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Acquisition of Hawaii, Guam, and the Plilipinnes
The united states got three new territories after winning the spanish american war and those include Hawaii, Guam, and Phillipines. -
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
a US ahip was sunk on febuary 18 by something unknown, even though they didnt know what sunk the ship, the US declared war on the spanish because they thought they did it. -
spanish american war
a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
open door policy
a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note -
rosevelt decides to build Panama Canal
President Rooselvelt realized that we were taking too long of a commute to get from North America to South America so he asked Columbia if we could build a canal there so we could significantly decrease the time of the trip. -
roosevelt corrolaly
an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis -
dollar diplomacy
the effort of the United States—particularly during President William Howard Taft's term—to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
a teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, as their motorcade maneuvered through the streets of Sarajevo. Next in line for the Austro-Hungarian throne -
Start of WWI
a global war centered in Europe -
Sinking of the Lusitania
german u boats sank an american cruise liner which brought america into ww1 -
German Proclamation
a proclamation issued by the German Military Governor of Lille, General von Graevenitz, on 22 April 1916. In his proclamation von Graevenitz announced that selected men and women living in Lille were to be deported to surrounding areas for the purpose of working in the countryside. -
Sussex Pledge
a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war. -
Zimmermann Telegram
was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January, 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
U.S. Enters WWI
the U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I -
Espionage Act
a law that stated if you talk about the us government or the army, you could go to jail. -
Battle of Argonne
part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front -
End of WWI
all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. On June 28, 1919, Germany and the Allied Nations (including Britain, France, Italy and Russia) signed the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending the war.