1898 ∼ Spanish American War
200,000 men volunteer for the Spanish American War (1898) / U.S. fleet conquers the Spanish navy in a one-day fight at Manila Bay in the Philippines (1898) / Only 17,000 U.S. troops make it to Cuba in time to liberate the island (1898) / Spoiled food and yellow fever kill U.S. troops in Cuba (1898–1899)
MILESTONES: General Allotment Act wipes out the communal lands of Native American nations (1887) • Louis Pasteur first demonstrates use of antibiotics in France (1887) • Modern electric motor opens way for consumer appliances (1888) • Open door policy with China initiated (1899)
1917–1918 ∼ World War I
200,000 U.S. troops arrive in France under the Command of John J. Pershing (1917) / General Pershing breaks the German front in France and ends the war (1918) / Diseases and unsanitary conditions in the trenches claim many lives (1917–1918) / Chemical warfare and airplanes introduced as a new weapons of war (1914–1918)
MILESTONES: Garrett Morgan invents the gas mask to keep firefighters from being overcome by smoke (l912) • Ford perfects assembly line production (1913) • First transcontinental phone line is established between New York City and San Francisco (1915) • Workers demand an eight-hour day and equal pay for women (1918)
1941–1945 ∼ World War II
Two Oceans Navy Bill appropriates funds for construction of more than 1.3 million tons of new warships (1940) / Penicillin and blood plasma become available for battlefield use (1941) /Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, forcing the U.S.
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