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u s and the panama canal
it joined the atlantic and the pacific oceans. -
Teller Amendment
resolution stating that the us did not intend to take over and annex cuba -
McKinley Tariff
it created a crisis by ending Hawaii's favored position in the sugar trade. permitted countries to ship sugar free to the us -
annexation of hawaii
they wanted to annex hawaii because the had a good tourest spot -
Spanish American War
it was a conflict between spain and the us. -
The Boxer Rebellion
Boxers attacked western missionaries and traders in northern china. they killed more then 200 people. -
Hay-Bunau-varilla treaty
Agreement that gave the us sovereignty over a 10 mile wide canal zone across the isthmus of panama -
Roosevelt Corollary
stated that the us would police affairs in western hemisphere to keep europens from interventing it -
the great white fleet
The Great White Fleet sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt and consisted of sixteen new battleships of the Atlantic Fleet -
Dollar Diplomacy
President Taft's policy of influencing latian american affires through economic influence ratherthan military force -
Annexation ot the Philippines
businesspeople wanted the islands to serve as trading postsfor goods from asia
