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Unit 11
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Spanish American War
was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. U.S. attacks on Spain's Pacific possessions led to involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately to the Philippine–American War -
Hawaii
U.S. wanted Hawaii for business and so Hawaiian sugar could be sold in the U.S. duty free, Queen Liliuokalani opposed so Sanford B. Dole overthrew her in 1893, William McKinley convinced Congress to annex Hawaii in 1898 -
Foraker Act
United States federal law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico, which had recently become a possession of the United States -
Roosevelt Corollary
An addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03. -
Tariff Act
Underwood Tariff re-imposed the federal income tax following the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment. Additionally, it lowered basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%, well below the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909. -
Word War 1
World War I was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918