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Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
The U.S.S. Maine was sunk/blown up during the Spanish American War in 1898. -
Acquisition of Hawaii
Annexed as a territory in 1898, Stanford Dole would become governor. People: Stanford Dole -
Open Door Policy
New policy stating that all countries have trading rights in China. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Barred European countries from using force to collect debt in Latin America. People: Teddy Roosevelt -
dollar diplomacy
encouraged investing, by Americans Banks, in Carribbean countries. People; William Howard Taft -
World War I Begins
Woodrow Wilson was the President during WWI and the U.S. ties with Great Britain. -
Panama Canal
American built waterway in Panama connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. -
Greman Proclamation (Unrestricted Submarine Warfare)
The waters around the British Isles were to be considered an official war zone and Germany would sink any ship that entered in this area. Greman submarines were also called U-Boats. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
British passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk by a Greman submarine killing more than 120 Americans. -
Sussex Pledge
Gremany promises to not sink any more merchant ships without warning. They do not want the U.S. to enter the war. -
Failure of Diplomacy
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare continues and Germany resumes U-Boat attacks on the United States. -
Zimmerman Telegram
British intelligence intercepts the Zimmerman Telegram which revealed Germany's plan to ask the Mexican government to attack the U.S. in exchange for TX, NM, and AZ. -
U.S. Enters World War I
The United States enters WWI. -
Selective Service Act
The government now has the power to draft soldiers.
The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service.
Within a few months, some 10 million men across the country had registered in response to the military draft. -
espionage act
cannot give any information out about the military -
Wilson's Fourteen Points
A speech by President Woodrow Wilson that was addressed to congress proposing a 14 point program for world peace. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
FOught in France along the Western front and led to the end of the war.
Led by Gen. Pershing and the AEF. -
Alvin York
Member of the U.S. Army and was Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honnor for his heroics and achievements in the Battle of Argonne Forest. -
End of World War I
Also known as the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe. -
Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
President Woodrow Wilson goes personally before the Senate Foregin Relations Committee to argue in favor of ratifying Versailles Treaty, peace settlement which ended WWI.
