Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

The Rise to World Power

1892: The Immigrant Station of opened in Harbor, next to the Statue of Liberty, and was to be the place were 12 million immigrants from the Old World would be into the U.S. until 1954. The peak year was 1907 with more than one million immigrants passing through its gates. 1898: The –American War in which the United States victoriously helped indigenous people in , Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine archipelago struggle (se battre) for from the Spanish Empire. The U.S. thus started to extend its influence over Latin America and the Pacific Ocean, becoming a de facto empire. 1917-18: After originally pursueing a policy of , the U.S. entered the against Germany, essentially because of the sinking of its merchant ships by German . It strongly contributed to the victory of the Allied forces. U.S. President Woodrow was very active in the creation of the (Société des Nations), an international organism that the U.S., paradoxically, never joined.

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