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U.S. takes Alaska
This was important becuase in Alaska there were many natural resources -
Women getting involved in the public
Women starting to get involved is important because thanks to this the women started speaking out against unfair wages and unfair treatment towards women. -
Spanish American War
It was important because we decided to go to war so that we could protect our property in Cuba and so that we could basically own Cuba. -
Filipino Rebellion
This was important because it showed us that the places that we were in control of didn't want to be under our control -
Boxer Rebellion
This was Important because it forced all of the European countrys away from their places of control in China making it so that the "Open Door Notes" could become ratified -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Teddy Roosevelt was important because he was the first progressive president and he did several good that helped the advancment of the US -
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal was important because it created an easier path to the pacific than passing around South America. It also gave us a bunch of land in Panama. -
Upton Sinclair (and other Muckrakers)
He wrote a book called "The Jungle" and It was a Muckrakeing book that was written about the unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This is important because this is what initially plunged Europe into war. -
Unrestricted submarine warfare
It was important because the attacks on civillian ships is what helped pushed the Americans towards the Allies -
Selective Service Act
This was important because without this the US would not of had the amount of soliders that they had. -
The U.S. enters the war
This is important because after the US entered the war that was when the allies started to pull ahead and then eventually winning the war. -
Prohibition
It was important because the People thought that the ban on sell purchasing and transport of alcohol would help raise the morals of people. -
Armistace
This is important because this is what ended the fighting and the war -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote and also aloud black people to vote. which directly affected our future
