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Acquisition of Hawaii
Definition: The overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii led to hawaii being annexed to the United States
Date: Year was 1898
Impact: Hawaii was then used for sugar and pineapple plantations -
Spanish American War (Begining)
Definition:was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
Date: April 25, 1989
People Involved: William McKinnley, Charles A. Wikoff
Foreign Policy: We were in a war with Spain -
Acquisition of Guam
Definition: Capture of Guam from the Spanish that was bloodless
Date: June 21, 1898
People Involved: Henry Glass, Don Juan Marina
Impact on Foreign Policy: Guam became a U.S. territory -
Spanish American War
Definition:was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence
Date: August 12, 1898
People Involved: William McKinnley, Charles A. Wikoff
Foregin Policy: War ended between Spain and U.S. -
Sinking of the USS Maine
Definition:Sent to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban revolt against Spain, she exploded suddenly, without warning, and sank quickly, killing nearly three quarters of her crew.
Date: September 18, 1989
People Involved: William McKinley
Foreign Policy: We declared war on Spain -
Acquisition of Philippines
Definition: Philippines was under Spanish control till they ceded the country to USA in return for a sum of 20 million dollars in 1898 as a part of treaty following the Spanish American war.
Date: December 10, 1898
People Involved: Emilio Aguinaldo, McKinley,
Impact on Foreign Policy: Philippenes was added as a U.S. territory -
Open Door Policy
Definition: statement of principles initiated by the United States for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity.
Date: 1899-1900
People Involved: U.S., Japan, Chinese
Foreign Policy: We can now trade with China -
Roosevelt Corollary
Definition:The Roosevelt Corollary was 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.
Date: 1904
People Involved: Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover
Foreign Policy: Enfored the idea that we had the right to exercise millitary fore in Latin America -
Dollar Diplomacy
Definition: the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence
Date: 1909-1913
People Involved: William Howard Taft
Foreign Policy: Encouraged Investing in Carribean Countries -
Start of World War I
Definition:More than 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war, a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents' technological and industrial sophistication, and tactical stalemate. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major poli
Date: July 28, 1914
People Involved: Woodrow Wilson, Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Foreign Policy: United States declared war on the Axis powers because of alliences with many of the contries in the Allied Powers -
Panama Canal
Defintion: A 48 mile ship canal that connects the Pacific and Atlanic Ocean
People Involved: Thomas Jefferson, Alessandro Malaspina, William Kennish, Armand Reclus, Lucien Napoléon Bonaparte Wyse
Impact: The canal permits shippers of commercial goods, ranging from automobiles to grain, to save time and money by transporting cargo more quickly -
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
Definition: President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war.
Date: January 18, 1918
People Involved: Woodrow Wilson
Foreign Policy: Wanted to tell the Europe what they should do -
End of World War I
Definition: More than 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war, a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents' technological and industrial sophistication, and tactical stalemate. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved.
Date: November 11, 1918
People Involved: Woodrow Wilson
Foreign Policy:Establishment of the League of Nations. -
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
Definition:was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
Date:June 28, 1919
People Involved:Allied powers and Germany
Foreign Policy: Peace for a while
