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American Imperialism
Tiny minority of white planters led by Sanford B. Dole organized successful revolt in 1893. -
Campaign similar t
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immediate cause of Spanish American War
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U.S. sent Battleship Maine to Cuba in 1898
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McKinley assassinated
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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
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Germany sank two Venezuelan gunboats trying to seek forced payment for heavy Venezuelan debt to Germany.
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Treaty of Portsmouth
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Resulting recession in Cuba combined with discontent over Platt Amendment led to a Cuban revolution
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Dollar Diplomacy" under President Taft
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Although American public initially saw Roosevelt�s role in Panama as politically legitimate,
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, U.S. marines sent to Dominican Republic when riots & civil war broke out
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U.S. troops would reoccupy Cuba during WWI
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U.S. purchased Virgin Islands from Denmark