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Annexation of Alaska
The United States purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. -
Naval Base in Hawaii
A U.S. naval base was established at Pear Harbor as part of a new Hawaiian constitution. -
Alfred Thayer Mahan: Sea Power
Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan published "The Influence of Sea Power upon History" which argued that control of the sea was the key to world dominance. -
Invasion of Cuba
Roosevelt's regiment of volunteers, the Rough Riders, took charge of San Juan Hill in Cuba. -
De Lôme Letter
criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd. -
Sinking of USS Maine
The battleship USS Maine that was sent to protect U.S. citizens and property after rioting in Havana mysteriously exploded in the Havana harbor, which only grew the demand for U.S. intervention. -
McKinley Urged for War
McKinley sent his war message to Congress, urging armed intervention to free the oppressed Cubans. -
Beginning of Spanish American War
The United States declared war on Spain. -
First Battle of Spanish-American War
In the first battle of the war, U.S. Commodore Dewey and his Asiatic squadron defeat the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines. -
Roosevelt Leads "Rough Riders"
Roosevelt gains a heroic reputation for leading men known as the "rough riders" up San Juan Hill. Invasion of Cuba. -
Annexation Of Hawaii
America's annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S. territory into the Pacific. It cause economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power. -
End of Conflict in Spanish American War
The U.S. and Spain sign the Protocol of Peace, ending hostilities between the two. -
Phillipine-American War
Filipino nationalists erupted into fight against the American troops under Emilio Aguinaldo, who sought for independence. -
Boxer Rebellion
A Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
Roosevelt's "big stick" was referring to the US foreign policy. It states that U.S. can intervene in the W. Hemisphere if necessary -
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
This treaty is signed by the United States and the United Kingdom as a preliminary to the creation of the Panama Canal. -
End of Philippine War
President Roosevelt declared that the war in the Philippines was over. -
Venezuelan Affairs
Venezuela asked Roosevelt to negotiate a settlement for the border dispute they had with Britain. -
Root-Takahira Agreement
This agreement with the U.S. and Japan pledged both powers to respect each other's territorial possessions in the Pacific and to uphold the Open Door Policy in China. -
Dollar Diplomacy
President William Taft followed Dollar Diplomacy, which was 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. -
First battle of the Marne
German invasion of France is stopped in the First Battle of the Marne as German troops are forced to the north side of the Marne River, causing the the Schlieffen Plan to fail. -
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. -
Tampico Incident
An indecent that involved U.S. sailors and Mexican land forces loyal to Mexican dictator General Huerta during the faction wars phase of the Mexican Revolution. -
Francis Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo, WW1
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 -
Austria Declared War on Serbia, WW1
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War exactly one month after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. -
Panama Canal
One month after the First World War erupted in Europe, the Panama Canal was finally opened for transit. -
Pancho Villa
Francisco "Pancho" Villa was a significant Mexican Revolutionary general of the Mexican Revolution. -
Sussex - WWI
Torpedoing of a French cross-channel passenger steamer, the Sussex, by a German submarine, leaving 80 casualties, including two Americans wounded. -
Germany Signs The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versaillles was one of the peace treaties signed at the end of WW1 and it ended the state of war between Gernamy and the Allied Powers. -
Red Scare
Promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism. -
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. -
Reciprocity Treaty 1975
This treaty between the United States and Hawaii was a free-trade agreement that guaranteed a duty-free market for Hawaiian sugar in exchange for special economic privileges for the United States.
