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Expansionism
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Sinking of the USS Maine
-Massive explosion of rhe ship in Cuba's Havana Harbor, killing 260.
-William McKinley
-US went to war with Spain. -
Beginning of Spanish American War
-US war with Spain.
-William McKinley
-Spain gave up the Phillipines and other countries feared the US navy. -
Acquisition of Guam
-Guam becomes a US territory.
-William McKinley
-Created a trade route in the Southern Pacific. -
Ending of Spanish American War
-End of the war between the US and Spain.
-Teddy Roosevelt
-Increased trade with Asian countries because of gained territories in the Pacific. -
Acquisition of Hawaii
-The annexation of Hawaii as a territory of the US.
-William McKinley
-Now had land in the Pacific Ocean. -
Acquisiton of the Phillippines
-Phillippines became a US territory.
-William McKinley
-Opened trade routes with Asian countries. -
Open Door Policy
-The idea that all nations should have equal access to trading ports in China.
-John Hay
-US businesses could use Chinese resources. -
Roosevelt Corollary
-States the United States will intervene in European and Latin American country conflicts
-Teddy Roosevelt
-Increased US trade with Latin America. -
Dollar Diplomacy
-Aims to use conomic power in Latin America and East Asia by using guaranteed loans
-William Howard Taft
-Increased foreign trade. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
-The Archduke and his wife were assassinated.
-Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Gavrillo Princip
-This assassination led to a chain of events that caused WW1. -
Beginning of WW1
-Start of WW1 in Europe.
-Caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as well as other events. -
Panama Canal
-Waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
-Theodore Roosevelt
-Made it easier for the US to control and reinforce trade in the area. -
German Proclamation
-Said that waters around British Isles was to be considered an official war zone and Germany would sink any ship thst entered.
-Pushed the US towards joining the war because Germany sunk a mechant ship. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
-Germany sunk the ship killing more than 120 Americans.
-Causes the US to get mad and the Germans create the Sussex Pledge. -
Sussex Pledge
-Germany promises to no longer sink merchant ships without warning.
-This helps keep the US out of the war for a while. -
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Continues
-Germany resumes U Boat attacks on US ships.
-Caused the US to finally enter the war. -
Zimmerman Telegraph
-Britain intercepts message from Germany to Mexico which contained a secret plan to attack the US.
-US declares war on Germany. -
US enters WW1
-US enters the war.
The US joined, Britain, France, and Russia in the war with over 2 million soldiers.
