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Acquisiton of Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines
Definition: U.S. overthrew Hawaii's Queen in 1893 and annexed it as a territory in 1898
Date: 1893-1898
People Involved:Sanford Dole, Queen Liliuokalani -
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
Definition: U.S.S. Maine was sent to Cuba to project the lives and property of Americans
Date: 1898
People Involved: De Lome Letter
Impact of Event on Foreign Policy: set off a firestorm of protests in the United States -
Spanish-American War
Definition: a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence
Date: April 1898 – August 1898
People Involved:Theodore Roosevelt -
Open Door Policy
Definition: Gave equal trading rights to all foreign nations in China
Date: Sept. 6 1899
People Involved: Asia, John Hay -
Panama Canal
Definition: highllighted the need for a canal to send ships back and forth between the two oceans
Date: 1903- 19014
People Involved:President Roosevelt
Impact of Event on Foreign Policy:Made trade easier -
Roosevelt Corollary
Definiton: Staements by President Roosevelt, that said that Eurpopean efforts to colonize or interfere in North or South America would be viewed as aggression
Date: 1905
People involved:T. Roosevelt, Latin America -
Dollar Diplomacy
Definition:Encourages U.S. Banks to invest loans to caribbean countries
Date:1909-1913
People Involved: President Taft and caribbean countries
Impact of Event on Foreign Policy: -
Start of WWI
Definition: global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918
Date: July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
People Involved: Central Power vs Allied powers -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Definition: caused war to break out due to European alliances
Date: Aug. 1, 1914
People Involved: Gavrilo Princip of Serbia, and Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Impact of Event on Foreign Policy: -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Definition: Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat
Date: 7 May 1915
People Involved: Germany,Britain and America
Impact of Event on Foreign Policy: -
German Proclamation
Definition: 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
Date: 22 April 1916
People Involved: Germany -
Sussex Pledge
Definition: Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships, but not passenger ships, to be torpedoed without warning.
Date: 1916
People Involved: Germany and U.S.
Impact of Event on Foreign Policy: -
Zimmermna Telegram
Definition: revealed Germany's plan to ask Mexico to attack the U.S. in exchanage for territory
Date: Jan. 1917
People Involved: British, U.S., Germany and Mexico -
U.S. Enters WWI
Definition: Joins the war and passes an act to draft soldiers
Date:April 6,1917
People Involved:U.S. -
Selective Service Act Passed
Defintion: passed an act to have the power to draft soldiers
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People Involved:
Impact of Event on Foreign Policy: -
Espionage Act
Definition: prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of U.S. enemies during wartime
Date: June 15, 1917
People Involved: U.S Americans -
Wilson's 14 Points
Defination:a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I
Date:January 8, 1918,
People Involved: Woodraw Wilson -
Battle of Argonne
Definition: was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front
Date: September 26, 1918- November 11, a total of 47 days.
People Involved: allied powers vs central powers -
End of WWI
Defination: The terms of the agreement called for the cessation of fighting along the entire Western Front
Dates:November 11, 1918
People involved: Allied Powers vs. Central Powers
