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Anexing of Hawaii
Congress moved to annex the Hawaiian islands by Joint Resolution, a process requiring only a simple majority in both houses of Congress. On July 12, 1898, the Joint Resolution passed and the Hawaiian islands were officially annexed by the United States. -
Roosevelt Corollary
-Said that European efforts to colonize or interfere in North or South America would be viewed as agression -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The rising water carried the baskets off the ship but none survived the turbulence created as the ship sank to the bottom. The sea also claimed Vanderbilt and Frohman.
Impact- The sinking enraged American public opinion -
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Dollar Diplomacy
-Encouraged U.S. banks to invest to Caribean countries
-If a country wouldnt pay loans, the US would send troops -
Dollar diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy is the effort of the United States—particularly during President William Howard Taft's term—to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
US enters WWI
Jined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. -
Sart of WWI
The bigining of world war one -
Panama Canal
-An important human feature in the Latin American region
-48 mile canal that joins the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
-Major route for international trade -
German proclamation
Person-General von Graevenitz
In his proclamation von Graevenitz announced that selected men and women living in Lille were to be deported to surrounding areas for the purpose of working in the countryside. This was, he stated, to provide provisions for civilian use. -
Sussex Pledge
who- Germany
what- promised to stop the sinking of US ships; originaly vowed to sink any ships that passed Brittish waters with no question -
Selective Service
authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people -
Zemerman Telegram
A telegram that was supposed to be for Mexico sent by Germany;offering them their land back from the US if they would help them; but Great Britain was able to get it before them; this angered the US -
Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Person-rajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Impact- Sparked outbreak of world war 1
