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-Spanish American War
- CAUSE Americas support of Cuban and Filipinos against Spanish rule
- Location Cuba Puerto Rico Guam Asia -Military Policy Navy was being created as a large defense
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-Sinking of the USS Maine
-Maine was sent to cuba to protect american citizens whilethe cuban revolution were fighting spain for independance
-The news paper writers on blamed spain for the explosion so there was a public uproar
-Many americans saw this is a chance to seize other overseas possessions -
-Expanding world power
-IN this period america changes their view from internal expansion an domestic issues to becoming a global force both economically and militily -
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-ROUGH RIDERS
-ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TDR RAISED A VOLUNTEER FORCE KNOWN AS THE ROUGH RIDERS ACTIN WITH ARMY REGIMENTS -
-Open Door Policy
-John hays sent all the imperial countries a letter called the open door note which urged them to announce that in their spheres of influence
-They would respect Chinese rights & the idea of fair competition
-The purpose was to give all nations equal rights when trading w/ china so other euro nations wouldn't use the boxer rebellion to take over china -
-Panama Canal
-took 10 years to build
-price to build was $403 -
-Roosevelt Corollary
-Created by Theodore Roosevelt
-Convinced that all Latin America was vulnerable to european attack
-Was justified US Intervention through the hemisphere -
-Dollar diplomacy
- was 2 create stability and order aboard that would best promote aerican commerical intrest -to improve finnacial oppertunitues to use private capital further US intrest overseas
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-WW1
-centeral powers consist of austria hungay germny bolgaria and ottoman empire
-allied powers are serbia russia france the UK italy belgum and the US -
-Sinking of Lusitania
-Less than a year after WW1 a german U-Boat the RMS a british ocean liner route from NY to liverpool England -
-SUSSEX PLEDGE
-The sussex pledge was a promise made in 1916 during WW1 by germany to the US prior to the latters entery into the war . Early in 1915 germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted ships but not passenger ship to be toredoed without warning -
-Alvin York
-29 year old who was a draftee - underprivileged - undereducated
-in the battle of the Argonne forest w/ nothing but his pistol & rifle he reportedly killed 25 Germans & captured 132 prisoners he received the medal of honor for his heroic actions -
-Espionage Act
-Act was designed to crush subversion and silence critics of the war. For those convicted of aidin the enemy obstructing military recrutment protesting concription or say or doing anything to impede the war effort
-MAX FIN 810,000 OR 20 YRS IN PRISON -
-American Expedition Force
- The AEF Consisted of the U.S Armed Forces sent to Europe under the command of general John J Pershing in 1917 to help fight WW1
- 14,000 US soldiers had arrived in France and the AEF had only a minor participation -Nicknamed "dough boys" possibly because of the white belt they wore which they clean the pipe clay or "dough"
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-14 Point Plan
-14 point plan ideas were distribted would wide by the govrment writin for george creel in the american commitee on public info -
-Zimmerman Telegram
-A Message from germany foreign minister to mexico gov
-war between the us and germany is published on the front pages of newspapers across america to help bring america into ww1 -
-Battle of Argonne Forest
-AEF assembled 600,000 soilders an 40,000 artillery
-total of 1.2 mil americans were invloved 117,000 were killed or hurt -fought through hilly trrain shattered german line -
treaty of verstilies
germany as the cheeif instigater -
League of nations
- intergovernmental org as a result of Paris peace conference
- purpose was to maintain world peace
- weaknss - lacked there own armed forces they depend on the great powers but they were restraint to help
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-Weapons of the total war
-A - Submarine to go underwater
-E Create minors ( underwater bombs )
-C Enemy ships
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-E To destroy their enemy's