was passed from Germany to Mexico telling them to attack America so we stay out of WW1 -
Selected service act
This basically stated that anyone not working in factories were forced to join the army and win the war -
Prohibition (Progressivism)
The prohibition was the banning of alcohol, this was important because the government thought it as a way to promote moral improvment to try and help America progress more
