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US Expansion
panama canal, open door policy, dollar diplomacy, roosevelt corollary, etc... -
Acquisiton of Hawaii
annexed as a territory, Sanford Dole would become mayor
sugar plantatons and pinapple plantations were created by settlers. hawain became a state 1959 -
WW1 begins
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Panama Canal
1903–1914. President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. -
german proclaimation
the water around the british isles are officiial war zones and germany would sink any ship that entered the are a.k.a. unrestricted submarine warfare -
sinking of the lusitania
(sister shp of titanic) british passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk by german submarine killing more than 120 americans -
U.S declares war
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selective service act
the govt. now has the power to draft soldiers -
sussex pledge
germany promises to sink anymore merchant ships w/ out warning they dont want the Uniited States to enter war -
archduke franz ferdinand
archduke of austria was assasinated by gavrilo princip of serbia because of european alliances this broke out into war