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The U.S. went to war with Spain and won the war quickly and with low casualties. As a matter of fact, the U.S. gained the Spanish colonies of Cuba, Guam and the Philippines.

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After the revolt of mostly white sugar planters, a provisional government was established which removed the native Hawaiian Queen, Liliuokalani, from power. The provisional government asked for annexation to the U.S., which was granted.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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An engineered canal that linked the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean by crossing a narrow land bridge in Panama. It started with the French in the 1880’s, then purchased by the US, then it was purchased once more and was completed in 1914. Over sixty years afterwards, the U.S. owned and ran the Canal, which most large shipping trade's were passed through.

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A strategy that was used by the U.S. government under President William Howard Taft. The U.S. government loan money to foreign nations, mostly in the Americas, as a way to influence the foreign policy of these nations.

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Missionary diplomacy was the idea of President Woodrow Wilson for the United States' to have moral responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin American government that was seen as hostile to American interests. It was the first time America failed to recognize any government, besides the Confederacy. It was an expansion of President James Monroe's 1823 Monroe Doctrine.

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President Wilson makes neutrality the official U.S. position as war flares in Europe.

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The British liner Lusitania is torpedoed by a German sub-
marine off the Irish coast; 128 Americans are killed.

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The United States declares war on Germany (April 6, 1917)

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The United States declares war on Germany (April 6, 1917)

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The United States declared war on Germany. (The U.S. does not, however, officially join the Allies; it will fight the war as an “associated power.”).

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President Wilson proposes a 14-point plan aimed at ending the war. His goal, says Wilson, is “peace without victory.” This plan will largely be ignored at the Treaty of Versailles.

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WORLD WAR I ARMISTICE SIGNED (NOVEMBER 11, 1918)

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WORLD WAR I ARMISTICE SIGNED (NOVEMBER 11, 1918)

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Fighting in WWI ends when German representatives agree to armistice terms. Also known as Veterans Day this is the kind of time every one stops and remembers November 11.