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  History of naval warfare published in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan. Its policies were quickly adopted by most major navies, ultimately leading to the World War I naval arms race.
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  Hawaii was annexed to the United States when Queen Liliuokalani tried to restore the power of monarchy after the death of King Kalakaua.
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  The Spanish–American War was an armed conflict between Spain and the United States
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  a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established that would allow for a system of trade in China open to all countries equally.
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  Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman, politician, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States
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  President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal.
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  William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States and the tenth chief justice of the United States, the only person to have held both offices.
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  Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American statesman, lawyer, and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States
