-
Open Door Policy
This granted eqqual trading rights to all foreigen nations in China and opened opened asain markets to U.S. business. The uniteeed states begins to trade more with other countries and build trading relationships. -
Acquisition of Hawaii
the United States overthrew hawaii queen. The U,S took Guam from Spain during the Sspanish American War tthey also took thee PHilipines. The U.S. now hasmore ggoods because of the new territotires. -
Sinking of the U.U.S. Maine
The U.U.S. Maine sent to Cuba to prottect its economic intrests there and in 1898 the battle ship was exploded and killed 260 men. The U.S. blame spain and went tto war. The U.S. won the war and gained new rerritiries which gave them more goods and kept itss relationship with Cuba -
The Spanish American War
This was a war started because of the independence of Cuba. The war began after the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine. The U.S won the war and keppt its relatiionsship with Cuba. -
Roosrvelt Corollary
Thiss atement by Theodore Roosevelt which was an addition to the Monrose Doorine that said that any European effort to colonizee or interefere in Noorth or Ssouth American would be views as aggression. -
Dollae Diplomacy
This encurage the U.S. banks to give loans to carribean countries. It was started by presidennt Taft and it encouraged U,S, investments in south central america. Which promoted sale of american products. -
Assasssination of Archduke Frannz Ferdinand
Assasination of Archduke Frannz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by Gavrilo Princip of Serbia. This impaced the nation because the leader was assasinnated and start war. -
Start of WWI
The war began because if the asasssination of Archduke Frannz Ferdinand. War breaks out and allainces start, this starts a world was and alainces join and help countries at war. -
Panama Canal
The U.S. built the panamal Panama Canal through Pananma, joining the alantic and pacific ooceans. This influenced trade making easier to get from one side to the other. -
German Proclamation
Germany declared the waters around the British Isles were to be conssidered an officiaaal war zone and Germany would use U-boat to sink any ship that would enter the area. This affected forgien policy by stopping trading, between U.S. British, and France. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania was a British passanger ship the was trapeclosed and sunk bby a german ssubmarine killing more than 120 Amricans. This affected forgien policy forced the United States to join the war, stopping all kids of relationships that the United states had with other countries. -
Susseex Pledge
This made Germany promissed not to sink any more merchants shiips without warning. They stated this because they did not want the U.S. to enter the war. This affected the foriegn policy becsue it also made the United sttates to join the war. -
Zimmerman Telegram
This telegram was sent from the Germans to Mexico aking them to attack the united statees in exchange for the territiry that the lost in the Mexican American. This was one off the two main reasons why the united states joined the war. -
U.S. Enters WW1
The United States joins the war afteer all the things that had happended one major one was when Japan bombs pearl harbor and the United States is forced to join World War 1. The became alllies with the allied powers and supplied ortther countries. -
Selective Service Act
The united states joins the war, the U.S. government passes the slective service actto hhave power to draft soldiers. The draft required all men between the ages of 21 and31 to register for the military -
Espionage Act
The Espionage Act essentially made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country's enemies. This afected forgien policy largely because it brought fear to the United states, even affected the the first admendment. -
Fourteen Points
A speech given by President Woodrow Wilson after the war ended and it was agreements to keep peace between the central powers after the war. This avoided conflict and prevent another war to break out, improoving thhe relaationships of the countries. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
Battle that took place in -
End of WWI
World war one ended after the Treaty of Versailles to agree that they would stop the war. Germany had to pay for all thee damage caused during the war, and had to tkae the blame.
