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US Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
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Helped get public support for a war with Spain over the independence of the Spanish colony of Cuba.
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An explosion sinks the battleship USS Maine in the Havana, Cuba harbor, killing 266 of the 354 crew members.
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Fight between US and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted the US gaining new territories.
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Most significant US land victory.
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Extended US territory into the pacific unifying economic policies between states rising the US as a Pacific power.
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US would leave the government and control of the island of Cuba.
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Agreement between the United States and Panama granting canal rights to the United States.
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Panama Canal officially opened on August 15, 1914. It was the most expensive construction project in U.S history to that point at a cost of $350 million.
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US and Philippine troops against Japanese troops. The result being one of the greatest tragedies of World War ll
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Alaskans voted in a favor of statehood because they wanted the same rights as everyone else in the United States.
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Hawaii`s status was linked to Alaska making both territories states that year.