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Mahan had ideas that would improve navies all over the world.
Mahan believed we should have a strong navy and protection. -
Sanford Dole was the first president of the Republic of Hawaii. -
The Spanish-American War began because of the U.S. aid in Cuba and the Philippines, and the U.S.S. Maine mysteriously exploded in the Havana Harbor. The U.S. was victorious in the war and released Spanish control over Cuba, The Philippines, and Guam with the Treaty of Paris 1898 -
Expansionism is the idea of growing your country by expanding your territory. In 1898 the U.S. annexed Hawaii.
Imperialism is to take over claimed land. in 1898 the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War and acquired them through the Treaty of Paris. -
The Panama Canal was built to decrease the distance, cost, and time for cargo ships travelling from Atlantic to Pacific and vice versa.
The Panama Canal revolutionized international trade. -
- The assassination of Archduke Frank Ferdinand in Europe on June 28, 1914
- In Russia Czar Nicholas and his family were executed, so Russia withdrew from the war.
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-The sinking of the Lusitania on May 7th, 1915.
-The Zimmerman telegram sent from Germany to Mexico with a secret offer. -
Pershing was a honorable serving commander of the American expiatory forces in World War 1. -
Alvin York killed over 30 Germans and captured 132 in Argon forest.