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Seward's Folly
US purchases alaska, expanding American territory -
Treaty of 1875
Treaty allowed US to intervene in Hawaii, namely for the purpose of sugar profit -
The Influence of Sea Power on History
Mahan's publishing was food for thought amongst the major military and political leaders -
Big Stick Diplomacy
Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy which involved America being very present in the nations it sought to control (puerto rico, cuba, the phillipines, et.) -
Congress declares war on Spain
Official beginning of the Spanish American war. -
Battle of Manilla Bay
First major battle of the Spanish American war, American victory over Spanish. -
US troops land in Cuba
US joins Cuban revolt against Spanish to "secure" Cuban independence, (aka American control) -
Battle of San Juan Heights
American victory, led by the rough riders (Teddy Roosevelt.) -
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
American naval victory over Spanish, leading to Spanish surrender -
Annexation of Hawaii
US annexes Hawaii for trade access to and control of the Pacific -
Spanish Surrender at Santiago
official end date of the Spanish-American war. -
Dollar Diplomacy
This is the day the president William Howard Taft was elected to office. His passive policy of imperialism "dollar diplomacy" would shape US involvment in WW1. -
Mexican Revolution Begins
Ended dictatorship in Mexico and established a constitiutional republic -
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand or Austria Hungary was assassinated by a group of radical Serbians, instigating conflict between the two nations -
Britain declares war on Germany
Great Britain officially declares war on Germany in retaliation to the conflict on the Belgian border. -
Battle of the Marne
French and British troops try to keep German advancement into Paris at bay along the Marne river. -
First use of Poison Gas
Germans were the first to use chlorine gas in warfare. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Germans sunk a commercial cruise line ship that was carrying munitions to allied forces, causing outrage amongst the allied powers. -
Battle of Verdun
Longest battle of world war 1 begins, it would go on for 9 months as Germans tried (but failed) to break through French lines. -
Zimmerman Telegram
German telegram intercepted by Americans, urging Mexico to fight the US in exchange fore territory they lost in the Mexican American war. -
Armistice
Armistice signed, bringing war on the Western front to an end, Germans surrender and war is over. -
Palmer Raids
Palmer Raids begin, using intense government persecution of radical political ideaology, following the post war red scare. -
Hawaii becomes a state
US officially declared Hawaii a state
