Nation of Nations 3/e Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, and Stoff
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KEY EVENTS

1901 Hay-Pauncefote Treaty authorizes U.S. to build canal across the Central American isthmus

1902 Platt Amendment ratified: U.S. reserves right to intervene in Cuban affairs

1904 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: U.S. assumes right to police Caribbean affairs

1905 Treaty of Portsmouth ends Russo-Japanese War

1907 "Gentleman's Agreement" with Japan: U.S. agrees to mutual restriction of immigration with Japan

"Great White Fleet" embarks on world tour: U.S. battle fleet projects new U.S. naval power

1911 Mexican Revolution erupts: the overthrow of dictator Porfirio Díaz ignites a revolution in Mexico

1914 U.S. Navy invades Vera Cruz: Marines encounter stiff resistance in Mexican port city

Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated: Austria-Hungary and Russia mobilize for war

World War I begins: alliance system draws European powers into war

Panama Canal opens: enormous engineering project connects Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

1915 Japan issues Twenty-one Demands: Japan seeks control of China which the U.S. protests vigorously

Germany proclaims war zone around British Isles: warns all nations of the possibility of submarine attacks

Lusitania torpedoed: 114 Americans die when German submarines sink British liner

Secretary of State Bryan resigns: demands that President Wilson observe real neutrality among combatants

Wilson endorses preparedness: German submarine activity forces Wilson to begin preparations for the possibility of war

1916 Sussex Pledge: Germany promises that submarines will not sink nonmilitary vessels

General John Pershing invades Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa: U.S. forces operate in Mexico

Wilson reelected president: wins campaign with the promise to keep the U.S. out of the war

1917 Wilson calls for "peace without victory": U.S. seeks a negotiated peace

Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare: Germans attempt to blockade Britain at the risk of bringing the U.S. into the war

Zimmerman telegram released: German ambassador to Mexico promises American territory in return for Mexican declaration of war against U.S.

Russian Revolution breaks out: Bolsheviks topple Czar Nicolas II

U.S. enters World War I: President Wilson receives declaration of war against Central Powers

Selective Service Act passed: Congress enacts draft

War Industries Board created: government organizes the economy for the war effort

1918 Wilson’s Fourteen Points for peace: President Wilson announces his peace plan

Eugene Debs jailed under Sedition Act: Debs and the Socialists opposed the war

Influenza epidemic: global influenza pandemic kills more Americans than die in combat

Germany sues for peace: preparations for a peace conference begin

Armistice declared: fighting ends

1919 Paris Peace Conference: Allied victors convene peace conference at Versailles

Schenk v. United States affirms Espionage Act : Supreme Court holds the act to be constitutional

Red Summer: nation erupts in race riots

Chicago race riot: migration of black workers to northern cities for war related work increases racial tensions

Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles: U.S. excluded from the League of Nations

1920 Palmer raids: Attorney General orders arrest and deportation of radicals, igniting nationwide

Red Scare: economic problems blamed on Communists

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