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Open Door Policy
A policy that gave equal trading rights to all foreign nations in China.
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Acquisition of Hawaii
U.S. overthrew Hawaii's queen in 1895 and annexed it as a territory in 1898.
Sanford Dole became governor.
Sugar plantations and pineapple plantations were created by U.S. settlers.
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Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
In 1898 a letter by the Spanish ambassador was published in newspapers in the Unites States. The De Lome letter outraged Americans by calling President McKinley weak. After wards The U.S.S. Maine was sent to Cuba to protect the property and lies of Americans. While in Havana it was sunk by an explosion and killed 258 U.S. sailors -
Acquisition of Guam and the Philippines
In the 1898 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish-American War, Spain ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the United States -
Roosevelt Corollary
President Roosevelet barred European countries from using force to collect debtd owed to them by the Dominican Republician -
Roosevelt Corollary
In 1904 President Roosevelt barred European countries from using force to collect debts owed to them by the Dominican Republic. Roosevelt declared the US would collect debt from them acting as an International police power or "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine. It became known as the Big Stick Policy because Roosevelt said he would "walk softly but carry a big stick" -
Dollar Diplomacy
Encouraged by President Taft. Taft encouraged bankers to invest in the countries of the Caribbean region. His use of American investment to promote American foreign policy goals became known as "Dollar Diplomacy."
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by Garvilo Princip of Serbia. This was the immediate cause of war on August 1, 1914. -
Start of WWI
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by Gavrilo Princip of Serbis. Due to European alliances, this caused war to break out on August 1, 1914. -
Panama Canal
The panama Canal is a canal 10 miles long that was constructed from 1903-1914. The canal was built to reduce the time it took to travel. For an example, before the canal it would've taken 68 days (16,000 miles) to go from San Francisco to New York and after it only took 28 days (6,500 miles). President Roosevelt was the one who influenced the Panama Canal being built -
German Proclamation
Germany declared the waters around the British Isles were to be considered an official war zone and Germany would use U-boats (submarines) to sink any ship that entered the area
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Sussex Pledge
On April 24, 1916 Germany issued the Sussex Pledge, in which they prommised not to sink anymore merchant ships without warning. They stated this because they did not want the US to enter war. -
The Skinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania, a British passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine killing more than 120 Americans. -
Zimmerman Telegram
British intelligence intercepted the Zimmerman Telegram which revealed Germany’s plan to ask the Mexican government to attack the U.S. in exchange for Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona to weaken American forces -
U.S. enters WWI
U.S. joined 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. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. -
Start of WWI
The immediate cause was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary. His death at the hands of Gavrilo Princip – a Serbian nationalist with ties to the secretive military group known as the Black Hand – propelled the major European military powers towards war. -
Selective Service Act Passed
The Selective Service Act, requiring all men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register with locally administered draft boards for military conscription by national lottery. The age limits for the draft were later extended to include all men from ages 18 to 45. President Woodrow Wilson reluctantly accepted the recommendation for the new draft law by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. The law was drafted by General Enoch H. Crowder. -
Espionage Act
Made it a crime to for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. war effort or to help out our enemies (spies). The government controlled speech. -
Wilson's 14 Points
Wilson's 14 Points was President Wilson's plan for peace. He was trying to prevent another world war from occuring. -
Battle of Argonne
Battle fought in France along the western front.Led to an armistice(end of the war). Was led by Gen. Pershing and the AEF. Alvin York, a member of the U.S. Army who fought in the Battle of Argonne Forest was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroics and achievement in the battle with nothing but a rifle and pistol he killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners. -
End of WWI
Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence
