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- opened in 1914.
- artificial waterway.
- cuts through Isthmus of Panama.
- shortcut between Atlantic & Pacific. |
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- sent in 1917.
- proposed German-Mexican alliance
- promised to help Mexicans regain Texas, New Mexico, & Arizona if US entered WWI. |
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US Position in WWI
(in the first 2.5 years) |
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- tried to remain neutral.
- wanted to trade with Europe (percieved as siding with Britain and France) |
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| Forces Against US Neutrality |
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- allegiances
- trade
- German Submarine warfare
- Zimmerman note
- Russian Revolution |
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| John Hay; Open Door Notes |
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- Secretary of State
- issued in 1899.
- addressed imperialist nations, propsing nations share trading rights with US.
- meant no single nation would have a monoplogy on trade with China.
- nations reluctantly accepted. |
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| - the use of flashy headlines to gain consumer attention. |
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- American warship.
- sunk by Germans.
- last straw for Americans, convinced them to join WWI. |
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| George Dewey's actions in Philippines |
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| - gave command to open fire on Spanish fleet at Manila (Philippine Capital). |
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- issued in 1898.
- ended Spanish American War.
- Spain freed Cuba; US gained Puerto Rico and Philippines. |
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- military alliances
- nationalism
- militarism
- assassination of Ferdinand |
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- extension of Monroe Doctrine
- announced by Theodore Roosevelt in 1904
- US claimed right to protect economic interests by military intervention in affairs of Western Hemisphere. |
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| - US policy of using the nation's economic power to exert influence over another country. |
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- British passenger ship.
- sunk by German U-boat in 1915. |
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- legislation passed by Congress in 1900.
- US ended military rule in Puerto Rico.
- set up Civil government. |
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- issued in 1901.
- series of provisions.
- US insisted Cuba add to its new Constitution.
- commanded Cuba to stay out of debt and give US: right to intervene, right to buy/lease Cuban land for naval/fueling stations |
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- Admiral of the US Navy.
- urged government to build up navy to compete with other nations.
- US became world's 3rd largest naval power. |
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- Filipino rebel leader.
- Key player in Philippine-American War.
- did not want American influence in the Philippines. |
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| The Annexation of Hawaii: When? How? |
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- 160+ US soldiers planned to overthrow Hawaiian monarchy.
- Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown.
- Surrendered to US in 1893. |
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| Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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- 1914
- Assassinated by the Black Hand
- Austria-Hungary declared what was supposed to be a short war against Serbia.
- alliance system continued to pull one nation after another
- beginning of WWI. |
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- 1900
- members of a Chinese Secret Society.
- sought to free country from Western influence. |
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| Rudyard Kipling and "The White Man's Burden" |
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- Pro Imperialism
- White Man's (American) responsibility to spread Christianity. |
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- French trenches: nasty, efficient, temporary.
- English trenches: amateur, vague, ad hoc, temporary.
- German trenches: efficient, clean, pedantic, permanent.
- water constantly running through
- used in addition to: machine guns, barbed wire. |
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- Policy of extending a nation's authority over another.
- through economic, political or military means. |
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