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Purchase of Alaska
The purchase of Alaska from Russia greatly extended United States territory. William H. Seward felt that the United States needed to expand to find more resources and maintain its position as a world power. Alaska was formally transferred to the United States on October 18, 1867, through a treaty ratified by the United States Senate and signed by President Andrew Johnson. -
Venezuela Dispute
Venezuela asked US for hekp in protecting thier border from the British. The US intervened using the Monroe Doctrine as thier backing. The British backed off making an ally out of Venezuela. -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. -
Teller Amendment
Claimed that the US would not establish permanent control over Cuba -
Annexation of Hawaii
American expansionist believed that the Hawaiian Islands were a strategic location to own. The U.S. made their move and created a large foothold in Hawaii as a result of the sugar trade. When the Spanish American War began the islands had naval bases which created a path to the Spanish Philippines. -
Puerto Rico part of the US
In July 1898, near the end of the Spanish-American War, U.S. forces launched an invasion of Puerto Rico.With little resistance and only seven American deaths, U.S. troops were able to secure the island by mid August. After the signing of an armistice with Spain, the island was turned over to the U.S forces on October 18. U.S. -
Guam part of the US
Guam became a territory of the United States after the Spanish-American War. -
The Philippine-American War
The Philippine-American War was part of a series of conflicts in the Philippine struggle for independence, preceded by the Philippine Revolution (1896) and the Spanish-American War. -
Open Door Policy
The policy proposed to keep China open to trade with all countries on an equal basis, keeping any one power from total control of the country, and calling upon all powers, within their spheres of influence, to refrain from interfering with any treaty port or any vested interest, to permit Chinese authorities to collect tariffs on an equal basis, and to show no favors to their own nationals in the matter of harbor dues or railroad charges. -
Boxer Rebellion
A Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonized Fists because westerners intruding, and the weakness of the Qing Dynasty and they were under the Society of Righteous and Harmonized Fists. -
Annexation of the Philippines
US gained territory from Philippines after they helped rebels fight and gain their freedom from Spain -
Roosevelt Corollary
The US would intervene in any social affairs as a last resort in the Western Hemisphere. -
Dollar Diplomacy
US decision to influence Latin countries through economic forces rather than military. -
Great White Fleet
Completed a journey around the globe and this date was they day they were deployed and they were ran by President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Panama Canal
President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.