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Venezuela Border Dispute
Venezuela Border Dispute, diplomatic controversy, notable for the tension caused between Great Britian and the U.S. during much of the 19th century.The dispute concerned the boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana . The Venezuelan claim, extending E to the Essequibo River, thus taking in most of the settled areas of Britich Guiana had been inherited from Spain, and that of Great Britain. -
"Scramble for Africa"
The "Scramble for Africa" was the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and annexation of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 ans 1914. In 1870, only 10 percent of Africa was under European control; by 1914 it had increased to 90 percent of the continent, with only Ethiopia and Liberia still being independent. The only colony the United States had claim to was liberia. -
Alfred T Mahan "The Importance of Sea Power"
Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote The Importance of Sea Power Upon History. He said that countries with sea power were the great nations in history and the future of the U.S. depended on sea power= a stong navy. -
Overthrow of Queen Lilikoulani
On the Hawaiian islands, a group of American sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole overthrown Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian monarch, and established a new government with Dole as president. The coup occurred with the foreknoledge of John L. Stevens, the U.S. minister to Hawaii, and 300 U.S. Marines from the U.S. cruiser were called to Hawaii allegedly to protect American lives. -
Annexation of Hawaii
In 1893, a small group of sugar and pineapple-growing businessmen,aided by the American minister to Hawaiiand backed by heavily armed U.S. soldiers and marined, deposed Hawaii's queen. Subsequently, they imprisoned the queen and seized 1.75 million acres of crown land and conspired to annex the islands to the United States. -
De Lome Letter
The De Lome letter is a note written by Senor Don Enrique Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish Ambassador to the United States to Don Jose Canelejas, the Foreign Minister of Spain. The letter reveals De Lome's opinion about the Spanish involvement in Cuba and US President McKinle's diplomact -
Sinking of the USS Maine
On a friendly visit, the USS Maine had been sent to Cuba to protect the interests of Americans there after a rebellion against Spanish rule broke out in Havana January. A massive explosion unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba's Havana harbor, killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard. -
Teller Amendment
The Teller Amendment was an amendment ot a joint resolution of the United States Congress, in reply to Preisdent William McKinley´s War Message. It placed a condition on the United States military presence in Cuba. -
Rough Riders Charge up San Juan Hill
The "Rough RIders" enlisted cowboys and college men led by Roosevelt under the command of Leonard Wood. They arrive in Cuba in time to take part in the Battle of San Juan Hill. America's conflict with Spain was later described as a "splendid little war". -
Spanish American War
The Spanish-American war was a conflict between the US and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in US acquistion of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America.The war was short and American triips suffered few casualties. -
Treaty of Paris (1898)
The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was an agreement made in 1898 that involved Spain relinquishing nearlyall of the remaining Spanish Empire.The Treaty of Paris marked the end of the Spanish Empire. It marked the beginning of the age of the United States as a world power. -
Annexation of Samoan Islands
Germany, the U.S., and the UK had settled into the Samoan islands and disputes had erupted in what was known as the Second Samoan Civil War. In 1899, the Treaty of berlin established American Samoa, annexing it and therefore making American Samoa US territory. -
Boxer Rebellion
Also called the Boxer Uprising the Boxer Rebellion is a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led and uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. From June to August, the Boxers besiehed the foreign district of Beijing, China's capital, until an international force that included American troops subdue the uprising. -
Foraker Act
The Foraker Act officially known s the Organic Act of 1900 is a United States federal law that established civilian government island of Puerto Rico, which recently became possession of the United States as a resukt of the Spanich American War.SextionVII of the Foraker Act also establidhed Puerto Rican citizenship. -
Platt Amendment
The Platt Amendment was passed as part of the 1902 Army Appropriations Bill. It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of US troops remaining in Cuba st the end of the Spanish-American War, and an eighth condition that Cuba sign a treaty accepting these seven conditions. -
Insular Cases
The Insular Cases are a series of opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1901, about the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish-American War. The supreme Court held that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to places under American control. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Convinced that all of Latin America was vulnerable to European attack, President Roosevelt dusted off the Monroe Doctrine and added his own corollary. While the Monroe Doctrine blocked further expansion of Europe in the Western Hemisphere, the Roosevelt Corollary went one step further. Should any Latin American nation engage in"Chronic Wrongdoing," a phrase that included large debts or civil unrest, the United States military would intervene -
Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909, by order of President Theodore Roosevelt. It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two squadrons, along with various escorts. -
Building of the Panama Canal
Following the failure of a French construction team in the 1880s, the United States commenced building a canal across a 50-mile stretch of the Panama isthmus in 1904. Officially opened in 1914,the planned grnaf ceremony was downgraded due to the outbreak of WWI.
