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July 8, 1853, commodore Mathew Perry led a small fleet of american warships into edo Bay, in Japan.
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In 1867, the united States claimed the uninhabited midway islands.
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In the 1870s, the United States, Germany, and Brittain signed treaties with the Samoan King giving them access to the islands.
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On May 1, 1898, the U.S. Navy under commodore George Dewey destroy the spanish fleet in Manila Bay.
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in 1899, the islands were divided between Germany and United States.
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In 1906,16 U.S. battleships launched a World Tour.
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By 1913, American investment on the island had guardrupled from prewar levels to $220 million.
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In 1919 Worldwar 1 economic diffculties labor unrest the Red Score, nativtism and racsim troubles.
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In 1920s the other nations represented at the armament confrence accpept in princple.
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In 1931, construction began on a massive puplic work project building boulder ( later renamed Hoover)
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In 1933, some 13 million Americans- nearly one fourth of the workforce were unemployed.
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In 1936, FDR won aa second termas president with a landside victory. He viewed this victory as a mandate a grant of authority to extend the new peal further.
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In 1938, the CIOformed an independent federation- The CIO grew quickly, accepting Aferican American workers.
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In 1976, navy researches who studied the incidents again concluded that heat from a fire in a coal bin exploded a nearby supply of ammunition.
