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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Secretary of State John Hay negotiated this treaty with Britain to permit the US to construct and control an Isthmian canal, providing it would be free and open to ships of all nations. -
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
With Panama, granted the US contorl of a canal zone 10 miles wide across the Isthmus of Panama. In return, the US guaranteed the independence of Panama and agreed to pay a one time fee of $10 million, and an annual rental of $250,000. -
Taft-Katsura Agreement
Recognized Japan's dominance over Korea in return for its promise not to invade the Philippines. -
San Francisco School Board Segregation
The Sanfrancisco School Board ordered the segregation of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean children into a separate Oriental school. -
Gentlemen's Agreement
This agreement between Roosevelt and Japan promised to stop the flow of Japanese agricultural laborers into the US. -
Root-Takahira Agreement
In an exchange of diplomatic notes between Japan and America, they reached this agreement, in which they promised to maintain the status quo in the Pacific, uphold the Open Dorr, and support Chinese independence. -
Woodrow Wilson Takes Office
He was a Democrat, he knew little about foreign policy, he was intelligent and confident. In order to take office, he beat out Republican William Howard Taft, Progressive Theodore Roosevelt, and Socialist Eugene V. Debs. -
Franz Ferdinand Killed
a Bosnian assassin linked to Serbia, which Mr. Martin said was a teenager?, murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungary throne. -
Treaty With Nicaragua
Woodrow Wilson negotiated a treaty with Nicaragua to grant the US exclusive rights to build a canal and lease sites for naval bases. This treaty made Nicaragua an American satellite. -
Lusitania Sinking
The Lusitania was a British Passenger Liner that German U-boats fired a torpedo at without warning, which set off an internal explosion and sent the ship beneath the waves in less than 20 minutes. Nearly 1,200 people died, including over 120 Americans. -
The Sussex Pledge
The kaiser of Germany agreed to Wilson's demands that Germans call off attacks on cargo and passenger ships and promised to shoot on sight only ships of the enemy's navy. The kaiser attached the condition that the US compel the Allies to end their blockade and comply with international law. Wilson accepted the pledge but turned down the condition. The pledge marked the beginning of a short period of friendly relations between the US and Germany. -
Preparedness Parade
Wislon marched in a giant preparedness parade in Washington with an American flag draped over his shoulder to promote being prepared for entrance into the war. -
Zimmermann Telegram
The British government privately gave Wilson a telegram intercepted from Arthur Zimmermann, the German foreign minister, to the German ambassador in Mexico. The telegram proposed an alliance with Mexico in case of war with the US, offering financial support and recovery of Mexico's "lost territory" in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. -
American Declaration Of War
The declaration of war, proposed by Wilson on April 2 finally passed with 50 members of he House and 6 senators voting against it. Even then, the country was divided over entry into the war. -
Selective Service Act
Provided for the registration of all men, white or black, between the ages of 21 and 30 (later changed to 18 and 45), into the draft. -
Sedition Act
Passed by Congress, imposed harsh penalties on anyone using "disloyal, profance, scurrilous, or abusice language" about the government, flag, or armed forces uniforms. -
Basically, Germanys Last Stand
A half million Americans and a smaller contigent of French drove the Germans from the St. Mihiel salient, 12 miles south of Verdun. 2 weeks later, 896,000 American soldiers attacked between the Meuse River and the Argonne Forest. Focusing their efforts on a main railroad supply line for the German army in the West, American troops broke through in early November, cut the line, and drove the Germans back along the whole front. -
Armistice
Germany appealed to Wilson for an armistice, because the German high command knew that the war was lost. By the end of the month, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Austria-Hungary were out of the war. -
The Treaty Of Versailles
The allies signed the treaty, which, created Poland and Czechoslovakia, divided up Germany colonies in Asia and Africa. made Germany accept responsibility for the war, and pay $33 billion in reparations. It also accept Wilson's League of nations. -
Woodrow Wilson's Death
Confined to bed, he died in Washington of natural causes. Most likely of being old and sickly and stuff,
