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Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
A treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, negotiated by John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, later Lord Dalling. It was negotiated in response to attempts to build the Nicaragua Canal, a canal in Nicaragua that would connect the Pacific and the Atlantic. -
McKinley Tariff
An act of the United States Congress framed by Representative William McKinley that became law. The tariff raised the average duty on imports to almost fifty percent, an act designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. -
Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii
Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate -
Explosion of Battleship Maine
The battleship Maine was at anchor in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, when it suddenly exploded, killing 269 Americans on board.The yellow press accused Spain but experts later confirmed that it was probably an accident. -
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
A treaty signed by the United States and the United Kingdom as a preliminary to the creation of the Panama Canal. -
Congress Decision
The U.S. Senate voted in favor of building the canal through Panama -
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
A treaty signed by the United States and Panama, which established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal. -
Roosevelt Corollary
An addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address -
Panama Canal
Colonel George Washington Goethals, ultimately brought the project to completion in 1914, just as World War I was breaking out. -
Hawaii Arrival
Early missionaries arrived preaching: protestant Christianity and protective calico. Hawaii became an important center for sugar production. Americans came to regard Hawaii as an extension of their own coastline.