History project

  • The Monroe doctrine is issued by James Monroe

  • America wanted to expand the country through imperialism

  • America buys Alaska from Russia for $7.2million

  • Cuba rebelled against Spain

  • America builds a naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

  • America annexed Hawaii and it joins the U.S.

  • U.S.S Maine explodes in Cuba and the Spanish-American War started

  • The U.S. and Spain meet in Paris and form a treaty

  • The Phillipine-American war starts

  • The Boxer rebellion kills hundreds of European missionaries in China

  • Teddy Roosevelt goes into office as the U.S. president

  • The Platt Amendment Starts between the U.S. and Cuba

  • The Phillipine-American war ends and the Phillipines become independent

  • Panama gains independence from Columbia with the help of the U.S.

  • Panama Canal opens

  • The U.S. grants Puerto Rico citizenship