Historia Americana

Kerbawy (60-67)

04/11/12 22:09

The Spanish-American War 1898
• • • • “Remember the Maine” – Nationwide war cry Thx the request of the presiden W. McKinley, Congress declared war to Spain USAobtained from spain; Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Guam and Cuba became free The Treaty of Paris of 1898 ended the war

A World Power
• • • • Roosevelt succeed McKinley as President 1901 Rosseveltslogan: “Speak softly and carry a big stick” Monroe Doctrine was cited by Rossevelt to forced europeans to withdraw Rossevelt used a Threat of force to gain the right to dig the Panama Canal

WW1 and ThePeace
• USA didn’t form part of the WW1, until German acts of agresión convincend President Wilson to join the war with The Allies against Germany Central Powers (Germany and a few nations) VS TheAllies (Italy, France, Great Britain, Russia and many smaller countries) Reasons why US was against Germany; o A German submarine sank a Britain passeger ship Lusitania, which had american passengers oGerman submarines sank american mercant ships • W. Wilson (Democrat) was reelected 1916, his slogan; “He kept us out of war”

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Doughboys (troops name, played an important role in theAllie victory in 1918) fought in trenches, forests, and fields in France and helped The Allies against Germany

The Treaty of Versailles
• failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles. The senaterejected US participation in The league of NationsUSA senate

Roaring Twenties
• • • • • • • Decade following WW1, economy period of spectacular growth. BUT, ended in 1929, the worst depresión inAmerican’s history USA began developing into the modern society it’s today People moved from farms to cities Features of modern life: Telephone, Automobile, radio and electric washing machine Charles A.Lindbergh helped to launch the modern age in the air when he made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean 19th amendment to the constitution became a law, living women the right to vote...