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Alvin York
was a blacksmith who was drafted into the army during WWI. While serving in the 82nd Infantry Division, he took command and captured a total of 132 German soldiers. York was promoted to the rank of sergeant and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. -
Sinking of the USS Maine
On February 15, 1898, the battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 268 ment. Pre-war tension between the United States and Spain allowed manyAmericans to assume the Spanish were responsible for the Maine's destruction.
-William McKinley -
spanish american war
United States goes to war with spain
-William McKinley
-Spain gave up the Phillipines and other countries feared the US navy. -
annexation of hawaii
annexed as a territory in 1898 sanford dole would become governor .Sugar planttations and pineapple plantations were created by U.S settlers. -
open door policy
new policy stating that all countries have trading rights in china (used to open asian markets to U.S businesses
-John Hay
-US businesses could use Chinese resources. -
panama canal
The United States wanted to build a canal. So they asked colombia if they could but while the Colombian senate was debating and rejecting the canal treaty with the United States, a group of Panamanians was plotting a revolution. The united States helped them gain their independence and in reward they allowed the U.S to build the canal
-Theodore Roosevelt
-Made it easier for the US to control and reinforce trade in the area. -
Roosevelt Corollary
banned european countries from using force to collect debt in latin american countries. Stated the U.S would act as an "international police power ". It was also used to intervene in central america.
-Teddy Roosevelt
-Increased US trade with Latin America. -
Dollar diplomacy
started under president taft encouraged investing. By american banks , in caribbean countries .If a country couldnt repay loans the U.S would send in troops
-William Howard Taft
-Increased foreign trade. -
Beginning of World War I
-Caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as well as other events. Because of European alliances this broke out into war.
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German Proclamation
The waters around the British isles were to be considered an official war zone and Germany would sink any ship that entered this area (unrestricted submarine warfare)
--Pushed the US towards joining the war because Germany sunk a mechant ship. -
sinking of the lusitania
A British passenger ship was torpedoed by the Germans . About 120 americans died, it would be two years later that the United States would enter the war but this event was significat because it heightened tensions between the U.S. and Germany and helped sway American opinion in favor of joining the war.
-Causes the US to get mad and the Germans create the Sussex Pledge. -
Sussex Pledge
germany promises not to sink any more merchant ships without notice (they do not want the us to enter the war)
-This helps keep the US out of the war for a while. -
Failure of Diplomacy
unrestricted submarine warface continues. Germany resumes UBOAT attacks on the U.S
-Caused the US to finally enter the war. -
Zimmerman Telegram
British intelligence intercepts the zimmerman telegram wich revealed Germanys plan to ask mexico to attack the U.S in exchange for TX,NM,AZ
-US declares war on Germany. -
U.S. Enters World War I
the united states enters the war -
Selective Service Act
The government now has the power to draft soldiers. Act required all men 21-30 to register for military service . -
Espionage Act
The Espionage Act is a federal legislature enacted in 1917. The Act criminalizes and punishes espionage, spying and related crimes. The Act prohibits not only spying but also various other activities, including certain kinds of expression. -
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
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, also known as the Maas-Argonne Offensive and the Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. -
End of World War I
World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. -
Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
U.S. 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.
