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American Imperialism
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Us and the panama Canal
French started the panama canal but the U.S. Finished it. -
Mckinley Tariff
Put a tax on sugar trade -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States. -
Teller Amendment
The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 19, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition of the United States military in Cuba. According to the clause, the U.S. could not annex Cuba but only leave "control of the island to its people." -
Annexation of Hawaii
Wanted hawaii for fertile land and for naval bases -
Annexation of the philippines
United states went against its own ideals expressed in the declaration of independance, and after a fierce debate they annexed the philippines. -
The Boxer Rebellion
In the spring of the 1900's attacked western missionaries and traders in northern china -
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty was a treaty signed on November 18, 1903, by the United States and Panama, that established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal. It was named after its two primary negotiators, Phillipe Bunau-Varilla, the French diplomatic representative of Panama, and United States Secretary of State John Hay. -
Roosevelt Corollary
United states promised to use armed forces to prevent any european country from seizing dominican terriatory. -
Great white fleet
The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe -
Dollar diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy is the term used to describe the effort of the United States — particularly under President William Howard Taft — to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
