Logan Slown

By lslown0322

  • Matthew Perry sails a fleet to Japan

    Matthew Perry sails a fleet to Japan
    1. Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening to Japan to the west of Japan with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.

  • William Seward buys Alaska

    William Seward buys Alaska
    1. Also referred to as Sewerd's Folly.
    2. Purchased from the Russian Empire.
    3. Gained 586,412 square miles of new land.

  • Qeen Liliuokalani becomes queen of Hawaii

    Qeen Liliuokalani becomes queen of Hawaii
    1. Lydia Liliuokalani Paki.
    2. Only queen for 1 year and 354 days.
    3. Inherited the throne from her brother.

  • USS Maine is blown up

    USS Maine is blown up
    1. Precipitated the Spanish-American War.
    2. Noone knows the cause of the explosion.
    3. The first navy ship to be named after a state

  • Teddy Roosevelt and rough riders charge up San Juan Hill

    Teddy Roosevelt and rough riders charge up San Juan Hill
    1. Helped Roosevelt's political career.
    2. Serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy at the time.
    3. The rough riders consisted of cowboys and college men under the command of Leonard Wood.

  • William McKinley declares war on Spain

    William McKinley declares war on Spain
    1. First step on the nations path to becoming a world power.
    2. The U.S. victory brought the unintended possesion of the Philippines.
    3. Started a conflict wit Japan

  • Signing of the Treaty of Paris

    Signing of the Treaty of Paris

  • William McKinley proclaims Hawaii an official state

    William McKinley proclaims Hawaii an official state

  • Roosevelt Corollary

    Roosevelt Corollary
    1. Amendment to the Monroe Doctrine.
    2. Gave United States the right to intervene in Caribbean affairs.
    3. United saw European powers as a threat to the Caribbean,

  • Roosevelt sends great whit fleat across the world

    Roosevelt sends great whit fleat across the world
    the ships in the great white fleet were the USS Kearsarge (BB-5), USS Kentucky (BB-6), USS Illinois (BB-7), USS Alabama (BB-8), USS Maine (BB-10), USS Missouri (BB-11), USS Ohio (BB-12), USS Virginia (BB-13), USS Georgia (BB-15), USS New Jersey (BB-16), USS Rhode Island (BB-17), USS Connecticut (BB-18), USS Louisiana (BB-19), USS Vermont (BB-20), USS Kansas (BB-21) and USS Minnesota (BB-22).

  • Woodrow Wilson wins Presidency

    Woodrow Wilson wins Presidency
    1. Teddy Roosevelt runs as Bull Moose candidate.
    2. Woodrow Wilson defeated Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.
    3. Woodrow Wilson receives 42% of the popular vote.

  • Progressive Party Forms

    Progressive Party Forms
    1. Created by the split in the Republican Party.
    2. Its candidate was Theodore Roosevelt.
    3. Nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party."

  • Panama Canal Completed

    Panama Canal Completed
    1. The French tried to build a sea level canal and failed after extreme amounts of excavation.
    2. The nation of Panama was created after its seperation from Columbia.
    3. Still is a vital peice in world trade today.