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Acquisition of Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines
Business leaders overthrew the Queen and sought annexation of Hawaii. The U.S. Navy sent a single cruiser, the USS Charleston, to capture the island of Guam, then under Spanish control. They surrendered without resistance and the island passed into American control. Purchased from Spain following military victory; independent in 1946. -
Spanish American War
The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. It marked America's transition from a regional to a global power. -
Sinking of the U.S.S Maine
A massive explosion sunk the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor, killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard, the cause of the explosion is unknown. This played a large role in the U.S fighting in the Spanish-American war. -
Open Door Policy
Policy initiated by the United States for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity. This promoted equal opportunity for international trade. -
Roosevelt Corollary
President Roosevelt barred European countries from using force to collect debts owed to them by the Dominican Republic. Roosevelt declared tht the united states would collect debt for them. The frequent invasions were deeply resented by Latin Americans. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Effort of the United States to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. President Taft encouraged bankers to invest in countries of the caribbean region. -
Sussex Pledge
The Sussex was a French ship. After a German sship attacked the submarine attacked the shipp in 1916 killing over 50 passengers. Germany pledged not to sink any more ocean liners without prior warning or providing help to passengers. -
Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip. This is what sparked World War I. . The political objective of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary's South Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Yugoslavia. -
Start of WWI
The assasination of Archduke franz Ferdinandd by serbian nationalists was the immediate cause of the war. Officials in Serbia, a neighboring Slavic state, secretly planned the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Russia was allied to Serbia, Germany was allied to Austria-Hungary and Britain. France was allied to Russia. thsi quickly escalated into a major European war. -
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a 77.1-kilometre ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Helped to facilitate trade and decrease travel time. Theodore Roosevelt. -
Zimmerman Telegram
In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. This was one of the events that lead to the U.S going into WWI. -
U.S enters WWI
the U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing. -
Selective Service Act Passed
Authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the required enlistment of people. -
Espionage Act
he Act criminalizes and punishes espionage, spying and related crimes. The Act prohibits not only spying but also various other activities, including certain kinds of expression. This way other countries couldnt know what the U.S was planning. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
Was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. Alvin Yorke is known as the greatest American hero of WWI.
