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McKinley Tariff
In 1890, created a crisis by ending Hawaii's possition in the sugar trade. Law permitted all countries to ship sugar duty-free to the U.S. Also gave sugar producers in the U.S a bonus payment of two cents per pound. -
Spanish American War
America fought against Spain to protect Cuba. The United States gained colonial authority over Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Phillipines. -
Teller Amendment
Congress adopted the Teller Amendment that stated once Cuba won its independence from Spain, the U.S. would "leave the government in control of the Island to its people." -
Annexation of Hawaii
In the process of the U.S getting Hawaii we brought a disease that reduced the Hawaiian population to about 300,000, in 1778 to fewer than 150,000 by 1819. Queen Liliuokalani had her soldiers overturn the Bayonet Constitution and replace it with one that would give power back to native Hawaiians. Knowing they wouldn't win, the Independent Republic of Hawaii waited for a friendly administration to be annexed that came with the election of President McKinley. -
Annexation of the Philippines
Spanish troops surrendered. First Philippine Republic gained independence followed by annexation by the United States. In 1902, the U.S congress passed the Philippine Government Act, also known as the Organic Act, which established a governor and a tow-housed legistature to rule the Philippines. -
The Boxer Rebellion
A secret society called the Fist of Righteous Harmony, known by the westerners as the Boxers, attacked western missionaries and traders in Northern China, killing more than 200 people. -
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Gave the United States complete and unending sovereignty over a 10-mile wide Panama Canal zone. -
U.S and the Panama Canal
Work began in 1904. Yellow fever hit in 1906. People dug out about 160 train loads. On August 15, 1914 the SS Ancon completed the first passage through the Panama Canal. United States manipulated the area while building to benifit U.S trade. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Fearing that the Europeans would force to collect loans President Roosevelt added the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monrow Doctrine. -
The Great White Fleet
Roosevelt sent a "Great White Fleet" of U.S warships around the world. -
Dollar Diplomacy
William Taft expanded U.S influence in Latin America. Taft favored "substiting dollars for bullets"--ecomonic influence for military force--as a means of protecting American influence in Latin America and Asia.
