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Unit 7 (1890-1945)
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
Mahan publishes lecture : The Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660-1783 -
China
The Sino-Japanese War betrween China and Japan began. -
China
The Sino-Japanese War was ended by the Treaty of Shimoneski, Japan emerged as a power while China weakened -
Hawaii : Annexation
Hawaii was annexed by the U.S in 1898. -
Spanish American War: Sinking of USS Maine
The battleship USS Maine was sunk by Spain. -
Spanish American War : Beginning
The Spanish American war began. Spain declared war on the 24th followed by the U.S's declaration on the 25th. The retroactive date was April 21st. -
Spanish American War
Commander George Dewey destroyed Spanish fleet on Manila Bay in the Phillipines. -
Spanish American War
Battle of Las Guasimas -
Spanish American War
Spain surrenders at the Battle of Santiago -
Spanish American War
U.S Army invades Puerto Rico -
Spanish American War Ended
The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish American War. -
Philippine American War Begins
The Philippine American War between America and Filipino revolutionaries began. -
Spanish American War
U.S ratifies the Treaty of Paris. -
Hawaii
Hawaii gained ful territorial status in 1900 -
Big Stick Diplomacy
President Roosevelt quoted "Speak softly and carry a big stick." -
Alaska : Railroad
The Alaska Railroad was built in 1902, which connected Seward to Fairbanks -
Philippine American War Ends
The Philippine American War was declared "over" by president Theodore Roosevelt -
Big Stick Diplomacy
Roosevelt practiced the Big Stick Diplomacy in the foreign affair involving Venezuela. -
Panama Canal
The construction of the Panama Canal began -
Dollar Diplomacy
Foreign policy aimed at ensuring financial stability of a regionn while protecting and extending U.S commercial and financial interests there, under President Taft -
Mexico
The Mexican Revolution began -
World War One
World War began due to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife -
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal opened after 10 years of construction -
World War One
Italy joins Germany and Austria-Hungary, forming the "Triple Aliance" -
World War One
The British ocean liner Lusitania was sunk by German U-Boats; New York to Liverpool, England -
Mexico
Mexico gets a new constitution brought forth by Carranza -
World War One
The U.S enters WWI with allies France, Britian, and Russia -
World War One
Russia exits the war through the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk -
World War One
The treaty of Versailles is signed -
World War One
World War One ends as Germany and the allies signs an armistice -
Japan
Japan launched an invasion on Manchuria after Mukden Incident -
Red Scare
Period of time when there was fear in the U.S posed by the threat of Communism -
Hawaii : Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the U.S at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
