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McKinley Tariff
The McKinley Tariff was enacted by Congress, which created a crisp ending Hawaii’s favored position in the sugar trade. The law permitted all countries to ship sugar duty-free to the U.S. it also gave sugar producers in the United States a subsidy of two cents per pound. This caused sugar prices to drop. This resulted in the suffering of the Hawaii economy. -
Spanish American War
The journal published a letter written by Spain’s minister to the United States, which was intercepted by a Cuban spy and sold to Hearst. This letter included McKinley as “weak, and a bidder for the admiration.” The nation teetered on the brink of war until a trade guy in Cuba pushed it over the edge. The battleship USS Maine had been sent to Havana to protect US lives and property. On February 15 the Maine blew up, killing 260 soldiers. -
Teller Amendment
Stated that once Cuba won its independence from Spain, the US would “leave the government and control of the island to its people” -
Annexation of Hawaii
Without authorization, the US minister to Hawaii, John L Stevens, ordered marines ashore from the cruiser Boston, supposedly to protect American lives and property. With Gatling guns and cannons in place, the marines took up positions facing Lolani palace and lilliuokalani. The revolution established a new government with Sanford B Dole as president. -
Annexation of the Philippines
Some Americans questioned whether it was proper to annex foreign territory and rule its government and its people. Business people wanted the islands to serve as a trading post for goods from Asia as well as a place for merchant ships to refuels. Some other supporter believed that the United States would bring democracy to the Philippines. Others held US rile of the islands was necessary to keep out European powers. Opponents of annexation responded by denying the Philippines independence. -
The Boxer Rebellion
In the spring of 1900 the boxers attacked western missionaries and traders in northern China, killing more than 200 people. This uprising was supported by some Chinese government officials. The boxers laid siege to the large, walled-in foreign settlement in Beijing. Foreign countries responded by sending troops to China. In August, after an eight week siege, the international force rescued the foreigners. -
Hay-Buhari-Varilla Treaty
Agreement that gave the US sovereignty over a 10-mile-wide canal zone across the Isthmus of Panama -
Roosevelt Corollary
President Theodore Roosevelt’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine; started that the US would allow police affairs in the Western Hemisphere to keep Europeans from intervening in the region. -
US and the Panama Canal
In 1901 Secretary of State John Hay began negotiations with the republic of Columbia, which then included panama, a treaty was drafted in 1903. In return for a 99-year old lease on a six mile strip of land across the isthmus. -
The Great White Fleet
Concerned by Japan’s growing power, Roosevelt decided to remind the Japanese of US military might. In late 1907 he sent a fleet of four destroyers and 16 battleships, painted a dazzling white, on a 46,000 mile world cruise that included a stop in the Japanese port. -
Dollar Diplomacy
President William Howard Tafts policy of influencing Latin American affairs through economic influence rather than military force
