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Declaration of Independence
America signed a treaty that stated they are free from british rule. -
Monroe Doctrine
It was formed because The US thought that European colonies were going to expand into the US. And Britain thought Spain was going to gain back their former colonies. So this was created to not let European colonies from going into the western hemisphere. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Stated that the United States will intervene with any European and Latin-American conflict and enforce legitamate claims on European power -
WWI
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The war killed 17million people. Britain declared war on Germany. To end it the treaty of Versialles was signed. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania. -
The Good Neighbor Policy
Coined by Herbert Hoover. It made Latin-American countries join together and give aid to each other -
WWII
Germany invaded Poland and created a genocide on the Jewish. The whole world invaded them after millions of people were killed and they stopped the genocide. -
Pearl Harbor
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Bombing of Heroshima
The US air force dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan -
Truman Doctrine
A United States policy to stop the Soviet Union from growing -
Marshall Plan
It helped Europe after WWII with 13 billion dollars. -
Korean War
North Korea was trying to take over South Korea, but ended up getting into a war with the United States and any other countries willing to help. -
Vietnam War
The US and Vietnam went into a cold war. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
It stated any country being threatened by armed forces could get military aid from the US -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and Russia during the Cold war. Nuclear conflict was almost started. -
Operation Desert Storm
Builed up troops in Saudia Arabia for the Gulf war. -
9/11
Terrorists hijacked planes and bombed three buildings in America. -
War on Terror
President Bush wanted war on Afghanistan and Iraq after the 9/11 attacks -
Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom)
The United States linked the 9/11 attacks to a group of terrorists called al Qaeda. The US went in to Afghanistan to kill of al Qaeda. -
Air strikes on ISIS
The US and other of their allies bombed ISIS targets in Syria.
