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Sinking of the U.S.S. Marine
It was sent to cuba for protection. U.S. blamed Cuba for the explosion -
Acquistions of Hawaii, Guam, and Philippines
Over threw the queen
made new terriory -
Open Door Policy
This was for trading right to be equal in China. -
Roosevelet Corollary
This was the same cocept as the Monroe Doctrine. The U.S. wanted latin american countries to see us as being big and strong. The U.S. would collect debt for the Latin American so they could say they "owed" them. Big Stick policy we would stay quite unless someone messed with us then we would send trops in to fight. -
Dollar Diplomacy
This was created by presidanrt Tarft. This was to encourage banks to invest in Caribbiean countries. If they couldnt pay then the U.S. woulld send trops to "frightent" them. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Killing of the duke -
Start Of WWI
Started when the achduke was assinated
British saaid they would leave the U.S. alone and didnt so they sept in -
Panama Canal
The U.S. wanted to make travleing easier between the east and west and the cost would decreease. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
This is when Germany sank the U.S. ship. This made the U.S. upset and was on of the reasons we went into WWI -
Zimmerman Telegram
The british said they would leave the U.S. alone on a document. We arrged but the bristish didnt follow through with what they said. This made the US upset in is one of the big reasons we went into war