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Henry Cabot Lodge
-He strongly supported both imperialism and a stronger navy
-He was in chase of the congressional committee that was in charge of investigations he was the army handed the pilipino rebels -
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Sanford b.Dole
-His family developed the dole pineapple company
-The U.S. Navy used Hawaii as a gas station
-He had an active role in the over throw of the monarchy Queen Liluokalani of Hawaii & was elected as the first president in 1893 for the U.S. -
Sinking Of The USS Maine
-The Maine was sent to Cuba to protect American citizens while Cuban revolutions were fighting Spain for independent
-The newspaper writers blamed Span for the explosion -
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Spanish American War
-Was a conflict between U.S. and Spain
-The war was to end spanish colonial rule in the U.S. and a chance for U.S. to be an empire
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Roosevelt Corollary
-Convinced that all of Latin America was vonlerable to European attack
-President Roosevelt dusted of the Monroe Doctrine and added his own corollary
-Monroe Doctrine blocked further expansion of Europe in the western hemisphere Roosevelt Corollary
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Weapons of total war A
-U boats submarines were used by Germans during WW1 they used them to sink British cruisers along with mines between Oct.1916 Jan.1917 there was a grand total of 1.4millions tons of allied shipping was destroyed -
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Weapons of Total War
-Poison gas causes extremely powerful blistening effect on its victims it harass and disable the enemy and pollute the battlefield Germans had more chance on winning the battle
-Tanks lead the charge across no mans land to protect both the vehicless crew -
Sinking Of Lusitania
-Less than a year after WW1 A German U-boat the RMS, a british ocean liner route pool, England -
Sinking of Lusitana
-Less than a year after WW1 a German U-boat the rms a british ocean liner route from New York to Liver pool, England -
Sussex Pledge
-The Sussex Pledge was a promise made in 1916 during WW1 by Germany to the U.S. prior to the latters entry into the war.
-Early in 1915 Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships , but not passenger ships , to be torpedoed without warning. -
Zimmerman Telegram
- This was a message from the German foreign Minister to Mexico gov.
- The war between the U.S. and Germany is published on the front pages of newspapers across America to help bring America into WW1
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American Expeditionary Force
-The commanding general was born John J.Pershing
-The AEF's nickname was Doughboys
-They had more then 500,000-1,000,000 men the AEF sustained about 320,000 casualties and 204,000 wounded during the war
-U.S. divisions were deployed with French and British units to gain combat experience by defending relatively quiet sectors of their lines.
-The AEF helped push the allied powers towards victory under the command of General John J. Pershing -
Battle of Aragonne Forest
-The AEF assembled 620,000 soldiers & 40,000 pieces of a total of 1.2million americans were involved 117,000 were killed or wounded -
Fourteen point plan
-The fourteen point plan were distributed would wide by the goverment writing for George creel in the american Committee on public information
millions of copies of books and pamphlets that explained wilsons -
Theodore Roosevelt-Battle of San Juan Hill Tough Riders
-Assistant Secretary of the navy theodore raisd a vo -
League of nations
-the treaty created the league of nations an organization of nations pledged to defend each other against aggressors
-the U.S. congress denied President Wilson 14 points along with the league nation
-the league was severely weaken when major powers such as the U.S. and Russian join it