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America Acquired Alaska
-WIlliam Seward was the Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson
-Bought from Russia 7.2 mil
-People thought this was a bad purchase and named it “Seward's Folly”
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Cuba rebelled against spain
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Reasons fo growth of America
-desire for military strength
-USA wanted naval power
-Became 3rd largest naval power
-thirst for new markets
-Foreign Trade for raw materials
-belief in cultural superiority
-Americans thought of of Social Darwinism a belief of free marketing will lead to survival of the fittest -
Spain abolished slavery from cuba
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Mckinley Tariff
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Jose Marti launched a revolution
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Spain had 300,000 cubans in concentration camps
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Hawaii was now a US territory
-U.S wanted Hawaii for military base”Pearl Harbor”
-Hawaii’s King was strong armed into changing the constitution to make only wealthy landowner able to vote
-The new queen proposed the idea to get rid of the previous change
-The U.S marines overthrew her and set up a government run by Sanford B. Dole
-Cleveland did not want to annex Hawaii
-Then Mckinley became president and annexed it -
The De Lome Letter called President Mckinley
This called President Mckinley "weak" and it got leaked to the american people -
U.S.S Maine Explodes
Americans Blamed Spain although I beleive the Americans blew it up so they could blame Spain go to war with them. -
Battle of Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill
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Cuba is free from Spain
America wanted to stay in Cuba politics to protect American Business Man that invested in Sugar, tobacco, and mining industries -
The start of the Spanish American War
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America destroyed all the spanish ships around the Philippines capital
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Rough Riders are introduced
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Cease Fire Agreement
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Treaty of Paris
USA got Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines from Spain
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The Philippines started to revolt against America
Philippines used Guerrilla Tactics -
America and China: Open door notes were established by John Hay
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America and Puerto Rico;Foraker Act
ended military rule and set up an actual government Puerto Rico also denied Statehood in 1967, 1993, and 1998 -
Newly formed Cuban government
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Britain, French, German, Japanese, and American Soldiers marched at the China capital(Boxer rebellion)
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Second set of open door notes were established
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In the Insular Cases
the U.S supreme court ruled that the constitution did not automatically imply to those in territories -
Platt Amendment
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Mckinley is assassinated so Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency
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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Britain gave the United States exclusive rights to build and control a canal through Central America. -
China and 11 other countries signed the Boxer Protocol
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The revolts were finally suppressed by the USA
Set up a very similar government that puerto rico had -
The Platt amendment became a treaty in 2 nations
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Canal Zone
signed a treaty in which the United States agreed to pay Panama $10 million plus an annual rent of $250,000 for an area of land across Panama, -
The Roosevelt Corollary was established.
America would now use force to anyone disobeying the Monroe Doctrine -
President Roosevelt made peace between Japan and Russia
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President Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize
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Intervention of Mexico
one of huerta’s officersArrested a small group of American Sailors in Tampico -
Huerta Regime collapses
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A Puerto Rican statesman who spoke to the House of representatives died
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Carranza invites American Engineers to operate Minds in northern Mexico
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US troops clashed with carranza’s army
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Puerto Ricans were given U.S citizenship
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Mexico adopted a constitution
that gave the government control of the nation's oil and mineral Resources, and play straight regulations on foreign investors -
Woodrow Wilson introduces his missionary diplomacy
This means the US have a responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin American government it viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to U.S interests -
Philippines became independent