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-He strongly supported both imperialism and a stronger navy
-He was in charge of the Congressional Committee that was in charge of investigators
-Was against joining the league of nations and felt the US word lose its freedom of action
Imperialism-A policy of ex trading a country's power and influence thought diplomacy and military force -
-Mahan influence the u.s military policy by the ideas in his book 'the influenced of sea power upon history'
-Mahan's idea influenced naval power by the US sealing new abroad through the navy on the sea, and his emphasis upon acquisition of naval bases, the idea ran by the assistant secretary of the navy, Theodore Roosevelt -
-Was one of the most decorated soldiers of the U.S army in WW1
-Received the medal of of honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest.Taking 35 machine guns ,killing at least 28 Germans soldiers
-This action occurred during the U.S-led portions of the broads Meuse-Argonne offensive in France to breach the Hindenburg & make the opposing German force surrender -
-His family developed the dole pineapple company
-The U.S navy used Hawaii as a gas station
-He had an active role in the overthrown of the monarchy queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii & was elected the first president in 1893 for the U.S -
-Was a conflict between u.s and Spain
-The war was to end Spanish colonial rule in the u.s and a chance for u.s to be an empire
-It was in the western pacific and Latin american like Philippines,Samoa,Guam,wake island, and Cuba
-Congress support a modernization program that would make american navy effective and strong -
-Assistant secretary of the navy Theodore Roosevelt raised a volunteer force known as the "rough riders".Acting with other army regiments,they defeated Spanish forces at San Juan hill in Cuba
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-Purpose of the policy was to give all nations equal rights when trading with china
-The treaty would oppose any attempts by other nations to use the rebellion as an excuse to dismember china
-This policy was the U.S attempt towards world power -
-Roosevelt unexpectedly became the 26th president of the U.S assassination of McKinley
-Roosevelt"square deal'domestic program included a apromise to battle large industrial Combinations
Foreign policy was to bring the United out of it's Isolationism and full it responsibility as World Power
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-The panama canal is a 50 mile long shortcut for the ships to cross oceans and cut travel time by over 1/2
-The total and Final Construction on cost was just over 400,000,000
-Panama was owned by Columbia,when columbia denied the U.S access.so to help build the Route the U.S freed and helped them developed -
-Convinced that all of Latin america was vulnerable to European attack
-President Roosevelt dusted of the Monroe Doctrine and added his own corollary
-The Monroe Doctrine blocked further expansion of Europe in the western Hemisphere,The Roosevelt corollary went one step further
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-Was to create stability and order abroad that would best promote American commercial interest
-To improve financial opportunities, to use private capital further U.S interest overseas
-Taft administration concentrated in assisting american businessmen in the protection and expansion of investment and trade,especially in Latin America and far East.If Latin American countries did not pay debt the u.s government sent marines to collect -
-Central powers-Austria -Hungary,German Empire,ottoman empire,kingdom of Bulgaria,Bosnia,Italy & United States
-Triple Entente -France,Russian,Great Britain,Serbia & Japan
-The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were Gunned down which led to WW1 -
Poison gas-causes extremely powerful blistering effect on its victims.It harass and disable the enemy and polluted the battlefield.Germans had more chance on winning the battle
Tanks- lead the charge across no mans land to protect both the vehicle crew and the men's,caused by early french ware fair
Canned food-decided that something needed to be done about the military's food supply. Food lasted longer -
Submarines-known as under sea boats were created to fight war on sea,developed to gain advantages in the warfare
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Machine Guns:- Fully automatic mounted or portable firearm,design to fire bullets in a quick succession from an ammunition belt.-Developed for rapid firing.-One of the most deadliest and devastating weapons
Trench Warfare:-method of fighting where opposing armies fought from and defended their territories using a system of dug out trenches -
-Less than a year after WW1 a German u-boat the rms, a British ocean liner route from New York to liver pool,England
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-The Sussex pledge was a promise made in 1916 during WW1 by Germany to the U.S prior to the latter's entry into the war, early in 1915 Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted ships, but not passenger ships to be torpedoed without warning
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-The act was designed to crush subversion and silence critics of the war.For those convicted of aiding the enemy obstructing military recruitment, protesting conscription, or say or doing anything to impede the war effort
-The maximum fine was up to $10,000 and 20 years in federal prison -
-This was a message from the German foreign minister to mexico
-The war between the U.S and Germany is published on the front pages of newspaper across America to help bring America into WW1 -
-reason why the U.S joined the war are,when German u-boats quarantine British isles,German u-boats sink merchant ships, and also because German u-boats sink a merchant ship
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-The fourteen point plan ideas were distributed,world wide by the government working for George creel in the american commitment on public info.
-Millions of copies of booklets and pamphlets that explain Wilson's plan were distributed to allied nations and dropped from planes above germany -
-The commanding general was John J.Pershing
-The AEF'S nickname was "Dough boys"
-They had more than 500,000-1,000,000 men,the AEF sustained about 320,000 casualties and 204,000 wounded during the war
-U.S divisions were deployed with french and British units to gain combat experience by defending relatively quiet sectors of their lines.The AEF helped push the allied powers towards victory under the command of General John J. Pershing -
-The AEF(american expeditionary force)assembled 600,000 soldiers & 40,000 pieces of artillery
-A total of 1.2 million Americans were involved 117,were killed or wounded
-Fought threw the hilly terrain shattered the German line
-Final allied offensive of WW1 that restricted along the entire western front to help end the war -
Issue;The first amendment violated when congress makes a law that punishes opinions against the war
-Congress passed a law called the Espionage Act which said that during wartime obstructing the draft was a crime
-The court ruled that there is limits to free speech,free speech is not protected from falsely"shouting fire in a crowed theater and causing panic".The first amendment did not protected words that create a "clear and present danger" -
-The treaty's tearms was germany to take the blme,germany had to give up land to france and 4 other contries,germany had to pay for all reportations and the german army was limited to 100,000 men
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-The treaty created the league of nations,an organization of nation pledge to defend each other against aggressors.
-The U.S congress denied president Wilson's 14 points along with the league nations
-The league was severely weakened when several major powers such as the U.S & Russia failed to join it
