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Open Door Policy
new ploicy that allows alll countiers to have rights in china. opened asian market to us businesses. -
Sinking of the USS Maine
a explosion in the ship near cube killed 260 men inside. leading to the spanish american war. -
annexation of Hawaii
us took hawaii, and made suger and pineapple plantations. -
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Expansionism
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spanish-american war
us war vs Spain to win Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines. for suger farms. -
Roosevelt Corollary
banned europeans troops to come to the americas. -
Dollar Diplomacy
encourage investing , by american banks in the caribbean. -
Beginning of World War I
Yugoslav nationalist named Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Which led to war between Serbian and Austro-hungarian, then friends begiing to help each other, -
Failure of Diplomacy
with all the alliances with counterys, the boats shot, and the Zimmermann telegram controversy and the Sykes-Picot Agreement. it became harder to bring peace. -
German Proclamation
waters around the Great Brtain is a war zone and any ship there will be shot. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
the Lusitania was a ship hit by a torpedo of the German U-Boat. which killed 1,119 people, contributed to the American entry into World War I -
Sussex Pledge
The Sussex Pledge was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States to not attack a boat with out warning. -
Alvin York
Alvin Cullum York, known also by his rank, Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated soldiers of the United States Army in World War I. -
Zimmerman Telegram
aBrirish intersepts a telegram from Germany to Mexico to attack the US, and in return theyy will hepl them regan land lost to the US. -
U.S. Enters World War I
Several U.S. ships traveling to Britain were damaged or sunk by German mines, and, in February 1915, Germany announced unrestricted warfare against all ships, neutral or otherwise, that entered the war zone around Britain. -
Selective Service Act
Authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
Espionage Act
provided penalties of 20 years imprisonment and fines up to $10,000 for those convicted of interfering with military recruitment. -
Espionage Act
a law previnting people od the states for giving away info of the country to the enemeis. -
Wilson's Fourteen Points
President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
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, a total of 47 days -
End of World War I
As the British, French and American armies advanced, the alliance between the Central Powers began to collapse. -
panama canal
a canal built to help make trade faster in the Americas.
built in the panama. -
Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
President Woodrow Wilson appears personally before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to argue in favor of its ratification of the Versailles Treaty, the peace settlement that ended the First World War.
