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alfred thayer mahan
mahan influenced the us military policy by the ideas in his book the influence of sea power upon history. mahans ideas influenced naval power by the u.s seeking new markets aboard through the navy on the seas and his emphasis upon acquisition of naval bases including assistant secretary of the navy Theodore Roosevelt -
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standford b. dole
his relation w/u.s -him family made the dole pineapple company *effects played a prominet and active role in the overthrown of the queen gov 1900-1903 connections family had pineapple plantations led the provision gov while it worked out plans for the u.s to annex the island during spanish american war -
the influences of sea power upon history
captain Alfred T. mahan a lecturer in naval history published "the influence of sea power upon history" it was an analysis of the importance of the naval power .naval power- having a nations entire military organization for sea warfare and defense -
pesidency of stanford b dole
the u.s navy use Hawaii as a gas station. he helped overthrow the queen of Hawaii and shortly afterwords he had gotten elected president of Hawaii which lead to the annexation of Hawaii to the u.s. he was born in Hawaii and his family developed the pineapple company -
sinking of the u.s.s maine
it was sent to cuba to protect u.s citizens during the cuban war of independence . william randolph hearst published remember the maine to hell woth spain .heasrt influence america bt the uproar caused bt the destruction of the maine .yellow press exploited the story whipping the u.s into an anti-spanish frenzy .people would yell out remember the maine -
hennry cabot lodge
served as u.s representative .imperialism: A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. supported Spanish american war. he felt that to safeguard its own interests u.s had to stake out spheres of economic influences. lodge influence the senate to expand the fleet network oversea parts as essential security -
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Spanish war
america went to war against spain to free cuba from spanish domination. Philippines amd cuba. 1898-1902. america went to war fighting both in cuba in the Philippines mow a world power. made power using a navy subprime -
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 forces were left in occupation of the Philippines Cuba, Puerto Rico Guam. later he became president of the united states -
open door policy
cause they wanted to build an empire .united states dud not have a sphere of economic activities protect american businessmen and investors that american would shut out china by the european powers .u.s participants would oppose any attempt by other nations to use the rebellion asan excuse to dismember china -
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt became president after McKinney was assassinated. his sloga "speak softly and carry a big stick" said, because he was sending the greatly expanded navy the great white fleet on a world tour. Roosevelt was the 1st president to speak out on conservation and he greatly expanded the system of national parks and national forests. teddy spent periods of time hunting in N Dakota badlands seeing how over hunting and grazing damaged the land and game animals he tried to stop as president -
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presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
was William McKinley vie president 1901 in September Roosevelt became president when William was assassinated. "speak softly and carry a big stick". do not 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's hill platt hill platt national park mesa Verde national park -
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panama canal
panama owned it 1st. reason why u.s wanted the panama canal was because it provided a new route fro international trade and military transport. a lot of workers who where building died. Roosevelt sent u.s warship to panama to protect rebels and take action after he kept his word panama gave the u.s complete control of a 10 mile strip to build the canal -
Roosevelt corollary
the Roosevelt corollary was an addition to the time Monroe doctrine. Roosevelt wanted to create and informal america empire in Latin america as a means of competing with the increasing imperialism of European nation. the Roosevelt corollary justified american intervention throughout the western hemisphere it helped keep European nation out of american affairs in north and south america -
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dollar diplomacy
promote american foreign golds .make america more money .took place in Caribbean region/central and south america .us bankers banned money to Latin american countries if they couldn't repay loans u.s marines were sent in to assure repayment by force. -
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weapons of total war B
machine guns could shoot hundreds of round of ammo a minute these machine guns were 1 of the main killers in the war because of the trench warfare started. trench warfare were used as protection from the enemy due to machine guns fire arms and artillery -
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weapons of war A
u - boat submarines were used by Germans during ww1 they used them sink British cruisers along with mines between oct 1916- jan 1917 there was a grand total of 1.4 million tons of 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 ships u- boats and killing people -
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ww1
europe was going through
m- militarism
a - alliance
i- imperialism
n- nationalism
central powers consist of Austria,Hungary,Germany,Bulgaria,and the ottoman empire the triple entente was the understanding linking the Russian empire the third republic and united kingdom of great Britain and Ireland after signing of Anglo - Russian entente on august 31 1907 Serbia and ottoman empire central. 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 harass and disable the enemy and pollute the battlefield germans had more chance on winning the battle tanks lead the charge across no mans land to protect both the vehicles and the men caused by early trench warfare canned food french directory decided that somthing needed to be done about the militarys food supply food last longer it was relatively easy to mass produce and deliver -
sinking of the Lusitania
when it was sunk in 1915 the Lusitania was on the return leg from new york across the atlantie when it was torpedoed by a german u-boat killing 1100 people 120 americans this was germanys unrestricted war force whiley helped bring the u.s. into ww1 -
Zimmerman telegram
internal diplomatic communication issued from the Germany foreign office in jan 1917. proposed a military alliance between Germany and mexico. this created events of the united states entering ww1 against Germany -
German unrestricted submarine warfare
German being starved for food and raw materials by the British naval blockade that had been in place since august 1914. u.s industrial production capacity which could be turned over wholly to war production for the allies. u.s. manpower which would provide millions of new troop for the armed armies on the western front. -
espionage act
the act was desinged to crush subversion and silence critics of tye war for those convicted of aiding the enemy obstructing military recruitment protesting conscription or say or doing anything to impede the war effort -
the american expeditionary forces
consisted of untied states army forces sent to Europe under the commending general john Pershing in 1917 to help ww1. they were called dough boys, possibly of the white belts they wore which they cleaned with pipe clay or "dough" there were millions of men that were in the [aef] -
espionage b sedition
interfering of war effort or for saying anything display profane or abusive about gov or war effort. a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced 20 years in jail. a man by the name of Charles schneck distributed 1,000 flyers to recently drafted men saying "invonluntary servitude" was taken totried -
fourteen point plan
the fourteen point plan ideas were distributed would wide by the government writting for george creel in american committe on public information millions of copies of booklets and pamphlets that explained wilsons plans were distributed to allied nations and dropped from planes above germany allies agreed to accept the fourteen points as the basis for the country peace negations if wilsons would agree to two reservations -
Alvin york u.s.
actions he took - was ordered to take his squad on a surprise attack against an emplacement of German machine guns captured 132 German soldiers and officers on Oct,8,1918. effect - his heroic actions help lead to the ending of the battle of Argonne forest to sergeant honors and awarded the congressional medal of honor -
battle of the aragonne forest
reason of aragonne forest battle in 1918 near the Belgian border. it were 609,000 solders and 40,000 of artillery. it shattered the german defenses and open a hole in German lines was the final and most important battle of the aff. the overall was the several medal of honor awarded at the battle -
supreme court
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 crime the court ruled that there is limits ti free speech. free speech is not protected from falsely should "fire" i a crowded theater and causing panic the first amendment did not protect words that creat a "clear and present danger" -
treaty of Versailles
the treaty's terms was Germany to take the blame Germany ad to give up land to France and 4 other countries Germany had to pay for all the reparations and the German army was limited to 100000 men. the league of nations was created the us 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 foreing affairs so the u.s went into isolation until stock market crash -
suprem court case of schenck v. united states
When America entered World War I,Congress passed a law called the Espionage Act violating the first Amendment. schneck was convicted for distributing literature that encouraged men to resist the draft. schneck claimed his first amendment right to freedom of speech had been violated. supreme court ruled that there were limits to free speech like falsely "shouting frie in a crowded theater and causing panic. first amendment did not protect words that creat a "clear and present danger" -
league of nations
intergovernmental organization as a result of the Paris peace conference. purpose was to maintain world peace weakness lacked there own armed force they depended on the great power but they were reluctant to help. the league severely weakened when several major powers such as the u.s and Russia failed to join it league proud incapable of preventing aggression by axis powers and countries started withdrawing from the league -
sussex pledge
Germany attack that ship and killed more than 50 people. Germany pledged to not sink anymore ocean liners with out prior warning or providing help for passengers but broke this pledge by sinking the Lusitania