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Expansionism
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Acquisition of Hawaii
Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley. Sanford Dole The U.S. has more land and sugar & pineapple plantations. -
Sinking of the USS Maine
The United States battleship was blown up in an explosion which killed 260 men on board on February 15th, 1898. It was the reason behind the Spanish-American war with Spain in Cuba and the Phillippines. -
Beginning of Spanish American War
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End of Spanish American War
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Acquisition of Philippines
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines (for which the United States compensated Spain $20 million, equivalent to $567 million in present day terms), ceded by Spain after the Spanish-American War in the 1898 Treaty of Paris. George Dewey The U.S. gained more land and opened more trade with Asian countries -
Open Door Policy
The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note, dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers. President Taft U.S. troops would be deployed to countries that couldn't repay the loans -
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy is the effort of the United States to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. President Taft Helped the U.S. get into Latin Countries. -
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. President Roosevelt Created neutrality with European powers and let the U.S. durther enter Latin American terretories. -
Assanssanation of Archduke Ferdinand
Archduke of Austria was assassinated by Gavriolo Princip of Serbia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand & Gavriolo Princip It started the war -
Beginning of WW1
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Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a 77.1-kilometre ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It is a trade rout used to this date and the U.S. can charge other countries to use it. While it improved the relationship between then U.S. and Panama -
German Proclamation
the watres around the British Isles were to be considered an official war zone and Germany would sink and ship that entered this area The cause for why the U.S. entered WW1 -
Sinking of the Lusitania
British passanger ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine killing mire than 120 Americans Pushed the U.S. closer to entering the war -
Sussex Pledge
Germany promises to not sink any more merchant ships without warning They wanted the U.S. to calm down and not enter the war -
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Continues
Germany resumes U Boat attacks on the United States Pushing the U.S. ever so much closer to entering the war. -
Zimmerman Telegram
British intelegence intercepts Zimmerman Telegram which revealed Germany's plan to ask the MExican government to attack the U.S. in exchange for TX, NM, and AZ Finally pushes the U.S. into the war -
United States enters WW1
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Selective Service Act
the government 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 Gave the U.S. more slodiers for the war
