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Purchase of Alaska
Congress bought Alaska for 7.2 millions dollars from Russia. -
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Crisis between America and Great Britain
Argument between America and Canada over seal hunting near the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska -
American and Germans navies
American and German navies nearly come to blows in 1889 over the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific -
Pan American Conference
Blaine's effort to tie U.S and other nations closely together in Washington. -
"The Influence of S ea Power Upon History"
Book written by U.S Navy captain which argued that a strong navy was important. -
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Expansionism
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Lynching of Italians in New Orleans
Italians and Americans almost went to war over the lynching of 11 Italians in New Orleans -
Panic of 1893
As America industrialized it also came with inflation and violence. -
Overthrowing Hawaiian monarch
American missionaries planned to obtain Hawaii by overgrowing Liliuokalani -
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Venezuelan border dispute
Monroe Doctrine was put to test with the border dispute. -
De Lome Letter
Spanish diplomats letter that was leaked t the press which criticized McKinley -
Spanish American War
America blamed Spain for the explosion of an American ship nearby the Havana Cuban Harbor. -
Annexation of Hawaii
Hawaii became a territory to the U.S -
Spain calls for peace
Spain realizes they can not fight the U.S without a navy and calls for peace. -
Controversy over the Treaty of Peace
U.S acquisitions of territory, and islands -
Open Door Policy in China
All nations had equal trading privileges with China -
Gaining the Phillipines
By the Treaty of Paris, the U.S gained the Philippines from Spain -
Boxer Rebellion
Chinese nationalist attacked and killed thousands of missionaries -
Election of 1900
Republican nomination of McKinley and Roosevelt
Democratic nomination of Bryan -
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president
After the assassination of McKinley, Roosevelt became president -
Panama Canal Route
Theodore Roosevelt decided to send warships to Panama -
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Panama Canal
The Panama canal began being built in 1904 and finished in 1914 -
Root-Takahira Agreement
Executive agreement between the U.S and Japan pledging mutual respect -
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President Wilson
Woodrow Wilson served as president -
Tampico incident
Wilson called for an embargo against Mexican Government and sent a fleet to blockade the port of Vera Cruz