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Acquisition of Hawaii
Definition: Annexation of Hawaii as US territory.
Date: January 17,1893
People Involved: Sanford Dole
Impact of foreign policy: Hawaii became a state in 1959. -
Sinking of the USS Maine
Definition: USS MAine battleship exploded which sank the ship killing 260 officers.
Date: February 15, 1898
People Involved: Charles D. Sigsbee
Impact of Foreign Policy: Caused the Spanish-American war. -
Spanish American War (Beginning)
Definition: Conflict between Spain and the United States from US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
Date: April 1898
People Involved: Theodore Roosevelt
Impact on Foreign Policy: US Beat Spain becoming a Power Country. -
Acquisition of Philippines
Definition: The US annexed the Philippines after war with Spain.
Date: 1898
People Involved: William McKinley
Impact on foreign policy: The US had a difficult time with making the desion to annex the Philippines. -
Spanish American War (End)
Definition: The US defeated Spain
Date: August 1898
People Involved: William McKinley
Impact on Foreign Policy: The US got Philipeans, Guam, and Puerto Rico -
Acquisition of Guam
Definition: Spain gave Guam to the US after the Spanish-American war.
Date:1898
People Involved: -
Open Door Policy
Definition: Stating that all countries have trading rights in China. Used to open Asian markets to US businesses.
Date: September 6, 1899
People Involved: John Hay's and President McKinley
Impact on Foreign Policy: All nations have equal opppertunities to trade with China. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Definition: Barred European countries from using force to collect debt. Says that the US would act as an "international police power".
Date: December 6 1904
People Involved: Theodore Roosevelt
Impact on Foreign Policy: Allowed to the US to intervene in affairs between other countries. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Definition: Encouraged investing in Carribean countries. The US would send ships if a country could'nt repay loans.
Date: 1909 - 1913
Pepole Involved: William Howerd Taft and Philander C. Knox
Impact on Foreign Policy: Large profits from Latin America. -
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Definition: Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke of Austria, was assassinated by Gavriolo Princip of Serbia. Causing war because of European alliances.
Date: June 28, 1914
Important People: Gavriolo Princip and Franz Ferdinand
Effected WW1: Was the beginning of WW1. -
Beginning of WW1
Definition: Caused by the assassination of the Archduke of Austria by Gavriolo Princip of Serbia. The European broke out into war with Serbia.
Date: August 1, 1914
Important People: Franz Ferdinand and Gavriolo Princip
Affected WW1: It was the beginning of the war. -
Panama Canal
Definition: The Panama Canal is a trading and transportation hub of the world connects the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Date: 1903 - August 15 1914
People Involved:Theodore Roosevelt
Impact on foreign policy: -
German Proclamation
Definition: The waters around Britain Isles were seen as a war zone and Germany would sink any ship that entered the area.
Date: February 15, 1915
Important people: General von Graevenitz
Affected WW1: Germany torpedodd and sank a British passanger ship killing more that 120 Americans. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Definition: A british passanger ship was torpedod and sunk by Germany killing more that 120 Americans.
Date: May 7, 1915
Important People: Walter Schwieger (captain of the U Boat)
Affected WW1: Americans trust towards Germany was lost. -
Sussex Pledge
Definition: Germany promises not to sink anymore merchant ships without warning.
Date: April 24, 1916
Important People: US President Woodrow Wilson
Affected WW1: Helpeed delay the US involment in the war. -
Unrestricted sub warfare
Definition: Germany attacks US with the U Boat.
Date: February 3,1917
Important People: President Woodrow Wilson
Affected WW1: President Woodrow Wilson to send a strongly worded note to the German government demanding an end to German attacks against unarmed merchant ships. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Definition: British intelligence intercept the Zimmerman Telegram which revealed Germany's plan to ask the Mexican government to attack the US in exchange for NM, TX, and AZ.
Date: February 24, 1917
Important people: Arthur Zimmermann
Affected WW1: United States enters the war. -
When US entered the war
Definition: The US entered the war.
Date: April 6,1917
Important People: President Woodrow Wilson
Affected WW1: Germany did not want the US involved in the war. -
Selective Service Act of 1917
Definition: The government now has power to Draft soldiers.
Date: May 18, 1917
Important people: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Affected WW1: Men from ages 21 to 30 are registered in the draft for military service. -
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
Definition: