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Def.: War between Spain and AMerica over Cuba's independence.
People: Teddy Roosevelt
Impact: US gained the territories of Puerto Rice, Guam and the Philipines. -
Def.: Was suddenly blown up and sank, killing 260 officers and men on board.
People: N/A
Impact: Started the Spanish-American War. -
Def: Filipino rebels led by Emilio Aguinaldo proclaim the independence of the Philippines after 300 years of Spanish rule.
People: Emilio Aguinaldo
Impact: The U.S. Gained more territory and resources. -
Def.: US gained independence for Cuba, also gained territories(Treaty of Paris).
People: None
Impact: ANTI-IMPERIALISTS -
Def.: In March 1959, the U.S. government approved statehood for Hawaii, and in June the Hawaiian people voted to accept admittance into the United States. Two months later, Hawaii officially became the 50th state.
People: President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sanford B. Dole
Impact: More resources and exports -
Def.: Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, by the Treaty of Paris.
People: N/A
Impact: U.S. gained territory -
Def.: The policy aimed as supporting American commercial interests in China and ensuring a strong U.S. position in world markets.
People: President William McKinley
Impact: Helped the US gain resources -
Def.: was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that states that the United States will intervene in conflicts between European countries and Latin American countries to enforce legitimate claims of the European powers, rather than having the Europeans press their claims directly.
People: Theodore Roosevelt
Impact: -
Def.: encouraged investing in caribbean countries.
People: President Taft
Impact: -
Def.: teenage Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
People: Franz Ferdinand
Impact: Start of World War I -
Def.: Conflict in Europe began an all out brawwl between a lot of the countries of the world.
People: Woodrow Wilson
Impact: The whole world is fighting and people are dying -
Definition: the American-built waterway across the land of Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, it's a 50-mile-long passage that was created as an important shortcut for ships.
People: N/A
Impact: Made it easier to trade and ship goods across the globe -
Def.: naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning
People: N/A
Impact: -
Def.: a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England, killing 1,900 passengers.
People: Woodrow Wilson
Impact: US entered WWI -
Def.: A promise made by Germany, which was later broken, stating that they wouldn't fire at any ship withour warning them first.
People: N/A
Impact: Lusitania being sunk -
Def.: Selected men and women living in Lille were to be deported to surrounding areas for the purpose of working in the countryside.
People: General von Graevenitz
Impact: German Revolution -
Def.: Germany proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico to prevent the US from entering WWI
People: N/A
Impact: US entered WWI -
Def.: US entered the war, 2.5 years after it started.
People: Woodrow Wilson
Impact: -
Def.: the authorization for the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people.
People: Woodrow Wilson
Impact: We always will have an army in case of WW3
