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aquisitions of hawaii
Sanford Dole
would become mayor.
Sugar plantations and pineapple plantations
were created by US settlers. Hawaii would become a state in 1959 -
Open door policy
all countries have trading rights in china ( was used to open asian market to US businesses )
All countries that wanted to trade involved
Impact was that now the countries that want to trade basically have to ask US for permission in order to trade with china -
assasination of archduke franz ferdinand
archduke of austria was wassasinated by gauriolo prince of serbiaon june 28, 1914
this is important because of european alliances this broke into war -
beginning of WW1
world war 1 begins
important because its the first war -
panama canal
The Panama Canal is a 77.1-kilometre ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.
The US and Cuba
Made trade way much easier -
german proclamation
the waters around the british isles were to be considered an official war zone and germany would sink any ship that entered this area
important because the british would not let the US enter the war an they would shink all their ships -
unrestricted sub warfare continues
U boat would keep sinking the US ships that tried to enter -
sinking of the lusitania
british passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine killing more than 120 americans
important because the german kept sinking US ships even if they had how many number of people they didnt care -
susssex pledge
germany promises to not sink any US ships without a warning
important because the US gets a warning to leave before there shipp will get sink
