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The U.S. Annexed Hawaii
In 1893 the last monarch of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani, was overthrown by party of businessmen, who then imposed a provisional government. -
The First Global Economy of the United States
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Spanish American War
The Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
Puerto Rico was Annexed by the U.S.
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines (for which the United States compensated Spain $20 million, equivalent to $588 million in present-day terms), were ceded by Spain after the Spanish–American War in the 1898 Treaty of Paris. -
The U.S. Asserted its right to intervene in Cuban Affairs with the Platt Amendment
Gave United States military basis in Cuba and the right to intervene in Cuban affairs at any time. Replaced the teller amendment. -
The U.S. Annexed the Philippines
After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898 , Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris. -
John Hay's Open Door Policy with China
U.S. Secretary of State John Hay sent notes to the major powers (France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Japan, and Russia), asking them to declare formally that they would uphold Chinese territorial and administrative integrity and would not interfere with the free use of the treaty ports within their. -
President Taft's Dollar Diplomacy with Latin America
Dollar diplomacy of the United States—particularly during President William Howard Taft's term— was a form of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
Panama Canal Opened Making Passage Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Es\asier
Building the Panama Canal, 1903–1914. President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. -
World War I Began in Europe
The event that was widely acknowledged to have sparked the outbreak of World War I occurred on June 28, 1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was shot to death with his wife by the Bosnian Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo. -
The U.S. Entered WWI Due to German Submarine Warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram
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Woodrow Wilson Made His "Make the World a Safe for Democracy" Speech
Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to seek a Declaration of War against Germany in order that the world “be made safe for democracy. -
Woodrow Wilson Delivered his 14 Points to Eliminate the Causes of War
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson. -
Treaty of Versailles was Signed
Treaty of Versailles, peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, France. -
The U.S. Senate Rejected the Treaty of Versailles and Failed to Join the League of Nations
On Nov. 19, 1919, the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles based primarily on objections to the League of Nations. The U.S. would never ratify the treaty or join the League of Nations. -
League of Nations was Created as a Worldwide Organization Devoted to Peace
The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.
