WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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t o establish military alliances with other nations
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to gain overseas markets and sources of raw materials
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to begin the policy of manifest destiny
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to support isolationist forces in Congress
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did actions such as U.S. involvement in the Spanish-American War, the acquisition of Hawaii and introduction of the Open Door policy in China all promote? In 1893, a group of planters and businessmen, mostly United States citizens, launched a coup against the monarch of an island nation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The primary reason the US advocated the Open Door Policy was to protect and broaden US trade with China. This policy was put into effect in the early 20th century after the Boxer Rebellion in China.
Detailed explanation-3: -The reasons for war were many, but there were two immediate ones: America’s support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.
Detailed explanation-4: -On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898.
Detailed explanation-5: -U.S. victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba, and to cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. The United States also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict.