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Sinking of the uss maine
The uss maine is blown up and starts the spanish american war. -
Acquisition of Hawaii
Hawaii is anexed into the U.S., and Sanford Dole will become its governer. -
Spanish American War
The Spanish American War was a conflictbetween Spain and the United States by assisting Cuban in the War of Independence. -
Open Door Policy
U.S. gets trading rights with China. -
Roosevelt Corollay
The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03. -
Dollar Diplomacy
William Howard Taft Belived that we could improve financilal opportunities by doing this. -
Failure of Diplomacy
They couldnt solve the conflict by disscusing or by not getting vilent. -
Beginning of World War I
On June 28, 1914, a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro Hungarian Empire. that event led a chain of events which started world war 1 a month later. -
Panama Canal
A canal made to shorten the distance from east to west coast in the U.S. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
a German U boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner with almos 2000 people in it, -
German Proclamation
Germany made the Proclamation, which allowed them to claim that sinking the Lusitania was justified. -
Sussex Pledge
promise given by the German Government to the U,S. in response to US demands relating to the cunduct of ww1 -
Zimmerman Telegram
A telegram from Germany to Mexico, wanting Mexico to join the war to distract th U.S. -
U.S. Enters World War I
The U.S. finally enters the WW1 -
Selective Service Act
It allowed the goverment to raise an army for war. -
Espionage Act
This was made to stop people from talking bad about the U.S. -
Wilson's Fourteen Points
President Woodrow Wilson made a 14-point program for world peace, which was used at the end of WW1. -
Alvin York
He was one of the most decorated soldiers of the United States Army in World War I, Brought in a lot of prisoners and was a very skilled marksman. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
A historic battle where America took on a place the Germans took 4 years fortifyinng, and drove them out giving France back its territory. -
Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
Was an attemp for world peace. -
End of World War I
Germany and all its allies started breaking and soon they all surrenderd one after another.
