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Sinking Of The USS Maine
The ship was sunk by an explosion that killed 285 U.S sailiors and injured many others. the caue of the explosions is unknown, the Hearst and Pulitzer newspaper blamed the Spanish for Sabotage. -
Open Door policy
This Policy gave equal trading rights to all foreign nations in china,and used to open Asian markets to U.S businesses. -
Dollar Diplomacy
It started under president Taft and encoureged U.sbanks to invest (to give loans) to Caribbeann countries. if a counry couldnt repay loans,the U.s would sent in troops. -
Spanish American war
was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. it occured during April 1898- August 1898 theodore roosevelt was the leader of the ruff riders and defeated the spanish at san juan hill. laterr roosevelt became president. -
Acquisition of Hawaii,Guam,and the Philippines
The Acquistion of Hawaii : The U.s over threw Hawaiis quenn in 1893 and annexted it as territoriny in 1893, San Ford Dole became a governor and surgar plantations and pineapple plantations were created by us settlers.Guam was an important pot-of-call spanish ships crossing the pacific fro mexico to the philippines. The Philippines were involved in a war with Cuba..The Spanish fleet guarding the Philippines was defeated by the U.S. Navy under the command of Commodore George Dewey -
Roosevelt Corollary
They were statements by presidents theodore roosevelt which were additions to the monroe doctrine-said that european efforts to colonize or infer in North or south america would be viewed as aggression -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
He was asasinated by Gavrilo Princip of Serbia.Because of European alliances,this caused war to break out -
Start of WW1
the central powers and the allied powers went to war.what cause the war was the Euopean alliances. -
End of WWI
all nations had agreed to stop fighting. On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war , The United States did not sign the treaty, however, because it objected to its terms, specifically, the high price that Germany was to pay for its role as aggressor. -
Panamal Canal
The U.S wanted land in Panama to build a canal so that travel time between the east and west coast woulddecrease.U.s also bought land and supported a revolution to get the 10 mile strip of land. -
German Proclemation
Germany declared the waters around the British Isles were to be considerd an officiial war zone and Germany would use Uboats to sink any ship that enterd the area. -
Sinking of the Lustania
A British passenger ship was topedoed and sunk by a german submarine killing more than 20 Americans. -
Sussex Pledge
Germany promised not to sink any more merchant ships without warning. tey stated this becaus they did not want the u.s to enter the war. -
Zimmerman Telegram
the telegram revealed Germanys plan to ask the Mexican government to attack the u.s in exchange for TX, NM and to weaken american forces. -
U.S Enters WW1
The united states enterned world war 1 -
Selective Service Act Passed
the government passed the act to have the power to draft soldiers,the act required all men in the U.S between the ages 21 and 31 to register for military service. -
Espionage Act
it made a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the u.s war effort or to help out or enimies (spies) -
Wilson's 14 Points
th public negotiations between nations, freedom of navigation, free trade, self-determination for several nations involved in the war, and the establishment of an association of nations to keep the peace. it kept peace after worldwar 1 -
Battle of Argonne
it was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice on November 11
