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quisition of hawaii guam philipines
treaty of paris, which ended the spanish-american war, spain ceded the philipenes puerto rico and guam unitedststes -
sinking of the u.u.s marine
the u.u.s marine was the first united states navy ship to be named after the state of marine -
open door policy
hay saw china as a vital market for americas new industrial economy. in 1899,hay announced the open door policy giving equal trading rights to all foreign nations in china. -
roosevelt corollary
roosevelt declared that the united states would collect the dept for them acting as an international police power he called this the roosevelt corollary -
dollar diplomacy
presidenttaft encouraged bankers to invest in the in the countries of the carivvean region. his use of america investment to rpomote american foreign policy goals known as dollar diplomacy -
assasination of archduke franz ferdnand
the assassination of archduke franz ferdnand by serb nation alists in 1914 was the immediate cause of the war. austria hungary was then a large multi-national state. -
assasination of archeduke franz ferdinand
a serbian nationalist gunned down archduke andhis wife sophie this ste the start of world war 1 -
u.s enters wwi
us enters ww1 when archduke is kiled and soviet union calls one of their allie out so they haveto back them up and go to warwith them then almost thewhole world was involved in the war. -
ww1
military leades on both sides predicted the war would be over quickly to avoid a two front war german war plans called for their army to march through neutralbelgium to take paris before russia could enter the war. -
panama canal
during the spanish american war, warships in thhe pacific feet had to saill 16,000 miles around the tip of south america it bekonged to colombia -
german proclamation
Reproduced below is the text of a proclamation issued by the German Military Governor of Lille, General von Graevenitz, on 22 April 1916. In his proclamation von Graevenitz announced that selected men and women living in Lille were to be deported to surrounding areas for the purpose of working in the countryside. This was, he stated, to provide provisions for civilian use. -
sinking of lustiana
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. -
sussec pledege
The Sussex Pledge was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war. Early in 1915, Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships, but not passenger ships, to be torpedoed without warning. -
zimmerman telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note) was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January, 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
selective service act passed
To that end, Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which Wilson signed into law on May 18, 1917. 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. -
espinoge act
enforced by a. mitchell palmer the esponge act madeit a crime for anyone to convey infromation indeed to interfere with the u.s armed forces prosecutions of the war efforts -
wilson 14 points
address to congress president woodrow proposed 14 points for world peace these points were later taken asthe basesfor peace negotiations at the end of war. -
battle of argonne forest
the mause-argonee offensive and battoe of argonne planned by general ferdhanh foch was a part of tghe final allied offensive of world war
