-
sinking of the u.s.s maine
u.s was ship was blown up by an anonimos cause in Havana Harbor 260 men wwere killed. no one knew what exactly caused the ship to to blow up but the u.s used it as an excuse to begin the Spanish- American War -
Acquisition of Hawaii
Hawaii permitted America to build sugar and Pinapple plantations on their land then eventually U.S gained intrest in Hawaii for their resources and tryed to negociate with Queen Liliuockalani she refused to come to an agreement with U.S so they over threw her and gained the land -
Open Door policy
John Hay stared this it gave equal trading rights to all the Foregin nations in China. It gave U.S a secure international trade -
Roosevelt Corollary
It was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that was made by President Roosevelt that said that the European Efforts to colonize and interfere in North or south America would be veiwed as agression it was known as the "Big Stick Policy" -
Dollar Diplomacy
president Taft encouraged bankers to invest in the countries oaribbean region. He did this to gain trust and control over the carribbean region. Now they would feel like they would have debt with the United states. The U.S goverment sent troops so they could be assured that they would be paying them back. -
Assassination of Archduke
Shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia a princip of Serbia this caused war to break out in August 1,1914 -
Start of WWI
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand it was a battle between the centeral and allied powers -
Panama Canal
This canal connects the pacific and atlantic ocean in panama it was needed to make it easier and faster to send ships back and forth between the 2 oceans. At this time Panama was part of Colomibia and to make negotiations easier for the land president Roosevelt sent a U.S warship to Panama so they could finally have the equipment necesary to rebel aganist Colombia .Panama then agreeded to give U.S the 10 mile strip of land to build the Canal -
Sinking of the Lusitana
A british passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine killing more than 120 Americans -
German Proclamation
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 -
Sussex Pledge
promised that Germany would not sink anymore ships whithout warning they stated this because they didnt want U.S to go to War -
Zimmerman Telegram
matters became worse when British intelligance intercepted the Zimmerman telegram which revealed Germanys plan to ask Mexico to attack the U.S to exchange territory (TX, NM,AZ) which they lost in the mexican american war to weaken american forces -
United States Enters War
Joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral -
selective service act
the Goverment has the power to draft soilders if theres not enough to fight for war men between ages of 21 and 31 -
Espionage Act
United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years it stated that citizens could not interfere with millitary operations and give info to our enemys -
Wilsons 14 points
Fourteen Points is a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I it created the Legue of Nations to prevent war from occuring again -
Battle of Argonne Forest
In France it led to an armistince which means the end of war it was led by Gen. Pershing and the AEF -
Battle of Argonne
Forest, was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front it lasted 47 days -
End of WWI
War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versallies which punished Germany they had to accept blame for WWI and pay $300 billion in reperations and its millitart was downsized and their navy was eliminated and the colonies were taken away and given to the allies -
Pilippines
they were dissipointed in the fact that the U.S congress decided to annex them instead of giving them their independence. U.S did this to gain moore territory but they eventually independent in 1946 -
Spanish American War
War between U.S and Spain for the independance of Cuba .The result was the 1898 Treaty of Paris, negotiated on terms favorable to the US, which allowed it temporary control of Cuba, and ceded ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine islands. -
Guam
important port of call for spanish ships crossing the pacific from Mexico to the phillippines , it was taken from spain by the USA during the Spanish American war . today it is an unincorporated territory of the U.S
