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Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris ended the revolutionary war for American independence. The treaty negotiated between US and Great Britain -
Herbert hoover
Herbert hoover was president before Franklin D. Roosevelt, did not help poor people, was a laissez- faire president, introduced the “rugged individualism” -
Annexation of Hawaii
Hawaii was its own country and American wanted to more land so they wanted to conquer the land so the Spanish- American war broke out and 2 years later Hawaii became the 50th state of the USA. -
Cuban War of Independence
Cuban war of independence was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War and the Little War. The last three months of the conflict rose to become the Spanish–American War, with United States forces being in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands against Spain. -
Spanish American war
The Spanish American war was a war between USA and Spain. The war started in Cuban trying to gain independence from Spain. Spain then declared war on USA, close to the end of the war Santiago gave up to Shafter and ending the war. -
Battle of manila bay
Battle of manila bay was the battle was one of the hardest battles in history and the end of the Spanish colonial period in Philippine history. -
Battle of San Juan hill
Battle of san Juan hill was a battle of the Spanish–American War. The names San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill were given to the location by the Americans. This fight for the heights was the bloodiest and most famous battle of the war. -
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a naval battle in which the United States Navy beat by Spanish forces, American forces won in the Spanish–American War and achieving nominal independence for Cuba from Spanish rule. -
Philippine- American war
Philippine- American war was a problem between the First Philippine Republic and the United States. The Filipinos saw the conflict as a continuation of the Filipino struggle for independence with the Philippine Revolution; the U.S. government regarded it as an insurrection. -
Boxer rebellion
Boxer rebellion was a violent uprising that took place in China, in the end of the Qing dynasty. "Boxers", for many of their members had been practitioners of martial arts and boxing. They were opposition to Western colonialism and the Christian missionary activity associated with it. -
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
The US and UK signed this treaty, it was signed for the creation of the Panama Canal. It also freed the united states from commitment to accept international control of the Panama Canal. The first treaty was not signed because it restricted US rights over the proposed canal. Both governments ratified the second treaty -
Building the Panama Canal
American and British and other business people wanted a faster way to send good between Atlantic and pacific coast. They then started building the Panama Canal to show the US economic power and technological power -
Panamanian Revolution
After Colombia won independence from Spain, it was now separated from the panama, impassable jungles from the rest of the country. Panamanian nationalist rebelled against rule. They were hoping for control over this major source of revenue. -
Gentlemen's Agreement
This was an agreement between the united states and japan and it stopped tensions between the two countries over immigration of Japanese workers. The treaty allowed free immigration. The number of Japanese workers increased in California. -
The Great White fleet
This was a powerful united states navy battle fleet. It completed a journey around the globe. The president ordered this which is Theodore Roosevelt. The mission was to make friendly visits to numerous countries and showing the naval power to the world. It consisted of 16 battleships. -
Henry Ford
Henry ford was the man who invested the Model T. he began making this invention to increase travels. He sold over 15 million roll off the assembly line of the factory in Michigan. -
Dollar Diplomacy
The dollar diplomacy was evident in extensive US interventions in the Caribbean and central American. Even though the dollar diplomacy succeeds, it did fail before, it happened in places like Mexico and Nicaragua and China. -
World war 1
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe -
National Defense Act of 1916
This was an act that tried to expand the army and national guard. The president was also allowed to authorize the national guard with a change in duration. The army started creation of an aviation arm and the federal government and they had advanced production in gun power. -
Election of 1916
The US election was the 33rd presidential election, president Woodrow Wilson defeated supreme court. Wilson was re-nominated; the election took place during Mexican revolution involvement in World war 1. -
Selective Service Act
This gave the US president the power to draft soldiers. This would allow them to have to have fresh solider after the ones in the battle field -
Espionage act
Espionage act prohibited many forms of speech like profanity about government of the United States, or the flag of the United States -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles was the treaty that ended world war 1. It was written by allies and no help from Germany. This treaty separated French and Germany. In part 2, it gave Germany new boundaries to keep peace and no more war. -
Pittsburgh Steel Strike
this was when 250,000 worker of the steel mills, all went on strike and then they brought in African Americans to come work inside the mills to end the strike and still have production -
Normalcy
Normalcy quoted by Warren G. Harding - promised a "return to normalcy" in the new era; ironic because the new era was hardly normal at all