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fourteen point plan
Open diplomacy,Freedom of the seas, Removal of economic barriers,Reduction of armaments, Adjustment of colonial claims,Conquered territories in Russia.Preservation of Belgian sovereignty,Restoration of French territory, Redrawing of Italian frontiers,Division of Austria-Hungary, Redrawing of Balkan boundaries, Limitations on Turkey,Association of nations. Establishment of an independent Poland. -
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Henry Cabot Lodge
- he strongly supported both imperialism and a stronger navy -he was in chase of the congressional committee that was in charge of investigations of the war the army handled the Filipino rebels. was against joining the league of waias and felt the us would lose is freedom of action -imperialism a policy of extending a countrys power influince through diplomacy and military force
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alfred thayer
maghan influinced the us military policy by the ideas in his book the influinve of sea power upon history . -
Alvin york
-was one of the most decorated soldiers of the us army in WWI
-received the medal of honor for leading an attack guns,killing at least 28 Germans soldiers
-this act occurred during the us portion of the breads Meuse Argonne offensive in France to breach the hinder burg and make the opposing German forces surrender
-he was inspiration to all throughout the world. -
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standford B.dole
-His family developed the dole pineapple company
-The u.s. navy used Hawaii as a gas station
-he had an active role in the over throw of the monarchy queen of Hawaii and was elected as the first president in 1893 for the u.s.
u.s annexed Hawaii during the Sp-am war and dole became Hawaii first government -
sinking of the USS Maine
-The Maine was sent to Cuba to protect american citizens while Cuban revolutionaries were fighting Spain for independence
-The newspaper writers blamed Spain for the explosion so there was a public uproar.
--many americans saw this as a chance to seize other overseas possesion and being bulilding an american empire -
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spanish american war
was a conflict between united states and spain
-the war was o end spanish colonial rule in the u.s. to be an empire
-it was in the western pacific and latin america like philipines,samoa,guam,wake island,cuba
-congress support a moderization program that would make american neavy effective and strong. -
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theodore roosevelt-battle of san juan
-Assistant 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 jual hill in cuba. -
open door policy
purpose of the policy was to give all nations equal rights when trading china
the treaty would oppose any attempts by other nations to use the rebellion as an excuse to dismember china. -
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presidency of Theodore roosevelt
Roosevelt unexpectedly became the 26th president of the u.s. after the associations of McKinley.
Roosevelt "squad deal" domestic program included a promise to battle large industrial combinations.
foreign political was to bring the united states of its isolationism and fulfill it responsibility as a world power.
after the death of garret Hobart,Theodore became vice-president. -
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Panamal canal
-The panama canal took 10 years to build
-The price of the build was $403
-the us helped free panama from Columbia to get access for the build.
panam was owned by columbia when columbia was denied the u.s. access so to help build the route the us. freed panama and helped them develope a country to build the canal -
roosevelt corollary
was created by theodore Roosevelt
-convinced that all of Latin america was vulnerable Europe attack.
president Roosevelt dusted of the Monroe doctrine in the western hemisphere. -
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world war 1
central powers-Austria,hungry,German empire,ottoman empire ,kingdom of Bulgaria,Bosnia,Italy and united states.
triple entente-France,Russia,great Britain,Serbia and japan.
The associations of archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were gunned down which led to world war 1. -
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weapons of total war part 2
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 terrorist using a system of dug out trenches.to construct a thought out system that underwent constant revision -
sinking of the lusitania
less than a year after WWI a German u-boat sank the rms,a British ocean liner route from New York to liver pool,England. -
Sussex pledge
the Sussex pledge was a promise made in 1916 during WWI by Germany to the u.s. prior to the latter entry into the war,Early in 1915 Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted ships,but not passenger ship to be torpedoed without warning. -
Zimmerman telegram
This was a message from the German foreign minister to mexico gov.
the war between -
German unrestricted submarine warfare
-Reason why the u.s joined the war are,why German u-boats quarantine British isles,German u-boats sink merchant ships, and also because German u-boats sink merchant ship. -
fourteen point plan
These ideas were distributed worldwide by government propagandists working for George Creel in the American Committee on Public Information. Millions of copies of booklets and pamphlets that explained Wilson’s plans were distributed to Allied nations and dropped from planes above Germany.the Allies agreed to accept the Fourteen Points as the basis for the coming peace negotiations if Wilson would agree to two reservations -
Espionage act
the act was designed to crush subdivision and a silence critics of the war.the maximum fine was up to 810,000 and 20 years in federal prison.for those convicted of aiding the enemy obstruction military recruitment, protesting, constriction, or say or doing anything to impeded the war effort. -
Battle of Aragonne forest
-The AEF (american expeditionary force) assembled 600,000 soldiers and 40,000 pieces of artillery
-A total of 1.2 million Americans were involved 117,000 were killed or wounded
-fought threw 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 -
treaty of verallies
the treaty terms was Germany to take blame,Germany had to give up land for France, and 4 other countries, Germany had to pay for all the reparations and the German army was limited to 100,000 men.
the league of nations were created
the us saw this treaty as an unfair punishment , so Woodrow Wilson proposed 14 points.
joined the league but turned down because of foreign affairs us went to isolation until stock market. -
league of naions
the treaty created the league of nations ,an organization of nations pledged to defend each other against aggressors
the united states congress denied president Wilson 14 points along with the league nations.
the league was several major powers such as he united states and Russia failed to join it. -
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weapons of total war part 1
submarines (u-boats)-submarines of u-boats also known as 'undersea boats' were created to fight war on sea
-developed to gain against merchant ship and hide rig the allies supply line.
mines-explosive device concealed under water on ground to destroy or disable enemy targets,ranging from combatants to vehicles,and tanks,as they passed over or near it
-developed to create defensive tactical barriers,channeling attacking forces.
-decreased the use of submarines/u-boats. -
Henry ford innovations