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Teddy Roosevelt takes the presidency
After the 1900 election, the victorious Teddy Roosevelt ran under on the Republican party platform and won. -
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Chapter 24 timeline
Chapter 24 timeline, around World War I -
Hay-Pauncefort treaty
This treaty gave the united states permission from Britain to make the Panama canal under the conditions of it being open to all nations. -
The Roosevelt Corrolary is put into play
The Roosevelt Corrolary was put into effect by Teddy Roosevelt and was an extention of the Monroe Doctrine. it stated that Latin American nations had to keep foreign affairs in the hands of the United states or face intervention. -
Roosevelt takes control of Dominican Republlic's economy.
To cut foreign intervention, Teddy Roosevelt took control of the economy of the Dominican republic and assumed all of its debts. -
Taft-Katsura Agreement
This agreement, signed by Taft of America and Katsura of Japan gave american acknowledgement of Japan superiority over Korea in exchange for Japan not attacking the Philippines. -
Taft takes presidency
The successor to Roosevelt, Taft came into the presidency after winning the 1908 election. He worked hard to promote economy where military was with his plan for "Dollar Diplomacy." -
Woodrow Wilson takes presidency
Woodrow Wilson won due to the split of the Republican party. He worked to promote "moral diplomacy." -
Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated
Archduke Francis Ferdinand was heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and so when he was assasinated by a Serbian nationalist, the events that followed brought in allies of each side to what would become World War I. -
Official outbreak of World War I
After the assasination of Archduke Ferdinand, Astrua-hungary declared war on Serbia, Serbia brought in Russia and the allies, Astria-hungary brought in the Central powers, and the war was on. -
Lusitinia is sunk
The Lusitinia was one of the first straws to bring America into the war. It was a passenger ship and when German U-Boats sank it, 128 American lives were lost. -
Wilson wins re-election
Wilson won the election of 1916 under the platform "he kept us out of war." This won him the election, but eventually in this term he declared war. -
United States enters the war
Wilson purposed for War on april 2, and only fifty representatives and six senators voted against it. Starting this day, the United States was at war. -
Esponiage act is passed
The esponiage act of 1917 imposed sentences of up to twenty years in prison for people found guilty of aiding the enemy, encouraging disloyalty, interfering with recruitment. -
Sedition act comes into play
The sedition act of 1908 was a law that imposed harsh penalties on anyone seeming disloyal in any way, shape, or form. -
The Fourteen points are given
The Fourteen points were a list of things Woodrow Wilson wanted to get done at the peace conference at Paris. There were, of course, forteen of them in total and almost none of them were approved. -
The Selective Service act is passed
The Selective service act provided the drafting of young men into the army during World War I. It was met with much protest, but it did give the united states army extra manpower. -
Germany appeals for armistice
Germany knew the war was over, and they appealed to Wilson on this day. At the end of the month, they got the armistice they asked for. -
World War I ends
After all of the fighting of the "war to end all wars," The fighting ceased at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. -
beginning of peace negotiations in Paris
The Peace negotiations at Paris were attended by the winning nations and dominated by the countries of America, Britain, France, and Italy. Russia didn't come to the conference due to revolution. -
Eugene V. Debs of the Socialist party campaigns for president
Eugene V Debs campaigned for president for 1920 from behind prison bars due to the Esponiage and Sedition acts. He gained nearly a million votes.
