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Buying Alaska
This was a very big deal as well. William Seward was trying to get congress and the U.S to buy Alaska. They didnt want it because they said it was just a money pit or Seward ice box. They didnt think the land was worth anything at all but really it was full of riches oil and minerals. They got it very cheap Russia was in a war when we bought it and they needed money so it was kinda a win win. We bought it for 7.2 Million -
Pearl Harbor
The U.S needed a naval base closer to other countries that we could store coal at and get ships in there Pretty easy. So in 1887 we Pressured Hawaii to allow us to build Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was our refueling station. -
U.S.S Maine Explodes
in 1898 President McKinley had the U.S.S Maine go to cuba to bring Americans back home and out of danger. On the 15th of Feb it blew up in the harbor of Havana, More than 260 men were killed. No one really know how the ship blew up. The Newpaper back in 1898 said it was the spanish. That cause almost everybody in the U.S to hated spain. I put this one on because it changed a lot of people minds and made them want war with spain even more so they could get them back -
Treaty of Paris
After only 16 weeks of actual war or fighting. The U.S and Spain met in Paris to make the Treaty of Paris. That would mark the for sure end to the war with spain. At the Treaty Talks the U.S Bought the Philippines for 20 Million. -
"THE JUNGLE"
This was book written by Upton Sinclair in 1906. It exposed the gross and unsafe things that was going on in the meat packing plants. This like if someone would get there finger chopped off while working they would just put it in the grinder with the meat. Thats why i picked this one to be on my timeline. It was a big part that leads into the Meat inspection Act -
The Election of 1912
The Election of 1912 may be the most historic and that why i picked it. In this election it was kinda like having two people running under the Republican party. Teddy wanted back in office and so did taft will taft got to be the Republican canidate so then Teddy made his own party called the bull and moose party. So the Republican people voted for two different people. Well then the democrats only had one person to vote for and so Woodrow Wilson won the office.d -
Seventeenth amendment
The 17th Amendment gave to power back to the people. It let the people of each state pick there Senators. Before the 17th Amendment the state legislature would pick who they wanted the senators to be. I picked this because it was a big change for the us. It affected every state and everybody in the state. It also was big because it made the people happy because they want the power not just the state legislature -
Panama Canal
The U.S wanted a faster way to get from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. They need a shortcut across Central America. That where the idea for the Panama Canal came up. The USA agreed to pay 10million plus 250,000 A year for rent of the canal zone. They payments were to start in 1913. They started building the Canal in 1904. 10 years later 1914 it was open for business. 1,000 Merchant ship passed in it during 1914. It was one of the best things the USA did we need a faster way to sell or trade -
Convoy System
The Convoy System Was one of the best things the U.S made. Vice Admiral William S. Sims created the idea for this system. The system would have a few big ships in front of the merchant ships to lead them across the Atlantic. They had to lead them to protect them for Germany U-boats. During the war 637 ships were lost to U-boat attacks. This system covered a 230mile area in the Atlantic -
Zimmermann note
The Germany were sending a note to Mexico to see if Mexico would start a war with U.S. They said oh we will help you get back lost land in Texas New Mexico and Arizona. But the British intercepted it. They did this to try and keep the U.S out of Europe. They didnt want to U.S to bring Fresh people over to help the allies. Mexico officially Rejected it after the U.S joined the war. -
Main Causes of WW1
The biggest Cause by far would have to be the U-boat Stinking all the British or American Ships. The British made a Blockade so at the Germany coast so they couldnt get ships in and out for food. So the Germany got mad and Started stinking British ships with there U-boats but the ships had Americans on them so thats why we were so mad. So we had to declare war on Germany to try and stop them from killing anymore of our people! -
FLU
A big flu out break happened there were so many people sick. It just wasnt he lives lost that was devastaing. A lot of business shut down like mines and telephone services. Some poor peoples body lay unburied for sometimes longer than a week at a time. 500,000 Americans died before the sickness went away by 1919. World wide it killed 30 million people world war -
Prohibition
On January 16,1919 The 36th States voted to ratify the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The Eighteenth was The prohibition. The prohibition was moved by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) I picked this because its a Very Historic point in American history. That they just took all the Alcoholic beverages away from the people. It really upset a lot of americans -
Treaty of Vesailles
This Treaty was the end of WW1. Wilson was the first president to go over seas he went to France to have peace talk with every country besides Germany and Russia. They had a Rep. in France but they couldnt have one at the table. The big four ran most of it The big four included The U.S Italy Britain and France. The Treaty was not signed by the U.S Congress voted it down. So we also didnt join the league of nations. Wilson had his 14 points but the other 3 wanted more from Germany land and money -
Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment was a very big deal. Still today people talk about when woman could and couldnt vote will this Amendment made it so it was against the law to not let someone vote because of there sex. This was also a big deal to woman beacuse they had some what of power now. Before the men didnt the voting and the woman had no input on who would be in office anywhere state or national scales
