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Alvin York
Alvin Cullum York, known also by his rank, Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated soldiers of the United States Army in World War I -
Sinking of the USS Maine
At 9.40pm on the night of February 15th, 1898 the United States battleship Maine, riding quietly at anchor in Havana harbour, was suddenly blown up, apparently by a mine, in an explosion which tore her bottom out and sank her, killing 260 officers and men on board. -
Spanish American war
Cuba, Philippines, Guma, Spain, Puerto rico, United states, and thedore roosovelt were part of 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 -
Open door policy
New policy stating that all countries have trading rights in China. used to open Asian markets to U.S buisnesses. in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. -
Roosevelt Corollary
The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03. -
dollar diplomacy
is the effort of the United States—particularly during President William Howard Taft's term—to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries -
beginning of ww1
ww1 was the first war. It was aslo when technology began.We had tanks, planes, machine guns, posion bomb, and (one of the least but helpful invention) trenches. -
Panama Canal
The U.S wanted land in Panama to bulid a canal, brought a land and supported a revolution to get the the 10 mile strip of land.
Finished in 1914, Panama still is a trading and transportation hub of the world -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland -
Sussex Pledge
was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war. Early in 1915, Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships, but not passenger ships, to be torpedoed without warning. -
German Proclamation
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. This was, he stated, to provide provisions for civilian use. -
Zimmerman Telegram
was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January, 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany -
U.S. Enters World War I
President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. -
Selective Service Act
40 Stat. 76, enacted May 18, 1917) authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
Espionage Act
of 1917 is a United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years. It was originally found in Title 50 of the U.S. Code (War) but is now found under Title 18, Crime. -
Wilson's Fourteen Points
January 8, 1918, address to Congress, President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
Battle of Argonne Forest also known as the Maas-Argonne Offensive and the Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice on November 11, a total of 47 days. -
End of World War I
The final Allied push towards the German border began on October 17, 1918. As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers began to collapse. -
Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
On August 19, 1919, in a break with conventional practice, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson appears personally before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to argue in favor of its ratification of the Versailles Treaty, the peace settlement that ended the First World War. -
Failure of Diplomacy
Faced with crippling economic sanctions imposed by the United States, the Japanese government decided in September 1941 to prepare for war to seize the raw materials that they were now unable to obtain from America. Japanese diplomats were still instructed to try to reach some settlement, but Tokyo set a deadline of November 29 for negotiations. If no agreement was reached by then, the Japanese would initiate a war in dramatic fashion—with a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at -
Acquisition of Hawaii
annexed as a territory in 1898, sanford Dole would become governor.
Hawaii would become a state in 1959.
