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Acquisition of Hawaii
Sanford Dole would become governer
Expanded US territory area
Sugar and Pineapple Plantations were created by US settlers -
Sinking of the USS Maine
The United States battleship was blown up in an explosion which killed 260 men on board
No one has ever established exactly what caused the explosion or who was responsible, but the consequence was the brief Spanish-American War
led to war -
Spanish American War
between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. U.S. attacks on Spain's Pacific possessions led to involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately to the Philippine–American War -
Open Door Policy
term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century
All countries have trading rights to china
Secretary of State John Hay -
Roosevelt Corollary
The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address
Barred European countries from using force to collect debt in latin american countries -
Dollar Diplomacy
during President William Howard Taft's
further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
the goal of diplomacy was to create stability and order abroad that would best promote American commercial interests -
Beginning of World War I
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavriolo Princip of serbia
European alliances -
Panama Canal
Canal that allowed US cargo ships to ship in half the time
president Theodore Rooseavelt
John Findlay Wallace (1904–05), John Frank Stevens (1905–07), George Washington Goethals (1907–14) -
German Proclamation
The waters around the british Isles were to be considered an official war zone and Germany would would sink any ships that entered this aarea
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare -
Sinking of the Lusitania
British passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine killing more than 120 American
one of the reasons US got involved -
Sussex Pledge
Germany promises to not sink any more mercent ships without warning
they dont want US to enter the war -
Zimmerman Telegram
an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office, that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany -
Failure of Diplomacy
unrestricted submerine warfair continues
Germeny resumes U boat attacks on US
Germeny was involved -
U.S. Enters World War I
U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. -
Selective Service Act
government has power to draft soilders
required all men in the US between the ages of 21 and 30 to registe for the military service
within a few months some 10 million men across the counrt had registered in response to the military draft -
Espionage Act
to prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of U.S. enemies during wartime
Among those charged with offenses under the Act are German-American socialist congressman and newspaper editor Victor Berger -
Wilson's Fourteen Points
President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front -
Alvin York
also by his rank, Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated soldiers of the United States Army in World War I
York earned lifetime fame for his part in an attack in the Argonne Forest against German machine gun positions -
End of World War I
The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, at least five million civilians died from disease, starvation, or exposure. -
Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
Wilson proposed an international organization comprising representatives of all the world's nations that would serve as a forum against allowing any conflict to escalate.
