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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
During the War with Spain America led by Theodore Roosevelt wanted to build a canal to connect the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. To do this they must construct it through Columbia but since their government was not willing to compromise Roosevelt aided the revolutionist to create Panama. The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, gave the United States control of the canal. The outcome was the creation one of the most important canals to the Western Hemisphere. -
Roosevelt Corollary
This was a time in which Great Britain and Germany sent ships to a blockade in Venezuela. Due to the Monroe Doctrine America had to create the addition of the Roosevelt Corollary which said that the United States will intervene in conflicts between European countries and Latin American countries. This was so that the US could enforce the payment of debts from these countries without the countries intervining completely. -
Great White Fleet
Roosevelt believed that a large and powerful Navy was an important part of national defense because it served as a strong force to America's enemies. During his Presidency, he built the U.S. Navy into one of the largest in the world, by convincing Congress to add battleships to the fleet and increasing its number of enlisted men. He took this fleet and showed them to the world from December all the way to February. This set the precedent for the rest of the world that America was a world force. -
Tampico Affair
The Tampico Affair began as an incident involving U.S. sailors and Mexican land forces who fought for the Mexican dictator General Victoriano Huerta during the Mexican Revolution. A misunderstanding occurred in April 1914 but developed into a breakdown of relations between the two countries. The United States invaded the city of Veracruz with the permission of president Wilson, staying for more than six months. This contributed to the fall of President Victoriano Huerta. -
The Lusitania
A German submarine called a U-boat, which depended on surprise attacks from below the surface for its success, torpedoed the British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people, including 128 Americans. Wilson wanted patience but demanded that Germany either halt or decrease submarine warfare. With the American people growing increasingly weary it was clear that this would be one of the major factors that world lead to WWI. -
Zimmerman telegram
The Zimmerman note was a secret diplomatic telegram taken in by the American government. The telegram showed a possible alliance creating between Germany and Mexico which would give Germany an upper hand if America would to ever enter the war. With the fate of America and its involvement with WWI in the balance, another key event takes place that will lead the country to become a part of the Great War. -
Declaration of war on Germany
Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. The Senate voted 82 to 6 to declare war on April 4, 1917; the House concurred on April 6 by a vote of 373 to 50. Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first woman to serve in the House of Representatives, was among those who voted against the war. This was the day that would change America forever marking it entrance into WWI. -
Selective Service Act
Congress passed the Selective Service Act in May of 1917, and eventually, 2.8 million men were drafted; about 72 percent of the entire Army. No women were drafted, but 13,000 joined the military, serving in clerical capacities in the Navy and Marines. This unselfishness shown by the women would help America vastly in their efforts to win the war over in Europe. -
Fourteen Points
After winning the war, Wilson hoped to change international affairs at the peace table. He first outlined his vision in the "Fourteen Points" speech delivered to Congress in January 1918. It called for a new diplomacy consisting of "open covenants openly arrived at." No more secret treaties, like the ones that had pulled the world into war in 1914 would be tolerated, and all territories occupied during the war must be evacuated. This creation would be one of the leading factors towards the LoN. -
Wilson sails for France
When Wilson sailed for France in December of 1918 to head the American peace delegation, it marked the first time an American President in office had gone to Europe. He brought along some 200 experts on European history, culture, and ethnology but no Republicans as advisers, although a Republican majority controlled the Senate that would have to approve the final treaty. With this act he created a new connection between ambassadors from Europe and the United States. -
League of nations
With President Wilson, who recently suffered from a stroke, was paralyzed from the waist down. He was unable to attend meetings dealing with the LoN. He refused to consider any compromises to the League, issuing his orders by his wife, who was one of the few people, other than his doctors, who spoke with him during the League battle. When the Senate Republicans amended the treaty—to ensure that the President could not use U.S. forces on League business without securing congressional assent -
Treaty of Versailles
The most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was one of the factors that completely starved Germany eventually leading to its worse depression in history. It Involved President Wilson along with Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George. It was signed exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
Washington Aramament Conference
The Washington Naval Conference was a military conference called by President Warren G. Harding and held in Washington, D.C., from November 1921 to February 1922. Conducted outside the of the League of Nations, nine nations, the United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal, attended, regarding interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia. It was the first international conference held in the United States and the first arms control conference in history -
Nine Power Treaty
A Nine Power Treaty emerged out of the Washington Arms conference, in which all of the signature states with interests in the Far East guaranteed the sharing of territory with China and an "open door" to trade with the country. This would result in the furthering of US power to the world. Solidifying its place as a world power. This was one of the most important contributions by Harding in his presidency. -
The Dawes Plan
To help settle continuing European financial issues from World War I. Charles Dawes created The Dawes Plan introduced mechanisms to balance the German budget, reorganize the Reichsbank, and stabilize the currency. It was later replaced by the Young Plan during the Hoover administration. This helpful outreach by American ambassadors could not stop the upcoming depression which would lead Germany down another World War
