Foreign Policies
The first major law restricting immigration to the United States.
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Congress passed this Act and declared that the U.S. mail could not be used for sending any material that urged "treason, insurrection or forcible resistance to any law.
The Espionage Act
His book "The Influence of Sea Power upon History" influenced U.S. Efforts to become a world power by advocating overseas expansion.
This military tactic made frontal assaults difficult or nearly impossible to cross defended ground which resulted in huge numbers of casualties.
Machine Guns
In the late 1800's he contributed to the expansion of the United States by advocating a\the annexation of Hawaii.
Sanford B. Dole
Secretary of State John Jay's economic policy in China giving the imperial powers equal trading rights in the country (1899-1900); Boxer Rebellion, U.S. forces suppressed the uprising
Open Door Policy
Was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
Treaty of Versailles
He advocated American expansion as a way to increase national pride, spread civilization, and gain world power; supported intervention in Cuba and annexation of the Philippines.
Henry Cabot Lodge
This military innovation was developed out of the need to end the stalemate on the western front; effective ending trench warfare by leading infantry charges across “no man’s land”.
Tanks
Germany made a pledge not to sink merchant ships without warning and did not uphold this pledge.
Sussex Pledge
Taft encouraged investment by U.S. banks/businesses in Latin America and Far East; promised military protection to those who invested abroad.
Dollar Diplomacy
Was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. It reflected the President's belief that cooperation among international leader was essential to maintaining world peace.
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
He was a “Rough Rider” during the Spanish-American War; his expansionist policies as president increased the role of the United States in Latin America and the world.
Theodore Roosevelt
Chlorine gas and mustard gas used; sometimes used to create a smoke screen to hide attacking soldiers; also used to force evacuation of enemy trenches.
Poison Gas
Causes of World War I
his law reduced the percentage of legal immigrants to 2% as well as effectively barred immigration from Asian nations.
National Origins Act of 1924
The last battle of World War I . It was a massive attack along the whole line, with the immediate goal of reaching the railroad junction as Sedan.
Battle of Argonne Forest
This president called on Congress to issue a declaration of war against Germany after American ships were sunk without warning.
President Woodrow Wilson
British intelligence used this technology innovation to decoded a message that revealed a proposed military alliance between Mexico and Germany, influencing U.S. entry into WWI.
The Zimmerman telegram
The United States sided with Cubans fighting for independence from Spain. The controversial sinking of the battleship USS Maine in Havana harbor was used by yellow journalists to agitate the American public and pressure President McKinley into a war with Spain.
Spanish-American War
This law set the quota of legal immigrants to 3% of their current ethnic makeup in the United States.
Emergency Quotas Act in 1921
The 14,000 mile voyage of the USS Oregon around South American during the Spanish-American War in 1898 demonstrated a need for a canal.
Panama Canal
This general made a major contribution to the Allied victory in World War I by transforming inexperienced troops into an effective military force.
General John.J. Pershing
Early in the war used as spotters; they were unarmed but pilots would carry handheld weapons; later, larger ones were created and were able to bomb the enemy.
Airplanes
Geographically the U.S. expanded to control Guam, Hawaii, Philippines, and Puerto Rico; the United States became involved in Latin American affairs most notably constructing the Panama Canal
Emergence as a World Power