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Acquisition of Hawaii
In the 1890s, Queen Liliuokalanni tried to take political powers back from American landowners. In response, American landowners overthrew the Queen in 1893 -
Sinking of the USS Maine
In Havana Habor, it was sunk by an explosion that killed 258 U.S. sailors and injured many others. Although the cause of the explosion the newspaper blame the Spanish for Sabotage. -
Spanish American War
was fought on two fronts in the Pacific and the Caribbean. U.S Pacific fleet sailed to the Philippines to aid rebels already in revolt agaisnt Spain. The navy defeated spainsh ships in Manila Bay. Theodore Roosevelt raised a volunteer force known as Rough Riders. -
Aquistion of Hawaii: Annex
hawaii was annexed in 1898 and Guam and the Philippines in 1998
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Open Door Policy
In 1899, Hay annouced the open door policy giving equal trading route all foreign nations in China. used to open Asian Markets to U.S businesses -
Roosevelt Corollary
In 1904, President Roosevelt barred European courtries from using force to collect debts owned to them by the Dominican Republic. Rooselevlt declared the United States would collect debt for them acting as a international police power. it became populary known as the big stick policy since Roosevlt would walk softly but carry a big stick -
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. Encourgaed U.S banks to invest to Caribbean countries. If a Latin American Country could not repay loans on time, the U.S governement then sent troops to make sure the money was repaid -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip killed Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. Germany was allied to Austria-Hungary and Britian and France were allied to Russia. -
Start of WW1
U.S. conducted trade with Great Britian, which would be affected if Germany won the war; U.S. gave weapons to Britian and France. Germany got upset and declared the British Isles to be a war zone and would use U boats to sink any ship. Germany submarine killed 120 Americans on Lusitiania a Bristish passenger ship. German continued to bomb the ships so the U.S. enters the War. -
Panama Canal
Panama was a part of colombia and the U.S couldn't agree on terms. So Roosevelt sent U.S warship to Panama to protect the rebels when they took action. It took 10 years to complete at a cost for thousands of lives and 400 million dollars. The travel time between East and West coast would decrease and the canal connected the Pacific and Alantic Ocean. Also serves as a trading route. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Lusitana was a British Passagner ship. In 1915 the ship left New York City for liverpool. A german submarine sank this Britsih passgener ship, killing more than 1000 passengers including 128 Americans. This enraged the U.S. -
Sussex Pledge
was a pledge was a promise made by Germany to the United States, which stated a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare and they can't be torpedoed without warning -
Zimmerman Telegram
was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office 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 WW1
U.S. joined it allies- Britan, France, and Russia to fight in WW1. because of broken promises with Germany. -
Selective Service Act passed
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. -
Espionage Act
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 14 Points
But President Woodrow Wilson’s war aims went beyond the defense of U.S. maritime interests. In his War Message to Congress, President Wilson declared that the U.S. objective was “to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world.” Wilson presented a program of fourteen points to a joint session of Congress on January 8, 1918. Eight of the fourteen points treated specific territorial issues among the combatant nations. Five of the other six concerned general principles for -
Battle of Argonne
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. In six weeks the AEF lost 26,277 killed and 95,786 wounded. It was a very complex operation involving a majority of the AEF ground forces fighting through rough, hilly terrain the German Army had spent four years fortifying. The Battle of the Argonne Forest was the final and the largest offensive fought by the AEF in World War I. -
end of WW1 (treaty of versailes)
Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war. The treaty of versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the
