Timeline

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...