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Power of the Sea: Alfred Thayer Mahan
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." -
Annexation of Alaska
United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. -
Overthrowing of Hawaiian Monarch
The overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii began on January 17, 1893, against Queen Liliuokalani on the island of Oahu -
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
America's annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S. territory into the Pacific and highlighted resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power. -
Teller Amendment
amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress -
The Philippines
Commodore Dewey's fleet opened fire on Spanish ships in the Manila Bay. -
Spanish-American War
fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Invasion of Cuba
Roosevelt's regiment of volunteers, the Rough Riders, took charge of San Juan Hill in Cuba. -
De Lome Letter
criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd. -
McKinley War Message
It placed a condition on the United States military's presence in Cuba. -
Sinking of U.S.S. Maine
USS Maine was an American naval ship that sank in Havana Harbor during the Cuban revolt against Spain, an event that became a major political issue in the United States. -
Philippine-American War
an armed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and the United States that lasted from February 4, 1899 to July 2, 1902. -
Philippine Rebellion
During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines, 1521–1898, there were several revolts against the Spanish colonial government by indigenous Moro, Lumad, Indians, Chinese and Insulares -
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement was a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901 -
Hawaii becomes Territory
United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley. Hawaii was made a territory in 1900, and Dole became its first governor. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
refers to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy: "speak softly, and carry a big stick." -
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
treaty signed by the United States and the United Kingdom on 18 November 1901, as a preliminary to the creation of the Panama Canal. -
The Roosevelt Corollary
was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03. -
Root-Takahira Agreement
agreement between the United States and the Empire of Japan negotiated between United States Secretary of State Elihu Root and Japanese Ambassador to the United States Takahira Kogorō. -
Nicaragua- Dollar Diplomacy
form of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
Railroads in China
Taft wanted greater share of money from Chinese investment, created Hu-Kuang railway, tried to get loan from china to buy up all railways and make new ones. -
Tampico Incident
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. -
Germany declares war - WW1
Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization. -
Germany declares war on France - WW1
Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium. -
Panama Canal
On 15 August 1914 – just one month after the First World War erupted in Europe – the Panama Canal was finally opened for transit. -
Great Britain declares war - WW1
In the end, Britain refused to ignore the events of 4 August 1914, when Germany attacked France through Belgium. Within hours, Britain declared war on Germany. -
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip -
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. -
Sinking of the Arabic- WWI
German submarine U-24 torpedoed Arabic, and the ship sank in 9 minutes -
Sussex - WWI
Torpedoing of a French cross-channel passenger steamer, the Sussex, by a German submarine, leaving 80 casualties, including two Americans wounded. -
Pancho Villa
Francisco "Pancho" Villa was a Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution -
Red Scare
Promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism.
