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Alaska- Seward's Icebox
This was the nickname for the Alaska Purchase. The state was purchased from Russia in 1867 for 7 million dollars. The people referred to the purchase as Seward's Icebox or Seward's Folly because no one saw the point in buying that state. It was cold and isolated. It was for a long time, viewed as a pointless purchase. -
Alfred Thayer Mahan- The Influence of Sea Power Upon HIstory Published
The book being published by the navy officer was very important because he argued that a strong navy was needed if we to secure the country as a world power. -
Hawaii- Queen Liliuokalani Overthrown
American settlers tried to overthrow the queen to invade Hawaii and take it for themselves. However, President Grover Cleveland tried to stop the annexation of Hawaii. -
Spanish-American War- Joseph Pulitzer's "World" and William Hearst's "Journal" published
These two New York newspapers were very exaggerated stories of what was going on in Cuba, however, it got the attention of many Americans and Congress and the president was urged to help Cuba. -
Spanish American War- Cuban Revolt
Cuba was being ruled by terrible people and the people tried to revolt in 1895 and force Spain's withdrawal. Spain back-lashed by sending 100,000 troops to fight back. The Cuban people were forced into camps after the revolt and were starved to death and diseased. The revolt was a cause for the Spanish-American War. -
Hawaii- Annexation of Hawaii
The war in the Philippines gave America's congress and president an excuse to invade Hawaii. -
Spanish American War- The Battleship Maine is blown up
The sinking was important because it pushed America to really consider war. -
Spanish-American War- McKinley's Ultimatum
In response to the sinking of the Maine battleship, the people pushed for war. Instead, President McKinley gave Spain an ultimatum to stop hurting Cuba- which they agreed to, but, Americans kept pushing war. -
Spanish-American War- De Lome Letter Published
The Spanish minister wrote to President McKinley to spite him and the letter was published by the Yellow Press and outraged Americans. -
Spanish-American War- Teller Amendment passed
On April 20, 1898, the amendment was passed and authorized war. -
Spanish-American War- First shots of the war fired
The first shots were fired in the Philippines at Manila Bay- thousands of miles from Cuba. -
Phillippine-American War- Commodore Dewey's fleet
The fleet was ordered by Roosevelt and the fleet fired on Spanish ships. -
Spanish-American War- War ended
Spain realized after they had no navy, that they couldn't continue to fight so they asked for peace and the war ended in early August of 1989. -
Philippine-American War- The Treaty of Paris
This was to promote the annexation of the Philippines, and it was approved and passed. -
Hawaii- Hawaii becomes a territory of the US
When America overthrew Hawaii, Hawaii was an established territory shortly after. -
China- Boxer Rebellion
Nationalism and fear of foreigners was a big thing fr China at the time. Because of this fear, a group of Chinese boxers went and murdered Christian missionaries. -
China- Hay's Second set of notes
Hay feared that China's fear would destroy their independence, so, Hay wrote a second set of notes to the powers of China to ensure American commitment. -
Big Stick Diplomacy- McKinley's assassination
McKinley was shot by an anarchist and with that, Roosevelt took office and led the Big Stick Diplomacy. -
Big Stick Diplomacy- Panama's revolt for independence
Roosevelt wanted to build a canal in Panama, but, Panama was strongly controlled by Columbia and wouldn't allow a canal. So, Roosevelt led a revolt in Panama to try and gain their independence so he could gain a canal. -
Panama Canal- Panama Declared Independence
After Roosevelt helped Panama revolt from the Colombians, Panama soon gained its independence. -
Panama Canal- Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty signed
Panama's new minister immediately negotiated the treaty which gave America a 10 mile strip of land for the canal. -
Japan- Gentlemen's Agreement
Japan and the US were on weird soil and that concerned the laws of California because Japanese Americans were discriminated against, so, Roosevelt created the compromise and forced California to appeal their laws. -
Dollar Diplomacy- Intervention in Nicaragua
America intervened in Nicaragua's affairs to protect the country's investments. -
Mexico- General Victoriano Huerta seized power
Huerta had the democratically elected president of Mexico killed so he could seize power and form a dictatorship. Which outraged President Wilson and caused Wilson to ignore Huerta's rule all in all because Wilson was a strong supporter of Democracy and Huerta wasn't. -
Mexico- Tampico Incident
Wilson called a fleet to fight with Mexican revolutionaries against Huerta. The fleet was arrested by Huerta immediately, but were released soon. But because Huerta failed to apologize, Wilson retaliated by sending Navy troops to Veracruz permanently until Huerta was out. This was the first incident in the Americas to be settled through joint mediation. -
World War One- Archduke Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination was the kickoff to World War I. -
World War One- The Lusitania sinks
Lusitania was a passenger liner that the Germans sunk. It really ticked off America because a lot of the people on the ship were Americans. This happening was the reason America got involved. -
Red Scare- Red Scare begins
After World War I, the Red Scare happened in America which was a nationwide fear of communists and anarchists that led to a series of bombings -
World War One- The second Bolshevik Revolution
This happened in the middle of the war that took Russia out of the war so they could focus on the revolution going on inside their country. -
World War One- World War One starts
In 1917, Woodrow Wilson stood before Congress and asked them to vote for a declaration of war. -
World War One- Armistice Signed
The Armistice being signed is what ended the war. -
World War One- Belleau Wood
This was the last German Offense. Americans stopped the Germans at Marne River and struck a good fight. -
World War One- The Treaty of Versailles
After the Armistice was signed, the powers of the world had a meeting at the Palace of Versailles to make sure peace was being kept.
