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Alaska
The purchase of Alaska marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to North America -
Spanish American War
Cuba was revolting against Spain and wanted their indepedence and the Philippines then decided to fight Spain also. The U.S. decided to aid Cuba and the Philippines against Spain looking to gain territory from Spain. After a couple of months Spain surrendered and gave up a large amount of territory. -
San Juan Hill
The US army fifth corps fought itś way to Santiago and the US attacked village of El Caney and San Juan Hill. -
Annexation of Hawaii
The U.S. made their move and created a large foothold in Hawaii as a result of the sugar trade. When the Spanish American War began the islands had naval bases which created a path to the Spanish Philippines. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish American War. The treaty freed Cuba and gave the U.S. the territories of Puerto Rico and Guam. -
Open Door Policy
Secretary of State, John Hay wrote the Open Door Notes, which called for an open door policy in China where any country could trade with them. The Notes claimed that no country should have exclusive control over China or its trade, promoting equal opportunity for international trade in China. -
The Boxer Rebellion
In the spring of 1900 the Boxers attacked Western missionaries and traders in northern China, killing more than 200 people. The Boxers laid siege to the large, walled-in foreign settlement in Beijing, China’s capital. Foreign countries responded by sending troops to China. -
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 lease on a six-mile strip of land across the isthmus, the US agreed to pay Colombia $10 million and a yearly rental of $250,000. -
Roosevelt Collary
President Theodore Roosevelt’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine; stated that the US would police affairs in the Western Hemisphere to keep Europeans from intervening in the region. -
The Great White Fleet
Roosevelt decided to remind the Japanese of US military might. In late 1906 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 of Yokohama.
