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Austin - Period 7
Chapter 7, Section 1 - During the late 1800s, the U.S. built the foundation for its role as a world economic and political leader.
Japanese leaders agreed to the Treaty of Kanagawa. Under its terms, Japan opened two ports to American trading ships. Perry's mission marked the start of a greater United States involvement in Asia.
In 1867 William H. Seward moved closer to making his vision a reality: He arranged for the United States to buy Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
After Washington left office, Americans expanded their territory by moving west and south. This expansionism was a driving force in American history.
Chapter 7, Section 2 - By spreading its influence to Asia and the Pacific, the United States solidified its position as a world leader.
President Roosevelt met with Russian and Japanese leaders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. To resolve the conflict. This became the Treaty of Portsmouth in 1905.
Samoa allowed the Americans to build a naval station at Pago Pago. Samoa also granted special trading rights to the United States.
The leaders of the provisional government asked the United States to annex Hawaii to the United States. It became a territory in 1900.
Chapter 7, Section 3 - The united States emerged from the Spanish-American war as a world power with colonies in the Caribbean and the Pacific
President McKinley sent the battleship USS Maine to Havana. The goal was to protect American citizens from property.
After the Spanish-American war, about 400 Americans died from battle wounds. Not only that, but more than 2000 died of Yellow fever, Malaria, and other tropical diseases.
After centuries of Spanish rule, the people of Cuba rebelled in the late 1800s. As a result, thousands of Cubans died of Starvation and disease.
Chapter 7, Section 4 - The Complex relationship between the United States and its neighbors to the south was largely forged in the early years of the Twentieth Century,
In 1903 Panama was part of Columbia. John Hay negotiated a treaty with Columbia that gave the United States control of a piece of land across isthmus for 99 years.
The Panama canal opened on August 15, 1914. A cargo ship named the Ancon made the first voyage through the new waterway.
Americans and Europeans had long wanted to build a canal across Central America. Such a canal would connect the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans and eliminate the need for the long voyage around South America.
Chapter 8, Section 1 - World War 1 was a catastrophe that was many years in the making.
Much of the tension in Europe in 1914 came from a rise in nationalism. Nationalism is a feeling of intense loyalty.
An alliance system was created. This is when different nations promised to help one another if any one of them came under attack.
In June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was in town for a visit in Sarajevo, Bonsai. Then a gunman attacked and killed them both.
Chapter 8, Section 2 - The united States found it was unable to pursue its goal of neutrality, ad the country eventually entered World War 1.
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President Wilson then decided the United States could no longer remain neutral. On April 2, 1917, he asked Congress for a declaration of War against Germany.
President Wilson had long said that the United States should be neutral in the war in Europe. Most Americans supported this view.
Chapter 8, Section 3 - The United States helped bring an end to the terrible destruction of World War 1.
The arrival of American troops also helped offset the loss of Russia from the Allied cause. In March 1917, Nicholas 11 had given up his throne as czar.
The armistice began on November 11, 1918. Germany agreed to withdraw all land forced west on the Rhine River and surrender huge amounts of equipment.
By 1917 the years of trench warfare had exhausted the Allied armies. The signs of strain among the military were clear.
Chapter 8, Lesson 4 - The war effort demonstrated the American people's ability to work hard and make sacrifices.
To pay for the war, the United States government raised taxes and borrowed money by selling war bonds. Industries expanded their production to make war materials.
Now at war, the country had to produce food not only for its own needs, but also for the Allies. President Wilson chose Herbert Hoover to head a new Food Administration.
After the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, Americans began to focus on getting ready to fight the war. Mobilization affected almost every part of American life.
Chapter 8, Lesson 5 - The end of World War 1 touched off a vigorous debate about the proper role of the United States in the world,
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