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"Sanford B. dole republic og Hawaii"
-Former U.S Diplomate
-American landowners overthrew the Queen 1893, sanford led the provisional government while it worked out plans for the U.S to annex the island. -
sinking of USS Maine
-Beginning of the United States as a World Power
-sent to havanna cuba in January 1898
-sent to protect amercians
-5tons of gunpowder blows up and sinks and kills 260 crew members
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Theodore Roosevelt
-He was in a war called san Juan hill which was in cuba
-Influenced the us military to keep fighting
-theodore created the rough riders amd was a coronel at the time -
Henry cabot Lodge
-Influenced us military policy around the time of the spanish american war
-He had the role of the first senate majority leader
-served as a us represantative
-lodge demanded congressional control of declarations of war wilson refusedus never joined league of nations
-lodge represented those who called for the annexation of the phillipines
-lodge believed the u.s needed to have a strong navy -
Alfred thayer Mahan
-was a united states navy flag officer, geostrologist,and historian
-he believed that national greatness was inextricably associated with the sea with its commercial ussage in peace and its control in war
-His goal was to determine who controlled the sea and his primary mission was to secure the command of the sea
-emphasis on strategic locations such as choke points canals and coaling stations. -
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Dolar Dimplomacy
-Dollar Diplomacy is the effort of the U.S to extend the -
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt Corollary- Addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by president.
Doctrine waa U.S foreign policy regarding latin American countries in 1823.
Stated that Further efforts by european nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or south america would be viewed as acts of aggression & the US will take any action needed to ward european nation.
"you stay out of my backyard and I will stay out of yours" -
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World War 1
Background: Militarism,Alliances,Imperalism,Nationalism led to rivalries between France,Germany,Austria-Hungary & Russia.Army generals believed it was better to attack than to wait to be attacked.
Central Powers:Germany, Austria-Hungary,Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Triple Ententte:Great Britain, France,Russia,Serbla,Japan & U.S.
The Spark that ignited the war was archduke Feanz Ferdinand & wife Sophre shot dead in their car by Gavrio prialcp
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Weapons of Total War
-Submarines-underwater vessel used to attack enemies
-Land mines- a device used on or underground to disable enemy opponents
-Machine guns-automatic portable fire arm
-Trench Warfare-fighting in trenches one to the other in a deep hole
canned food-in the trench can go find food canned food lasts a long time pro longs war
Poison (mustard) gas- chemical warfare to blind or slow down opponents
-tanks-used to go through trenches
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Sinking of the Lusitania
-Since the outbreak of ww1, all ships headed to Great Britain had to look-out for U-boats.
-A U-boat launched a torpedo, the torpedo struck the starboard(right) side of the Lusitania
-Americans were outraged to learn that 128 U.S civilians were killed in a war in which they were officially neutral, the sinking of the Lusitania heightened tensions bettween the U.S -
Sussex Pledge
Promise made in 1916 during WW1 by Germany to the U.S
Policy of unrestricted submarine warfare and stop sinking of non-military -
Zimmerman telegram
-on january of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from german foreign minister Arthur Zimmerman to the german minister to mexico, Von Eckhandt, offering U.S territory to mexico in return for joining the german cause to attack the US
-this message helped draw the US into war. -
German unrestricted submarine warfare
Naval Warfare, submarines sink vessels such as freights and tankers without warning. -
Espionage Act
Purpose- to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of U.S. enemies during wartime.
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Battle of aragon forest
Final offense of WW1
-herching also commanded AEF
-involved 1.2 million soldiers
-fought from sptember to november 47 days
-lot of losses
-most americans dead in one single battle -
Alvin York
-Killed 20 german soldiers and captured 132 at the head detachment in the aragon forest
-actions got him the medal of honor -
League of Nations
Founder of League of Nation: Woodraw Wilson
Purpose: Goals included disamament, preventing war through collective security, settleings disputes between countries through negotiation.
Weakness: Locked in Armed forces of its own and depended on Grade powers to enforce its resolutions one of the greatest
weakness was that the united states never joined. The weakness of the League of Nations led to WW2.
