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sinking of the USS. Maine
the U.S.S Maine was sent to cuba toprotect lives and roperty of americans.while it moored in Havana Harbor , it was sunk by an explosion that killed 258 U.S sailors and injured many others. -
acquisition of Guam and philippines
guam was taken from spain by the U.S during the spanish- american war. Today, it is an unincorporated territory of the united states. -
spanish-american war
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence -
acquisitins of Hawaii
american settlers built sugar nd pineapple plantationns on hawaii. after the outbreak of the spanish american war, congress then voted to annex hawaii. -
open door policy
the open door policy, gving equal trading rights to all foriegn nations in china. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt declared that the united states would collect the debt for them, acting as an "internatinal police power" he called this the "roosevelt corollary " to the monroe doctine. the corollary was often used to justify sending U.S troops to the west of the indies and central america. -
dollar diplomacy
president Taft encouraged bankers to invest in the countries of the caribbean region. his use of american investment to promote american foregin policy goals became known as the "dollar dilomacy" -
assassination of archduke Franz Fernindad
Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand and this was one of the reason why world war 1 started -
start of WW1
the Austrian invaded serbia to avenge the assasination. they were encouraged by their ally Germany , soon after that brought other mayjor powers into the war. Russia was ally to serbia and Britain and France were allied to Russia, it quickly escalated into major european war. -
panamal canal
constuction of 51-mile length took over 10 years (1903-1914) to complete. the canal connects two oceans together pacific and the atlantic and its used as a short cut trading route. Roosevelt was the president at this time. -
German proclamation
German declared waters around the British isles were to be considered an offical war zone and Germany would submarines to sink any ships that entered that area -
sinking of lusitania
the lusitania was a british passenger ship that was torpedoed and sunked by the german submarines, killing more than 1.000passengers including 128 american and engraged the united states -
sussex pledge
president wilaon threatend to break off relation with germany . so Germany issued the sussex pledge, in which they promised they wouldnt sink any more more merchant ships without warning. they started this because they didnt want the us to enter the war, but Germany didnt stop attacking ships. -
zimmerman telegram
this was the secret message from the german minister promising to return U.S territories to mexico if it would help germany fight by attacking the U.S, this enraged the U.S when the telegram was intercepted, mexico never recieved the telegram -
U.S enters WW1
main reason why the U.S entered the war was because of germany unrestricted submarines warefare, sinking of the lusitania and the zimmerman telegram -
selective service act passed
the U.S government passed the act to have the power to draft soldiers. this act requires all men between 21 and 31 of age to register for military service -
espespionage act
It was intended to prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of U.S. enemies during wartime -
battle of argonne forrest
Offensive and the Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front.
