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Japan's harbors are open
matthew perry leads 4 ships in to harbor. He is trying to reestablish trade that has been lost for 200 years. -
purchase of alaska
seward bought alaska for 7.2 million dollars. Mass quantities of oil were found in Alaska. -
Rebellion in Puerto Rico
Puerto ricans wanted their freedom from spain to try to get all of the good things america had. -
rebellion in cuba
Cubans fought for their freedom from Spain. America joined in when a ship mysteriously sunk in the harbor -
hawaii becoming a territory
hawaii gave america the much needed sugar and other crops we could not grow. Hawaii eventually became a state after they gained a large enough population. -
War in the Philippines
The official philippine government declared war and loss. After that there was still private groups fighting the americans. -
the boxer rebellion
a secret chinese organisation had a uprise against japanese influence coming into their territory -
panama becomes a nation
Panam issues declarence from columbia. the united states helped them get to this point so we could build and run panama canal. -
Roosevelt Corollary is released
Roosevelt showed the europeans who was boss and did not allow their influence. -
Roosevelt Elected 1905
Roosevelt is elected. He is now acting president. -
Taft Elected
taft is elected and he goes against what everyone thought he was going to do. He loses all progressive support. -
Mexican Revolution
they went through a lot of power changes and it was a big war in their country and eventually they had one leader come out on top and didn't want trade with america. Ended 1917 -
Wilson Elected
He is elected and takes us out of isolation and into ww2. -
Panama Canal is completed
Panama Canal is completed after many failures and lots of dangerous work.
