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sinking of the USS Maine
in an explosion which tore her bottom out and sank her, killing 260 officers and men on board. In the morning only twisted parts of the huge warship’s superstructure could be seen protruding above the water, while small boats moved about examining the damage. The Maine had been showing the flag in Cuba, where the Spanish regime was resisting an armed uprising by nationalist guerrillas. -
Acquisition of Hawaii
Annexed as aterritory in 1898, sanford Dale would become governor. suugar plantations & pineapple plantations were created by US settlers. Hawaii would become a state in 1959 -
Spanish American War
Revolts against Spanish rule had been occurring for some years in Cuba. There had been war scares before, as in the Virginius Affair in 1873. In the late 1890s, US public opinion was agitated by anti-Spanish propaganda led by journalists -
open door policy
new policy starting that all countries have trading rights in china. used to open asian markets to US businesse. so the US wanted china to traded with them too not just to the people they were trading with because the US thought it was unfair -
Roosevelt corollary
created by president Theodore Roosevelt. barred evropean countries from using force to collect debt in latin american countries. stated the us would act as an " international police power" -
Dollar Diplomacy
started under president thft. encovraged inesting by american businesses, in caribbean countries. -
Beginning of World War 1
Archduke of Austria was assassinated by gauriolo princip of serbia because of european alliances, ths broke out into war. -
Panama Canal
The US wanted land in panama to build a cacnal. bought land and supported are volotion to get the 10 mile strip of land. and the US helped them to get there freedm and so now they had to give something back so they builed the panama canal -
German proclamation
the waters around the british isles were to be considered an official war zone and germany would sink any ship that would entered in there/this area. -
Sinking of the lusitania
british passenger ship (sister ship of the titanic) was torpedoed and aunk by a greman submarine killing more than 120 americans -
sussex pledge
gremany promises to not snk anymore merchant ships with out warning but they dont tell us ho much they are going to warn us like it could be a big warning or a little one we never know. they do not want the U.S. to enter the war!!! -
Failure of diplomacy
germany resumes a uboat attacks on the united states unrested submarine war fare continues.... -
zimmerman telegram
british intelligence the zimmerman telegram which revealed germanys plan to ask the mexican government to attack the U.S. in exchange for ts,nm,and az. -
U.S. Enters world war 1
joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. However, the U.S. eventually did enter the war. -
selective service act
the gov. now was the power to draftsoldiers. the act required all men in the u.s. between the ages of 21-30 to register to military service with in a few months, some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft. -
espionage act
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. -
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.