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Period: 1909 BCE to 1913 BCE
Dollar Diplomacy
*Promote American foreign policy golds
*Make America more money
*Took Place In Caribbean region Central
*U.S bankers loaned money to Latin American countries if they couldn't repay loans U.S Marines were sent in to assure repayment by force. -
Period: 1903 BCE to 1914 BCE
Panama Canal
-Panama owned it ist.
-Reasons why U.S wanted the Panama Canal was because it provide a new Recto for international trade and military transport
-A Lot of workers who where building it died
- 22k people died -5,609 died of desaed and accident
-Roosevelt sent U.S warship to panama to protect rebels ans take action,After he kept his word panama gave the U.S complete control of a 10- mile strip to build the ct-pal` -
Period: 1901 BCE to 1909 BCE
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
-Roosevelt became president after McKinney was assassinated
-His "Speak safety and carry a big stick said because he was sending the greatly expanded Navy -the breat white fleet -on a world tour
-Roosevelt was the 1st president to speak out on conservation & he greatly expanded the system of national parks & National forests
-Teddy Spent periods of time hunting in Dakotan badlands seeing how over hunting & grazing changed the land & game animals he tried to stop as president -
Period: 1901 BCE to 1909 BCE
Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
-Was Williams McKinley vice president 1901 in September Roosevelt became president when Williams was Assassinated
-Speak softly and carry a big stick font use verbal threats, but do make others aware that you are prepared to use physical force (U.S Navy)
-Crater lake National Park
wind cave National park
Sully Hill
Platt National Park
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1899 BCE
Open Door Policy 1899
-Causes they Wanted to build on Empire
-United States Did Not Have a Sphere of influence of economic Activities .
-Protect American Businessmen & investors that american would shut out of china by the European powers
-U.S Participation Would oppose any attempt by other ,nations to use the rebellion as an excuse to dismember china. -
Period: 1890 BCE to 1920 BCE
Spanish War
*America went to war against Spain to free Cuba from Spanish Domination
*Philippines and Cuba
*Time Period was 1890-1902
*America went to war,fighting both in Cuba and in the Philippines now a world power
*Philippines and Hawaii
*Made them a world power using a navy subprime -
Period: 1886 BCE to 1893 BCE
STANFord B.Dole
*His Reaction w/U.S Him & His family made the Dole Pineapple company
*Effects-played a prominent & Active role in the overthrown of Queen Liliuokalani
*Gov.`990-1903
*Connections-Family Had
Pineapple Plantations.
Led the provisional Gov while it worked out plans for the Us to annex the island Spanish American War -
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Henry Cabot Lodge
-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 would lose its freedom of action
-Imperialism -A Policy of ex trading a country's power and influence through diplomacy and military force -
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
-Mahan influenced the US Military policy by ideas in his bookThe Influence of Sea Power Upon History
-Mahans ideas influenced naval power by the US seeking new markets abroad through the navy on the seas , and his emphasis upon acquisition of naval bases, including Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt -
Alfred Thayer mahan
-Theodore Roosevelt was one of Mahicans followers
-His Book he wrote the influence of sea powers followers
-Argued to a Cheviot World power a country headed a power navy
-Naval Bases to provide fueling stations -
Sinking Of The Uss Maine
-The Maine was sent to Cuba to protect American citizens while the Cuban revolutionaries were fighting Spain for independence
-The newspaper writes on blamed Spain for the explosion so there was a public uproar
-Many Americans saw this as a chance to seize other overseas possessions and begin building an American Empire. -
USS Maine
-In 1898,USS main was sent to Havana to protect U.S interests during Rove -
Roosevelt Corollary
-Was Created by Theodore Roosevelt
-Convinced that all of Latin America Was Vulnerable to European attack
-President Roosevelt Dusted of the Monroe Doctrine and added his own corollary
-Monroe Doctrine blocked further expansion of Europe in the western Hemisphere,Roosevelt Corollary
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World War 1
- Central Powers consist of Austria-Hungary,Germany,Bulgaria and the ottoman Empire -Allied Powers are Serbia, Russia,France,The united Kingdom,Italy ,Belgium,Bosnia and the united states. -The causes of the war the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at sarajevo on 28 June 1914
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Sussex Pledge
-The Sussex Pledge was a promise made in 1916 during WWI 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 -
Espionage Act
-The act easy designed to crush subversion and silence critics of the war,for those convicted of aiding the enemy obstructing military Recruitment , protesting,conscription,or dsy or doing anything to impede the war effort
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Zimmerman Telegram
-The Zimmerman Telegram was an internal diplomatic communication issued 4 rm the German Foreign office in Jan/1917 that proposed a ,military alliance b/w Germany and mexico in the event of the united States entering World War 1 Vs. Germany -
Alvin York
-Was a 29 year old who was a typical draftee under privileged under educated
-In the battle of the Argonne forest with nothing but his pistol and rifle he reportedly killed 25 German and Captured 132 prisoners
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Fourteen Point plan
-The Fourteen point plan ideas were distributed would wide by the government writing for George Creel in the american committee on public information
-Millions of copies of booklets that explained Wilson's plans were distributed allied nations and dropped from planed above Germany
-Allies agreed to ACCEPT THE FOURTEEN POINTS AS THE BASISFOR THE COUNTRY PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IF WILSON WOULD AGREE TO TWO RESERVATIONS -
American Expeditionary Force
-The commanding general was John J Pershing
-The AEF's nickname was "Doughboys"
-They Had More Than 500,000-1,000,00 men,the AEF sustained About 320,000 caualtites and 204,000 wounded during the war
-U,S. divisions were deployed with french and British units to gain combat exp -
Battle of Argonne Forest
-The AEF assembled 600,000 soldiers + 40,000 pieces of artillery +
-A total of 1.2 million Americans were involved 117,000 were killed or wounded
-Fought through the hilly Terrain Shattered the German line
-Final allied offensive of world war 1 that structured along the entire western front to help end the war -
Supreme Court
-Issue:The first Amendment violated when the congress make 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 crime
-The court ruled that there is limits to free speech .Free speech is not protected from Falsely should "Fire " a crowded theater and causing panic. The first Amendment did not protect words that created a "Clear and Present danger " -
Treaty of Versailles
-The treaty terms was Germany to take the blame ,Germany had to give up land to France , and 4 others countries ,Germany had to pay for all the reparations , and the German Army was Limited to 100,000 men . The League of Nations Was Created
-The U.S. saw this treaty as an unfair punishment , so Woodrow Wilson proposed 14 points.
-The U.S was offered to join the League but turned it down because of foreign affairs , so the U.S. went into isolation until the stock market Crash -
Schenck vs U.S.
-He distributed thousands of flyers to American servicemen recently drafted to fight in world war I , the flyers asserted that the draft amounted to "involuntary servitude" and that war itself was motivated by capitalist greed, and urged draftees to petition for repeat of the draft .
-The courts ruling was Schenck got sent to jail for six Months
-His speech Created a clear and present danger of insubordination in wartime , and was a man who cries "Fire" in a crowded theater causing a panic . -
Sinking Of Lusitania
-Less Than a year WW1 a German U-boat the RMS, A British ocean liner route from New York to Liver Pool, England -
German Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
-Germany declared the area around the British Isles A War zone , which all ships would be attacked by the German navy.A strings of attacks on merchant ships followed ,Culminating in the sinking of th Lusitania by a German U-boat
-The incident prompted U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to send a note to the German government government demanding an end to German attacks against unarmed merchant ships,and the German navy commanders,did not Accept this degree of passivity ,and continued -
League of nations
-The treaty created the league of nations , am organizations of nations pledged to defend each other against aggressors
-The US congress denied President Wilsons 14 points along with the league of nations
=The league was severly weaken when several major powers such as the US And Russia failed to join it