America becomes a world power

  • Alfred thayer mahan

    Alfred thayer mahan

    american naval officer and historian who was a highly influential exponent of sea power.
  • sanford b dole

    sanford b dole

    first president of the republic of hawaii and first govenor of territory there to
  • Spanish-amerian war

    Spanish-amerian war

    conflict between the us and spain that ended spanish colonial rule
  • Expansionism/imperalism

    expansionism is a policy to increase a countrys size by expanding there territpry and imperalism is expamding a countries power through diplomacy or military power
  • causes of ww1

    causes of ww1

    what lead to it was the assassination of Archduke franz ferdinand
  • Panama canal

    Panama canal

    Americans needed to move ships from east to west quickly and if they did that they would control power because they would control the oceans creating this idea was to make the us the most powerful nation on earth
  • Reasons for US entry into ww1

    the lusitania,german invasion of belgium,american loans,the zimmerman telegram
  • Alvin york

    Alvin york

    he reportedly kills over 20 german soldiers and captures an additional 132 at the head of a small detachment in the argone forest near the meuse river in france
  • gen john j pershing

    gen john j pershing

    us army general who commanded the american expeditionary force in europe during ww1