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The Spanish American War
caused wanted to become a empire , us intervention for the Cuban patriots against Spain from 1870 to 1898\
manila bay in the Philippians on may 1 1898\
carver led the Spanish to Santiago July 3 and tried to escape west along the coast .
treaty of pairs ended the Spanish war
made it navy stronger because they thought a strong navy was essential to defend trade and grow international interest -
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Stanford B. Dole
-his relation w/us- him and his family made dole pineapple company
-effects played a prominent &active role in the overthrown of queen liuokalame .gov 1900-1903
connections-family had pineapple plantations
led the provisional gov while it worked out plans for the us to annex the island during Spanish America -
Henry cabot lodge
helped wanted the Sherman anti-trust act
in the senate he advocated military strength as the rest tactic for peace for imperialism
conservation republican us senators from 1813-1929 -
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Theodore Roosevelt was one of his followers
his book he wrote was the Influence of sea power upon history
argued to achieve world power a country needed a power navy
naval bases to provide fueling sataions -
San Juan Hill
was a decisive battle of the Spanish- american war
the San Juan heights was a north-south running elevation about 2 kilo east of Santiago DE Cuba
rough riders ordered to engage 760 Spanish solders defending the San Juan heights the battle that made t.r famous was actually fought in kettle hill -
theodore roosevelt
he was rough riders because he left post as naval secretary to become colonel of the first volunteer Calgary
Roosevelt chargers up San Juan hill on his horse while the rough riders followed on foot and he become a hero -
open door policy
cause- they wanted to build an empire
U.S didnt not have a sphere of influence of economic activites
protect american businessmen & inventors that american would shut out of china by european powers -
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panama canal
built to shorten distance ships had to pass between atlantic and pacific ocean
transport cargo quicker
us made a new country by negotiating with Panamanian rebels and other thrown Colombian gov
construction of the canal cost thousands of lives and $400 -
roosevelt Corollary
was an addition to the Monroe doctrine
solid the U.s had the right to exercise military force Latin america countries to keep Europeans out
lead the us into conflict with the Caribbean and central america
was an important part of america imperialism -
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dollar diplomacy
promote america forgin policy golds
make america more money
took place in Caribbean region
us borders baned money to Latin american counter if they couldn't repay loans us marines were sent in -
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world war 1
-central powers Austria,Hungary,German empire,ottoman empire, kingdom of bulgaru, Bosnia ,Italy & united states
-triple entente:france , Russia,great Britain & japan
-assassination of archduke Franz Fernidad and his wife was gunned down which led to ww1 -
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french Warfare
-method of fighting where opposing armies fought from and defended their territories
-to contruct a though out system that underewent constant revision
-protected men from machine guns -
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weapons of total war
machine gun
-fully automobile mounted or portable firearm, design to fire bullets
-developed for rapid firing
-one of the most deadest and devastating warens -
sinking of the lusitnia
occurred during the first world war as Germany waged submarine warfare against the uk
killed 1,198
contributed to the american entry into ww1 -
sussex pledge
the Sussex pledge was a promise made in 1916 during ww1 by Germany to the us early in 1915 Germany had instituted policy of unrestricted submarine warfare , allowing armed merchant ships , but not passenger ships to be torpedoed without warning -
Zimmerman Telegram
-the Zimmerman telegram was an internal diplomatic communication issued 4rm the German foreign office & mexico in the event of the u.S ENETTERING WW1 -
German Unrestricted submarine warfare
-unrestricted submarine warfare was 1st introduced in ww1 in early 1915 when germane declared the area around the British isles a war zone in which all merchant ships including those from neutral countries , they will be attacked by the German navy. 1 out of 4 reasons that led to us to the ww1 -
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America Expeditionary force
consisted of the us armed forces sent to eurpore under the comment 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
nickname possibly bc of the white belt they were which they clean the pipe clay or dough
peering behave in a combat and felt that 3 years of treachery warfare made alleged to defensive . american forced to stop German advance -
Alun York
-lead an attack on a German machine gun nest
-was one of the most decorated soldiers of the u.s army in ww1
-rec-cured the medal of honor
-he killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners -
Schenck vs U.S
Charles Schenck was convicted for distributing literature that encouraged men to resist the draft ww1
Schenck claims 1st amendment
court ruled these were limits to freedom of speech like "clear and present danger"+shouting "fire" in a crowed movie theater which is not protected by the 1st amendment -
League Of Nations
internemental organization as a result of the paris peace confernce
purpose was to maintain world peace
weakness-lacked there own armed forces they depend on the great poers