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Acquisition of Hawaii
Definition: America to overthrew Hawiia
Impact on Foriegn Policy: New territory for America; America could grow different food there -
Sinking of The USS Maine
Defintion: USS Maine explodes near Cuba -
Spanish American War
Definition: US protected Cuba from Spain, ending Spains rule -
Acquisition of The Phillippines
Definiton: US got the territory after the Spanish War -
Accqusition of Guam
Definiton: US got the territory after the Spanish War -
Open Door Policy
Defintion: America wanted China to be able to trade with anyone, bc there economy is larger and more diverse
Impact on Forgien Policy: Anyone can trade with China -
Roosevelt Corollary
Definition: A addition to the Monroe Doctorine that states that European efforts to colonize or interfere in North or South America would be viewed as agression
Peopel Invovled: President Roosevelt -
Dollar Diplomacy
Defintion: The President encouraged US banks to invest in the Caribbean
People Involved:President Taft
Impact on Foriegn Policy: Increased the need for America in the Caribbean and created debt for to America, which meant America was in control. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Definition: The Archduke of Austria-Hungary was assinated by Garvilo Princip of Sebria -
Start of WWI
Defintion: Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) fought against the Allied Powers (Russia, Sebria, Italy, Great Britian, France, and later the US) -
Panama Canal
Definition: The Panama Canal was built to become a shortcut for the US, it connect the Pacfic and Atalntic Ocean
Impact on Foreign Policy: It saved the US money and time when shipping from coast to coast -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Definiton: A U-boat torpedoed and sunk a British ship killing more than 120 Americans -
German Proclamation
Definition: They declared the Atlantic a war zone -
Sussex Pledge
Definition: They promised they wouldn't sink merchant sihps w/o warning -
Zimmerman Telegram
Defintion: A telegram to Mexico from Germany telling them that if they attack the US and they will get land after the war -
U.S. Enters WWI
Definition: After German broke their promise ; and sent the Zimmerman telegram America enters the war -
Selective Service Act
Defintion: The government had the power to draft soliders -
Espionage Act
Defintion: An act that made it illegal for a person to convey information intended to interfere w/ the US armed forces -
Wilson's 14 Points
Defintion: Wilson's 14 points of how the world can be at peace
Important People; Woodrow Wilson -
Battle of Argonne
Defintion: Builded the success of the war; which led to the end; fought in Argonne Forest in france by Meuse
Important People: General Pershing & the AEF -
End of WWI
Definiton: Germany had to take the blame for the whole war; Treaty of Versailles
