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was blow up, and blamed the spanish
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annexed as a territory in 1898, sandford dolewould become goverment.
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the sinking of the uss maine
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opened asian markets to the US.
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barred european countries from using force to collect debt, in latin american countries.
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encouraged investing, by americanamerican banks, in carribean countries. if a country could not repay the loans, the US would send in troops.
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waar breakes out
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US helped Panama become independet and let us build the canal. It's construction finished in 1914.
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most countries never did manage to pay the us back
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germany resumes u boat attacks on the us
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british passengers ship was torpedod and sunk by a german sub. killing more than 120 americans.
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germany promised not to sink and more merchant ship without warning
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made it a crime for any person to convey info intended to interfere with the us forces, procecution of war effort to premote the succes of the countries enimies.
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british intelligence intercepts the Zimmerman Telegram which revealed germanyss plan
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us enters the war
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the gov. has the power to draft soldiers
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was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front
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the most decorated soldiers of the United States Army in World War I.