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Alaska Purchase
Was purchased for $7.2 million dollars from Russia. -
Alfred Thayer Mahan
He was a United States naval officer and historian and published "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783" -
McKinley Tariff Act
Closed the United States market to Hawaiian sugar planters, threatening their economic ruin. At the same time, native Hawaiian ruler Queen Liliuokalani moved to reestablish native control of Hawaiian affairs. -
Annexation of Hawaii
U.S. wanted Hawaii for business and so Hawaiian sugar could be sold in the U.S. duty free, Queen Liliuokalani opposed so Sanford B. Dole overthrew her in 1893, William McKinley convinced Congress to annex Hawaii in 1898 -
American Tariff of 1894
This tariff made the sugar economy go way down. Effected Hawaii. -
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. -
Yellow Journalism
One of the causes of the Spanish-American War (1898) - this was when newspaper publishers like Hearst and Pulitzer sensationalized news events (like the sinking of the Maine) to anger American public towards Spain. -
Manila Bay
In the first battle between Spanish and American Forces, U.S. Commodore Dewey and his Asiatic squadron defeat the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines -
Landing in Cuba
The U.S troops land in Cuba. -
Battle of San Juan Heights
Spanish General Arsenio Linares ordered 760 Spanish Army regular troops to hold the San Juan heights against an American offensive on July 1, 1898. -
Siege of Santiago
Major General William "Pecos Bill" Shafter began the siege of Santiago. -
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
The United States Navy decisively defeated Spanish forces, sealing American victory in the Spanish–American War and achieving nominal independence for Cuba from Spanish rule. -
The Treaty of Paris
Spain relinquishing nearly all of the remaining Spanish Empire, especially Cuba, and ceding Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. -
Philippine American War
Armed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and the United States. -
Open Door Policy
Foreign powers in China sought the huge Chinese market and the opportunity to convert Chinese to Christianity -
Boxer Rebellion
Millions of Chinese people were enraged at being subjugated by imperial powers - "boxers", a group of extreme Chinese nationalists, killed 200 missionaries in Beijing, but were put down. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
Big stick ideology, big stick diplomacy, or big stick policy refers to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy: "speak softly, and carry a big stick." -
Panamanian Revolution
Panamanian's eager to rebel when Columbia refused America's proposal to buy land for the canal. -
Russo-Japanese War
Fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea -
Battle of Dolores River
The Pulajanes slaughtered the people of Taviran and then burned the town of Santa Elena. -
The Great White Fleet
Popular nickname for the powerful United States Navy battle fleet that completed a journey around the globe from 16 December 1907, to 22 February 1909, by order of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Term used to describe the efforts of the US to further its foreign policy through use of economic power by guaranteeing loans to foreign countries. -
Mexican Revolution
Diaz was ruler of Mexico for 34 years, and caused much terror and bloodshed. Many people fled to the U.S. to plan a revolution. Huerta, in 1913, overthrew Diaz as dictator and had him murdered. Carranza was the leader of the forces against Huerta. The Mexican Revolution was an unstable situation that led to distrust between the U.S. and Mexico. -
Pancho Villa
Revolutionary leader during the Mexican Revolution; initially supported by America (Huerta's rival). -
Panama Canal
The United States built the Panama Canal to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa. It cost $400,000,000 to build. -
Declaration of Neutrality
Wilson immediately called upon American people to support his policy by not taking sides, soon found it difficult, went along with tradition of not involving ourselves with European wars. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
His assassination sparked World War 1. -
Lusitania Sinks
A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans. -
Red Scare
Promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism. -
Zimmerman Telegram
A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. The proposal was intercepted and decoded by British intelligence. -
Russian Revoultion
This resulted in the rise of the Soviet Union. This bothered the U.S because Russia was ruled by a autocratic czar -
Espionage Act of 1917
It was intended to prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of United States enemies during wartime. -
Selective Service Act
Authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
