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Alaska
Secretary of State, William H. Seward, purchased Alaska from
Russia resulting in the lucrative discovery of oil. -
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Mahan wrote "The Influence of Sea Power upon history, 1660-1783" in 1890. This book stated that what you need to dominate the world is to control the sea, stimulating the US naval international interest. -
Hawaii - Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani
A covert operation took place between a small group of wealthy businessmen and US troops to overthrow the Hawaian Queen. -
Spanish-American War
A letter sent by a Spaniard Ambassador, Dupey de Lome is intercepted, and its contents anger the American people because it criticizes the President. -
Spanish-American War
Naval Secretarial Assisstant Theodore Roosevelt instructed Commodore George Dewey to take his troops to the Phillipines which were controlled by Spain. This was significant because it led to the destruction of Spanish vessels. -
Spanish-American War
President McKinley sent a war message to Congress to essentially free the oppressed cubans by declaring war on Spain. -
Spanish-American War
Commander Dewey sinks all Spanish Asian ship fleet. -
Spanish-American War
Fighting at El Caney and Kettle Hill, Coloner Roosevelt and his few rough riders went and suffered heavy losses but Roosevelt rejoiced greatly killing a spaniard. -
Spanish-American War
The Spaniards at the Santiago harbor in Cuba surrendered after being outgunned and outnumbered by American warships -
Annexation of Hawaii
Hawaiians were granted US citizenship because of a rushed annexation by Congress approved by President McKinley. -
Spanish-American War
Spain signed a armistice, a truce, to end the war -
Spanish-American War
Treaty of Paris is signed in which the US gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico. Guam, and the Phillipines. -
Philippine-American War
Emilio Aguinaldo led a "rebellion" against the US because the Filipinos were starting to resent occupying American troops. -
China-Open Door Note
John Hay, Secretary of State, urged all the great powers to announce in their spheres of influence that they would respect certain Chinese rights and the idea of fair competition. China was not involved in this "discussion". -
Philippine-American War
William H. Taft became civil governor of the Philippines. -
China-Boxer Rebellion
The destructive rebellion of a superpatriotic group officially ended. Forts that protected Bejing had to be destroyed and those involved punished. The signifigance is that China had to pay for damage done to its own self, to foriegn nations. -
Panama Canal
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, consented by Britain, this treaty gave the US a free hand to build the canal but also the right to secure it as well. -
Panama Canal
The United States arrived to oversee construction of the Panama Canal -
Big Stick Diplomacy- Treaty of Portsmouth
Theodore Roosevelt guided both Russia and Japan to a settlement following the Russo-Japanese war that satisfied neither in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This marked the emergence of new diplomatic negotiations. -
Hawaii - The recruitment of Filipinos
Hawaii Sugar Planter Assoociation recruited Filipino workers for cheap labor. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
Theodore Roosevelt showcased his "Big Stick" by sending the entire battleship fleet on a voyage around the world to impress the Japanese. -
Dollar Diplomacy
President Taft thought the Manchurian railroad would get the US dollar into the Far eastern market, so Philander C. Knox proposed that American and foreign bankers buy it, it failed. -
Mexico
Mexican Revolt, the revolution took a frightening turn when they murdered the President led to mass migration of Mexicans to the US. -
Mexico
The Mexican government had arrested af small group of American sailors and when released, the Mexicans refused to salute by demand of a American admiral, determined Woodrow Wilson acted before Congress and ordered the navy to seize the Mexican port of Vera Cruz. -
WWI
A Serbian fanatical killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which was the "given reason" for the start of WWI -
WWI
Sinking of the Lusitania, which was a British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat -
WWI
It was a decoded communication that Germany sent to Mexico proposing a alliance against America. -
WWI
President Woodrow Wilson delivered his Fourteen Points Address to Congress. It gave minority ethnic groups hope, like the polish peoples who were under the control of Germany. -
WWI
Battle of Chateau-Thierry, the first significant engagement of american troops in European war -
WWI
The Central Powers sign a armistice with the Allies affectively ending WWI "the Great War" -
WWI
WWI peace conference in Paris; where President Wilson proposed the League of Nations. -
Red Scare
A shipload of almost 250 alleged alien radicals were deported onto the BUFORD ("soviet Ark") to workers pardise in Russia -
Japan-Pearl Harbor
From the Japanese perspective, Japan had been waging a war against China for years and the US wanted Japan to back off, as a result Japan chose to fight and attacked Pearl Harbor, which led to the US declaring war.