-
The U.S.S. Maine was sunk/blown up during the Spanish American War in 1898.
-
Annexed as a territory in 1898, Stanford Dole would become governor. People: Stanford Dole
-
New policy stating that all countries have trading rights in China.
-
Barred European countries from using force to collect debt in Latin America. People: Teddy Roosevelt
-
encouraged investing, by Americans Banks, in Carribbean countries. People; William Howard Taft
-
Woodrow Wilson was the President during WWI and the U.S. ties with Great Britain.
-
American built waterway in Panama connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
-
The waters around the British Isles were to be considered an official war zone and Germany would sink any ship that entered in this area. Greman submarines were also called U-Boats.
-
British passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk by a Greman submarine killing more than 120 Americans.
-
Gremany promises to not sink any more merchant ships without warning. They do not want the U.S. to enter the war.
-
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare continues and Germany resumes U-Boat attacks on the United States.
-
British intelligence intercepts the Zimmerman Telegram which revealed Germany's plan to ask the Mexican government to attack the U.S. in exchange for TX, NM, and AZ.
-
The United States enters WWI.
-
The government now has the power to draft soldiers.
The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service.
Within a few months, some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft. -
cannot give any information out about the military
-
A speech by President Woodrow Wilson that was addressed to congress proposing a 14 point program for world peace.
-
FOught in France along the Western front and led to the end of the war.
Led by Gen. Pershing and the AEF. -
Member of the U.S. Army and was Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honnor for his heroics and achievements in the Battle of Argonne Forest.
-
Also known as the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe.
-
President Woodrow Wilson goes personally before the Senate Foregin Relations Committee to argue in favor of ratifying Versailles Treaty, peace settlement which ended WWI.
