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queen lilikalanani
queen liliuokalanani became leader of hawaii.When she became leader she believed planters had to much influence she wanted to limit their power.site-book -
u.s.s. maine
mckinley sent the u.s.s. maine to cuba.Thr following month the maine exploded and sank in havana's harbor killing 260 sailores.site-book -
congressional resoulution
president mckinley sined a congressional resoulution that said for cuban's independance from span the sspanish refused which the spanish american war.site-book -
battle in manila
the battle in manila bay began on early morning may 1 1898.A little past noon dewey's forces had destroyed the spanish fleet.Around 380 spanish saliors were dead or wounded.site-book -
rough riders
the rough riders and about 16,000 other soliders gathered in tampa, florida.Then they set out for santiago a spanish strong hold in souther cuba.site.-book -
attack san juan hill
american troops attacked san juan hill.African american soliders from the tenth cavarlary began to drive the spanish back.The rough riders joined in and captured the hill.site-book -
truce act
spain sined a truce.For americans it had been a splended little war.For spain four centuries of glory had come to an end -
open door poilcy
secretary of state john hay asked nations invloved in the region to follow an open door poicy.This meant that no single country could have a monopoly on trade with china.site- book -
boxer rebellion
chinese resentment toward foreignners attitude of cultrual superiority led to a violent uprising know as the boxer rebellion.site-book -
roosevelt corollary
the us used the roosevelt corollary to take control of the dominican republics finaces after the country failed to pay it's foregin debts.site book
