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Spanish American War
The spanish american war wa a war to help cuba gain its independce from Spain. By blowing up the Maine it helped lead the Usa in to the war but it wasnt until April 24th spain offically declared war on America. Out of this Cuba got independce and the USA got Puerto rico, PHillipenes, and Guam. -
Acquisition of Hawaii
Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959. The reason we needed Hawii was because they had many sugar and pineapple plantations. But what started this process was that Hawii was annexed as a territory in 1898 which gave Sanford Dole the ability to become the governer. -
Sinking of the USS Maine
This was a factor that lead to the USA into the spanish ameerican war. -
Open Door Policy
This was a policy stating that all countries could trade with china. John Hay was secretary of state at the time who also came up with the idea. This impacted forgien policy by alowing more trade to happen between the US and other placeses. -
Roosevelt Corollary
President Theodore Roosevelt wanted to ban Europen countries from using force to collect debt. He had a method called "big Stick Policy" which meant to walk softly and carry a big stick. This changed things so there would be less conflect. -
Dollar Diplomacy
The Dollar Diplomacy started under William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox. This policy encourged investing in amercian banks from countries in the caribean. If the country that borrowed the money could not pay it off America would send in troops. -
Panama Canal
The USA had to by the land and support a revolution to get 10 miles of land. The Panama Canal helped cut down the travel time from the Pacific to Atalantic Ocean.The peron that had the most involment was Teddy Roosevelt. The imapct that it had on forgein policy is that it would coast less and take less time to trade. -
Beginning of World War I
President woodrow wilson was the predisdent through world war one. During the time before world war one the united states had a large amount of trade with great Britain. This would have been affected if Germany won the war. -
German Proclamation
This has to do with Unrestricted submarine warefare. The Isles were to be considered an officail war zone and Germany would sink any ship. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
This was a british passenger ship which killed more then 120 Americans. Germans thought the US had sent whepons over to grat britan through the ship. -
Sussex Pledge
At this time Germany did want the united staes to enter the war. This was a pledge that said they would not sink anymore merchant ships without a warning. -
Battle
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 -
Failure of Diplomacy
Unrestricted warefare counties after almost a year. -
Zimmerman Telegram
THis was Germans plan to ask tthe Mexican Government to attack the Us in Exchange for TX,NM, and AZ. -
U.S. Enters World War I
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Selective Service Act
this is when Men betwenn 21 and 30 had to sign up to join. -
Espionage
This made it a crime for anyone to convey information to Germany. This vioalted freedom of speach and press. -
Treaty
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.
