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Sinking of the USS Maine
Definition: USS Maine (ACR-1), commissioned in 1895, was the first United States Navy ship to be named after the state of Maine.
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Spanish-American War
Definition: The 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.
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Acquisition of Philippines
Definition: In the wake of this early victory, U.S. president William McKinley (1843-1901; served 1897-1901; see entry in Biographies section) decided to maintain control of the Philippines until the war was over. The U.S. Army assembled an expedition to join Dewey and help him take the city of Manila.
People: George Dewey and William McKinley
Impact: Protect the Philippines from the war. -
Acquisition of Hawaii
Definition: In 1893 the last monarch of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani, was overthrown by party of businessmen, who then imposed a provisional government. Soon after, President Benjamin Harrison submitted a treaty to annex the Hawaiian islands to the U.S. Senate for ratification.
People: McKinley Tariff, Queen Liliuokalani, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley.
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Spanish American War
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Acquisition of Guam
Definition: Glass's fleet arrived at Guam the morning of June 20. The Americans expected to find Spain ready to fight at the capital of Agaña and the harbor of San Luis D'Apra.
People: Captain Henry Glass
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Open Door Policy
Definition: The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note, dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers.
People: John Hay, Alfred E. Hippisley, William W. Rockhill, -
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.
People: Theodore Roosevelt
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Dollar Diplomacy
Definition: Dollar Diplomacy is the effort of the United States—particularly during President William Howard Taft's term—to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
People: William Howard Taft, Philander C. Knox
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Definition: On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six assassins but his wife lived.
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Beginning of WWI
Definition: Almost the entire world gets caught in a war.
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Panama Canal
Definition: The Panama Canal is a 77.1-kilometre ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.
People: President Theodore Roosevelt
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German Proclamation
Definition: On 4 February the German Admiralty issued a formal declaration which warned neutral shipping to stay away from the waters surrounding Britain and Ireland from 18 February 1915 onwards on pain of sinking.
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Sinking of the Lusitania
Definition: he sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Sussex Pledge
Definition: The Sussex Pledge was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war. Early in 1915, Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships, but not passenger ships, to be torpedoed without warning.
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