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Alfred Thayer Mahan
American Navy Admiral that pushed the country towards its focus in foreign policy. -
Purchase of the Alaska Territory
The United States purchases Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. -
Hawaiian Government
The United States overthrows the Hawaiian monarchy. -
Hawaiian Social Displeasure
Christian missionaries and American corporate businesses begin having a heavy impact on the Hawaiian people. -
Destruction of the U.S.S. Maine
The "spark" of the Spanish-American War is set. -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow journalism gains popularity especially on topics that focused on the Spanish-American War. -
Spanish-American War spreads
The United States fights with Spanish forces on all Spanish colonies. Fight is never taken to the Spanish mainland. -
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Spanish-American War
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The Teller Amendment
Declared that the United States would aid the Cuban independence effort and allow the Cuban people to govern themselves following their independence. -
Guantanamo Bay is established
The United States establishes a permanent military presence in Cuba. -
Hawaii claimed as a U.S. Territory
The United States siezes control of the islands and establishes it as its primary Pacific territory. -
The Phillipines are bought
As the Spanish-American War is concluded, control of the Phillipines was sold to the United States. -
The Open Door Policy
China becomes the focus of many foreign countries that saw economic potential in the the country's resources. -
Spheres of Influence
Many major powers attempt to dominate the sphere of influence in Eastern Asia. Britain, France, Russia, Japan, Germany, the United States -
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Phillipine-American War
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Japan
Japan has intense competition with the United States as they begin to focus on the Pacific Ocean. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
The idea that the United States should begin expanding its foreign policy begins being pushed by President Roosevelt. -
The Platt Amendment
Overruled the promise made in the Teller Amendment that claimed that the United States would not establish permanent control over Cuba. -
Theodore Roosevelt takes office
President McKinley is assassinated and Roosevelt becomes the youngest man to assume the title of President of the United States. -
The Phillipine-American War ends
The Phillipine-American War is officially concluded with no legitimate victor. -
The Dollar Diplomacy
The Dollar Diplomacy was a economic guarantee to foreign countries to supply loans within the American continents in order to keep Eastern influence away from the Western world. -
Panama declares independence
After its aid from the United States, Panama is able to declare its independence from Colombia. -
Mexican Revolution begins
The Mexican people attempt to overthrow the dictatorship in place before the war. -
Mexican Reconstruction begins
The middle class succeeded at overthowing their government and begins constructing new constitutions and rebuilding a new government. -
Woodrow Wilson elected for first term
President Wilson begins his presidency years prior to the Great War. -
The Panama Canal opens
The Panama Canal is completed by the United States after a previous failure by France. -
The Great War begins
The global conflict begins with Austria-Hungary and Serbia. -
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World War I
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Sinking of the Lusitania
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The United States enters the war
The United States no longer expresses neutrality and joins the Allied Powers. -
The Great War ends
The Treaty of Versailles is signed and the global conflict is officially declared as a victory to the Allied Powers. -
Hawaii becomes a State
Hawaii officially becomes the fiftieth state of the United States of America.
