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Monroe Doctrine
A doctrine by James Monroe that warned European countries not to colonize in America. -
Midway Islands annexed by U.S.
Captain William Reynolds takes possession of the islands, and they are the first offshore islands annexed by the United States. -
United States purchases Alaska from Russia
Russia offered to sell Alaska to America, believing that America would off-set Britain’s plans and America purchased Alaska for $7.2 million. -
U.S. tariffs cause Hawaiian Sugar Cane prices to rise
Hawaiian sugar cane prices rise because of United States’s tariffs. -
Grover Cleveland elected President (2nd time)
Grover Cleveland was the only president to be elected for 2 non-consecutive terms, he was the 22nd president and the 24nd president. -
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American Economic Depression of 1893
An economic crisis set off by the collapse of two of the country's largest employers, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and the National Cordage Company. -
Cuban separatists revolt against Spanish rule
Led by Maximo Gomez y Baez, Cuban separatists revolted and declared Cuba to be the Republic of Cuba. -
Spain institutes reconcentration on Cubans
General Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau created a policy f moving Cubans to more central locations where they would be under control of the Spanish army. -
Philippine (Filipino) Rebels revolt against Spain
Led by Emilio Aguinaldo, the revolt carried the Filipinos to a war with Spain and the United States. -
President McKinley elected to First term
President McKinley was a part of the Republican party, and he was shot and killed in 1901. -
U.S. annexes Hawaii
U.S. sugar interests encouraged that the King be overthrown, and Hawaii was established as a republic, but taken over by America 5 years later. -
President McKinley sends USS Maine to Havana with Spain's permission
The USS Maine had been sent to Cuba to protect the interests of Americans there after riots broke out in Havana in January, however it mysteriously sank. -
De Lôme Letter
This letter, written by the Spanish Ambassador Enrique Dupuy de Lôme to the United States, criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd. -
Spanish-American War begin
America and Spain went to war because of America's support of the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor -
U.S. captures Philippines from Spain
At the end of the Spanish American war, the US and Spain signed a treaty and the Philippines became an American territory. -
Teller Amendment passed
An amendment that gave Cubans freedom once America overthrew Spain. -
Equiano Aguinaldo captured by U.S. forces in Philippines
Revolutionist Equiano Aguinaldo was captured by America after becoming president of the Philippines. -
China divided into "spheres of influence
The Spheres of Influence in China was when different European nations had control over prosperous Chinese ports and had control of trade in that region disregarding the rights of the Chinese people. -
Open Door Policy
A policy that declared equal privileges for all countries trading with China. -
Boxer Rebellion in China
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 -
President McKinley re-elected to Second Term
President William McKinley defeated Bryan Jennings and was reelected. -
Foraker Act
A federal law that established civilian government for Puerto Rico. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the youngest president after President McKinley is assassinated. -
Platt Amendment
Outlined the United States’s role in Cuba and the Caribbean. -
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
An agreement between America and Panama granting the United States access across Panama to build a canal. -
Roosevelt Corollary
An addition to the Monroe Doctrine that announced the new Latin American policy.
