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alaska is purchased by the U.S.
eventually, oil and gold was found in alaska. -
Alfred thayer mahan presents "the influence of sea power upon history"
this influencd many countries thoughts on naval power and led to a naval arms race in the 1890's -
queen Liliuokalani was overthrown
this opened the door to the U.S. being able to easily annex hawaii -
Philippine-american war starts
hostilities erupt between the U.S. inside Manila and Filipino forces surrounding the city -
the U.S. declares war on spain
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the first battle of the spanish-american war
U.S. commodore dewey defeat the spanish fleet in manila bay. -
U.S. troops land in Cuba
this will lead to war breaking out in cuba -
U.S. forces defeat the Spanish at the Battle of San Juan Heights
decisive battle of the spanish american war -
U.S. forces destroy the Spanish Fleet off Santiago Bay, Cuba
the U.S. won most of the battles -
The Spanish surrender at Santiago
not to be confused with the naval battle of santiago de cuba, this was the last major operation in cuba -
The U.S. and Spain sign a peace agreement
this ends hostilities between the two nations -
end of the hundred days reform
ended in a coup d'etat led by empress dowager cixi -
The Treaty of Paris is signed by representatives from the U.S. and Spain
this officially ends the war, -
boxer rebellion begins
the boxers in china try to throw out the foreign presence, anfd fail. -
lonoy massacre
us kill 400 in a reverse ambush -
roosevelt first coined "big stick policy"
the big stcik policy was to use peaceful means to get what they want, but at the same time show that they had a good military backing. -
u.s aquisition of the panama canal
the us bought it form fance and proceeded to build it. -
anthracite coal mine strike
when roosevelt used his "big stick policy" to stop the coal miners from revolting any longer -
start of the us construction of the panama canal
the us start of the construction of the panama canal -
taft-katsura agreement
talk about the phillippines and korea, and each countries' plans for them. -
the dollar diplomacy
william taft's foreign policy, from 1909 to 1913 -
start of the mexican revolution
the end of porfirio diaz's reign -
the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand
he was visiting the bosnian capital, and was shot -
july ultimatum
in july, austria-hungary issued an ultimatum to serbia -
invasion of belgium, world war one begins
germany decides to invade belgium -
battle of cer
austria invaded serbia and basically was the first battle in world war 1. -
the lusitania sinks
the germans sink the lusitania, and some of them were americans -
zimmerman telegram
germany proposing that mexico join the opposite side of britain and the u.s. -
U.S. enters war
they enter the war on the side of britain, and against germany -
the first red scare
following the bolshevik revolution in russia, and scared it would happen in america -
the end of the mexican revolution
alvaro obregon was elected, and it will proceed to become the more modern mexico -
The first asian-american in the United States senate
Hiram Fong Descended from chinese immigrants, and was elected to the Senate -
Hawaii is admitted to the union
the 50th state
