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Annexation of Samoan Islands
US signed treaty to have a US naval station at Pago Pago, soon US wanted to have a voice in affairs.Britian and Germany wanted islands too and also had treaty rights. The three nations came close to war but all agreed to share power over islands. -
Scramble for Africa
A period of rapid colonization of the African continent by European powers. This occured in the year of 1880-1914. European countries that were involved was Britain, France, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Spain. -
Alfred T Mahan "The Importance of Sea Power"
Argued that national prosperity and power depended on control of the world's sea-lanes. -
Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani
A group of American sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole overthrow Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian monarch, and establish a new provincial government with Dole as president. -
Venezuela Border Dispute
1895–1899
Dispute between the U.S. and Britain involving the point at which the Venezuela / Columbia border was drawn. Britain eventually won the dispute. -
Sinking of the USS Maine
the U.S. battleship Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor; 260 Americans died. An internal explosion caused by a fire in the coal bunker, the sinking of the U.S.S. "Remember the Maine!" became a common cry for war. -
Annexation of Hawaii
U.S. wanted Hawaii for business and so Hawaiian sugar could be sold in the U.S. duty free, Queen Liliuokalani opposed so Sanford B. Dole overthrew her in 1893, William McKinley convinced Congress to annex Hawaii in 1898. -
Spanish-American War
Period: April 1898 – August 1898
War fought between the US and Spain in Cuba and the Philippines. It lasted less than 3 months and resulted in Cuba's independence as well as the US annexing Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. -
Teller Amendment
Legislation that promised the US would not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war -
De Lome Letter
This letter, written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd. -
Rough Riders Charge up San Juan Hill
This was a regiment of volunteer soldiers commanded by Col. Leonard Wood, but had been organized principally by Peter Roosevelt who had resigned from the Navy Department in order to join the war with Spain. -
Treaty of Paris (1898)
Effective: April 11, 1899. Brought a formal end to the Spanish-American war -
Boxer Rebellion
rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops -
Foraker Act
a United States federal law that established civilian (limited popular) government on the island of Puerto Rico. -
Platt Amendment
authorized U.S. intervention in Cuba to protect its interests. Cuba pledged not to make treates with other countries that might compromise its independence. -
Insular Cases
a series of opinions by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1901, about the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish–American War -
Roosevlet Corollary
Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force. -
Building of the Panama Canal
The United States built the Panama Canal to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa. It cost $400,000,000 to build. -
Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet A group of 16 gleaming white ships on a cruise around the world to display the nation's naval power. December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909
