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William Seward
William Seward was a supporter of american expansion, Secretary of state under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. In 1867 Seward bought Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million. -
Prohibition
Prohibition during which the manufacture,sale, and transportation of alcholic beverages was banned for the time being. The 18th ammendmant -
Spanish American War
Jose Marti led the Spanish American war a cuban poet and journalist.Jose Marti led Cuba in a reistance against spain using an active guerilla campaign and deleberatley destroying property especialy american owned sugar mills. -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow Journalism exagerates the truth to lure and enrage readers. -
Platt Amendment
The U.S. insited that Cuba add to its constitution several provisions known as the platt amendment it states:
Cuba could not make treaties that might limit its independence or permit a foreign power to control any part of its territory.
The U.S. reservered the right to intervene in Cuba.
Cuba wa not to go into debt.
The U.S. could buy or lease land on the island for naval stations and refueling stations. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest president ever at 42 years old and was a conservationist and was concerned for land so he created the National Reclamation Act of 1902, -
Alliance system
two major alliance systems in Europe the triple entente known as the allies consisted of France Britain and Russia. The tripple Alliance consisted of Germany Austria Hungary and Italy. -
The Seventh Amendment
The Seventh Amendment gurantees an accused person the right to have trial by jury in most civil cases. -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson called for an end to capitalism. Woodrow Wilson also supported small business and free market competition and charachterized all business monopolies as evil, supported suffrage and won finacial reform. Woodrow Wilson was president on mar 4 1913. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the Austrian throne and was assassinated that started the war. -
Luisitania
A german u boat sank the Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland. -
The Zimmermann note
The zimmerman note was a message to mexico suggesting an alliance and was published in U.S. papers. -
The Selective Service Act
The act required men to register with the government to be drafted 24 million men registered 3 million were called up. -
Nineteenth Amendment
In 1919 congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote. The Amendment won final ratification in August 1920-72 -
Pearl harbor
In 1887 U.S. military and economic leaders already understod the value that the islands had so they pressured Hawaii to allow the U.S. to build a naval base at Pearl Harbor the kingdom's best port the base became a refueling station for american ships. And was attacked bombed Dec. 7, 1941.
