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The Purchase of Alaska
The U.S. congress purchased Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million. -
"Influence of Sea Power Upon History"
A book Navy Captain Alfred Thayer Mahn wrote describing the importance of a strong navy to secure the foreign markets. -
Hawaii overthrow
America aided in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarch, Queen Liliuokalani. -
Cuban Revolt
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies against the authoritarian government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. -
Annexation of Hawaii
Dole declared Hawaii an independent republic. Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii at the urging of President William McKinley. -
De Lôme Letter
he De Lôme letter, a note written by Señor Don Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, to Don José Canalejas, the Foreign Minister of Spain, reveals de Lôme’s opinion about the Spanish involvement in Cuba and US President McKinley’s diplomacy. -
Battle of Manila Bay
The battle took place in Manila Bay in the Philippines, and was the first major engagement of the Spanish–American War -
Sinking of Maine
the United States battleship Maine, riding quietly at anchor in Havana harbour, was suddenly blown up, apparently by a mine, in an explosion which tore her bottom out and sank her, killing 260 officers and men on board -
Teller Amendment
In reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition on the United States military's presence in Cuba. -
Sphere of influence
European nations also divided up China into spheres of influence and in these spheres the European nation involved all but ran it. -
McKinley Assassination
McKinley was assassinated and Theodore was sworn in. -
Hay-Pauncefote treaty
The Hay–Pauncefote Treaty is a treaty signed by the United States and the United Kingdom on 18 November 1901, as a preliminary to the creation of the Panama Canal. -
Revolution in Panama
With the support of the U.S. government, Panama issues a declaration of independence from Colombia. -
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
The corollary states that the United States will intervene in conflicts between European countries and Latin American countries to enforce legitimate claims of the European powers, rather than having the Europeans press their claims directly. -
Russo Japanese War
The Russo–Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. -
Railroad Agreement in China
Wanting U.S. bankers to be included in a British, French, and Germany plan to invest in railroad in China. -
Tampico Affair
The Tampico Affair began as a minor incident involving U.S. sailors and Mexican land forces loyal to Mexican dictator General Victoriano Huerta during the Guerra De Las Facciones phase of the Mexican Revolution. -
Lusitania Crisis
The British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the Celtic Sea. -
General John J. Pershing
he served in the Spanish- and Philippine-American Wars and was tasked to lead a punitive raid against the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. -
Sussex Sunken
Torpedoing of a French cross-channel passenger steamer, the Sussex, by a German submarine, leaving 80 casualties, including two Americans wounded. The attack prompted a U.S. threat to sever diplomatic relations. -
National Defense Act
Was a federal law that updated the Militia Act of 1903, which related to the organization of the military, particularly the National Guard. -
Zimmerman Telegraph
Was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. -
Declaration of War
President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. ... The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary. -
Selective Service Act
Authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription -
Palmar Raids
The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of president Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected radical leftists, especially anarchists, and deport them from the United States. -
Hawaii being apart of U.S.
Hawaii becomes the 50th state
