Unit 3: America Becomes A World Power

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  • Alfred Thayer Mahan

    a United States naval officer and historian.
  • Sanford B Dole

    a lawyer and jurist from the Hawaiian Islands.
  • Gen. John J Pershing

    was a senior United States Army officer.
  • Alvin York

    was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I.
  • Spanish-American War

    a period of armed conflict between Spain and the United States.
  • Expansionism/Imperialsim

    the policy of territorial or economic expansion and a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  • Panama Canal

    an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade.
  • Causes of ww1

    the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
  • Reasons for U.S entry into Ww1

    Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917