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He played a prominent and active role in the overthrow of the monarchy and was then elected president of the Provisional Government. -
The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America -
His most prominent work, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, had a widespread impact on navies around the world -
Expansionism was simply the expanding of the country. This was happening in many countries at the time. It was almost like a giant competition. Imperialism on the other hand is gaining power over the less dominant places or countries because of the want for possession of raw materials and new markets for manufactured goods. -
The direct cause of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo. However, historians feel that several factors contributed to the rivalry between the Great powers that allowed war on such a wide scale to break out. -
The idea of creating a water passage across the isthmus of Panama to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The Panama Canal proved a vital component to expanding global trade routes in the 20th century. -
The U.S. declaration of war, in essence, was a recognition of the fact that Germany had chosen to impose a very risky gamble on the U.S. risky for Germany, but the only way they thought they could obtain the victory they needed at home. -
York received the Medal of Honor for his actions on October during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. During an attack, he led a small group that captured more than 130 prisoners and he single-handedly eliminated multiple German machine guns and their crews. -
Pershing won the Pulitzer Prize in History for his two-volume memoir, experiences in the World War.