CHAPTER 20 REVIEW
•1880–1900 | U.S. creates third most powerful navy |
•1893 | U.S. plantation owners overthrow Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii |
•1895–1898 | Cuban War for Independence |
•1898 | U.S. battleship Maine explodes |
The War of 1898 | |
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 U.S. fruit and mining companies |
•1914 | Panama Canal opens |
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 |
United States enters World War I | |
Espionage Act | |
War Industries Board established | |
Committee on Public Information established | |
•1918 | Sedition Act |
National War Labor Board established | |
Germany surrenders, ending World War I | |
•1919 | Wilson loses battle for ratification of Treaty of Versailles |
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