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Alvin York
Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated soldiers of the United States Army in World War I. -
Sinking of the USS Maine
the uss maine was blown up and sank to the bottom of the ocean and no one really knows why -
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. -
Acquisition of Hawaii
America's annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S. territory into the Pacific and highlighted resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power. For most of the 1800s, leaders in Washington were concerned that Hawaii might become part of a European nation's empire. During the 1830s, Britain and France forced Hawaii to accept treaties giving them economic privileges. In 1842, Secretary of State Daniel Webster sent a letter to Hawaiian agents in Washington -
Open Door Policy
The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note, dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers. -
Roosevelt Corollary
was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03. -
Dollar Diplomacy
to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
beggining world war 1
assaintion of frenz ferdinad -
panama canal
The Panama Canal is a 77.1-kilometre ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. -
German Proclamation
asked for people to work for there country -
Sussex Pledge
a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war. -
Zimmerman Telegram
was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January, 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
U.S. Enters World War I
many us ships where being sinked -
Selective Service Act
authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
Espionage Act
federal law passed -
Wilson's Fourteen Points
address to Congress, President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war. -
Battle of Argonne Forest
a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front -
End of World War I
the end of the war -
Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
in a break with conventional practice, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson appears personally before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to argue in favor of its ratification of the Versailles Treaty, the peace settlement that ended the First World War. -
Failure of Diplomacy
Faced with crippling economic sanctions imposed by the United States, the Japanese government decided in September 1941 to prepare for war to seize the raw materials that they were now unable to obtain from America.
