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Monroe Doctrine
An annual message to Congress. The European powers were obligated to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States' sphere of interest. -
Mexican American War
Westward expansion between Mexico and America in the United States. -
Hawaii
The establishment of diplomatic relations was created in 1853, the US annexed Hawaii in 1898 due to the presidency of William McKinley. -
Actions In Japan
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Purchase of Alaska
Russia offered to sell Alaska to the United States acquisition of Alaska. -
Teller Amendment
President William McKinley's War Message which enforced a condition on the United States military's presence in Cuba. -
Spanish- American War
Conflict between United States and Spain, resulting in Spanish colonial rule in America and resulting in acquiring territories in Western Pacific and Latin America. -
Platt Amendment
The withdrawal of United States troops remaining at the end of the Spanish-American war. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Asserted a right of the United States to intervene in order to stabilize the economic affairs of small states in the Caribbean and Central America. -
U.S Virgin Islands
U.S took over islands and named them Virgin islands -
Wake Islands
battle for Wake Island, an atoll consisting of three coral islets (Wilkes, Peale, and Wake) in the central Pacific Ocean. -
Midway Island
The equalizing power between Japan and American was established through the naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War 2. -
Actions in China
Since 1949, U.S.-China relations have evolved from tense standoffs to a complex mix of intensifying diplomacy, growing international rivalry, and increasingly intertwined economies. -
Samoa
Establishment of the diplomatic relations with the
Independent State of Samoa, following its independence in 1971.