Chapter Review: Timeline of Events

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

1880–1900 U.S. creates third most powerful navy in the world
1890 Alfred Mahan publishes The Influence of Sea Power upon History
1893 American plantation owners overthrow Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
1895 Cuban War for Independence begins
1898 U.S. battleship Maine explodes
The War of 1898 begins
Anti-Imperialist League founded
1899–1902 Philippine-American War
1901 Platt Amendment passed
1904 Roosevelt Corollary announced
1909 U.S. intervenes in Nicaragua on behalf of American fruit and mining companies
1914 Panama Canal opens under American control
World War I begins
1915 German submarine sinks the Lusitania
1916 Wilson sends U.S. troops into Mexico to capture Pancho Villa
1917 Zimmermann telegram becomes public
United States enters World War I
Espionage Act passed
War Industries Board established
Committee on Public Information established
1918 Sedition Act passed
National War Labor Board established
Germany surrenders, ending World War I
1919 Wilson loses battle for ratification of Treaty of Versailles