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battle of the aragonne forest
-battle in 1918 near the belgian border
-it were 600,000 solders and 40.000of artllert
-it shattered the german lines
-was the final and most important battle of the aff
-the overall was the sevarl medal of honor warded at the battle -
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Stanford B. Dole
*his relation w/us - him and his family made Dole pineapple company
*Effects played a prominet and active role in the overthrown of queen liluokalamas
*gov 1900-19003
*connections - family had pinapple plantations led the provisinal Gov while it worked out plans for the us to annex the island during spanish American war -
sinking of the U.S.S Maine
-It was sent to Cuba, to protect U.S citizens during the cubanwar of Independence
-William Randolph heast publish "remember the maine ! to hell with spain!"
-Heast influence america by the uprour caused by the destraction of Maine
-yellow press explored the story , whipping the U.S into an anti-spanish frenzy
-people would yell out "remember the Maine!" -
Henry Cobot Codge
-served as U.S Representive
- Imparlism a policy of extanding a countrys power and influence through of plomecy or millatary force
-suported spanish American war
-he left that to safeguard its an interest , U.S had to stake act sphere of economic influence
-lodge had influence the senate to expand flect essental security -
theodore Roosevelt - battle of san juan hill ' Rough Riders"
-a volunteer force known as "rough Riders"
-they defeated Spanish forces at san juan hill in cuba
-In 4 months spain was defeated
-American forcses were left in occurpation of the phillipines , cuba , puerto rico guam
-later he became presdent of the united states -
open door policy
-cause they wanted to build an empire .
-united states did not have a sphere of influence of economic activities.
-protect American businesmen and investars that american would shut out of china by the European powers
-us participation would oppose any attempt by other nations to use the rebellion as an excuse to dismember china -
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Theodore Roosevelt
-Roosevelt became President after Mckinky was assassinated
-his slogan 'speak safetly and carry a big stick" said because he was sending the grently expanded navy - the great white fleet - on a world tour
-Roosevelt was the 1st presedent to speak out on conservation of the gratly expanded the system of national parks of national forest
-Teddy spent periods of time hunting in N. Dokata badlands seeing how over hunting grezing damaged the land to game animals he ttried to stop as Presedent -
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Panama Canal
-Panama owned it first.
-Reasons why U.S wanted the panama canal was because it provided a new route for internatinal trade and military transport
-effect/ 22k people died
-Roosevelt sent U.S warships to panama (part of Colombia) to prottect retails and took action after the Panama gave complete control complete control of a 10 mile ship to build the canal. -
Roosevelt corollary
-the Roosevelt Corollary was an additon to the monroe Doctrine
-Roosevelt wanted to create and informal America empire in latin America as a means of competeing with the increasing imperalism of european nation
-the roosevelt corollary justified America intervention through out the western hemisphere
-it helped keep european nation out of America affairs in North an South America -
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Dollar Diplomacy
*promote American foreign policy
*make America more money
*took place in Caribbean region
*U.S bankers baned money to latina America countries if they couldnt repay loans U.S Marines were sent in to assure repayment by force -
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Weapons of war
-u boat submarines were used by Germans during ww1 , they used them to sink British cruisers along with mines between oct 1916 - jan 1917 there was a ground total of 1.4 million tons allied shipping destroyed mines (land and water based were used during ww1 , they were a type of bomb , land mines were triggered by contact and water mines were energized by a battery explode Germany laid 43,000 miles resulting in the sinking of shipping u boats and killing people -
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WW1
-europe was going through MAIN M-militarism A-alliance I-imperialism N-nationalism
-the triple entente was the understaning linking the russian empire , the russian empire the third republic and unted kingdom of great britain irelandutter siging of anylo- russian entre on agust 31 1907
- central powers consits of austraila Hungary , germany , bulgaria and the, tiuman empire
- serbia, and offoman, central powers
-Bosnia, Italy Japan, and the united states, triple entente -
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weapons of total war , C
-poison gas
-extremely powerful blistering effect on its victims . it haras and disabled the enemy and pollute the battle field . germans had more chances on winning the battle tanks
-lead the charge across no mans lands to protect both the vehicles and the men caused by early trenchware fare
-food last longer it was relatively easy to mass produce and deliver -
German Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
-Germany declared the area around the british isles a war zone , which all ships would be attack by the german nazy . a string of attacks on merchant ships followed culmintaing in the sinking of luistina by a german u boat -
zimmerman Telegram
-Internal diplomatic commanication issued from the germany foreign office in jan. 1917
-proposed a military alliiance between germany and mexico .
-this created lots 4 events of the united states entering ww1 against germany -
espionage b sedition ads
-Inferering with war effort or for sapine anything dislyal , profume or abusitie self or war effort
-a person could be fined up to 20,000 and sentaced 20 years in jail -
espionage act
the law extended on may 16 1918 by the sedition act of 1918 actvally a set of amedments to the espionage act when prohibited many frons of speach involing day displayed protons scumilous or agressive language about the tyon of goverment of the untied states of the flag of the u.s -
Fourteen point plan
-the fourteen point plan ideas were distributed would wide by the goverment writing for george creel in the american committe on public information -
Alvin York
-lead an attack on german machine gun nest
-was of the worst derupted solders of the united states during ww1
-he killed 25 germans and captured 132 priosoners -
Schneck V. U.S.
when america enterd world war 1 congress passed a law called the espionage act violating the first amendment schneck was convicted for distributing literture that encourage men to resit the draft schneck claimed his first amendment right to freedom of speach had been violated suppreme court ruled that there were limits to free speach like falster shooting life in a crowed theater and causing panic first amendement did not protect words that crat a clear and present danger -
Treaty of versailles
-viewing Germany as the chief instigator of conflict , the impose particularly straight treaty obligations upon the defeated Germany
-Forced Germany to cancede territories to Belyum, and poland
-the final treaty was not what presdent wilson wanted . only 8 of his 14 were incorporated into the treaty -
league of nations
-intergovemental organization as a result of the Paris peace conference
-Purpose was to maintain world peace
-Weakness lacked there own armed forceses they depend on the great powers , but they were relvant to help
-the league servely weakend when sevarl mabor powers such as the U.S and Russia , failed to join it
-league pared incapable of preventing aggression by axis powers and countries started withdrawing from the league. -
sussex pledge
-Germany attack that ship and killed more than 50k passangers
- Germany pledge not to sink anymore oceans liners with out prior warning or providing help to passengers but broke that pledge by sinking the lusitania -
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Weappons of total war b
macine guns could shoot hundreds of round of ammo a minute