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Seward's Folly
This purchase marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade to the Pacific coast of North America. -
Depression of 1893
Caused by excessive building and over-speculation as well as a continued agricultural depression along with the free coining of silver and the collecting of debts by European banking houses, this was the worst economic downturn of the nineteenth century. -
venezuela Dispute
A boundary dispute between Venezuela and Britain. -
Sinking of the Maine
The Maine was suddenly blown up at the anchor in Havana Harbor on the night of February 15th, 1898 -
McKinley Tariff
President William McKinley sets a tax on all foreign goods. -
Hawaii Annexed
The U.S. passing a treaty making the Hawaiian Islands officially apart of the U.S. -
Spanish-American War
A war between Spain and the U.S started. -
The American Anti-Imperialist League
An organization established in the United States on June 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines as an insular area. -
Teller Amendment
Claimed that the US would not establish permanent control over Cuba. -
Battle of Manila
was a land engagement which took place in Manila. -
Philippines Intervention
A war between the First Philippine Republic and the U.S. -
Open Door Note
US proposed to everyone about the foreign affairs of China. -
Boxer Rebellion
A Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonized Fists. -
Annexation of Phillippines
US gained territory from Philippines after they helped rebels fight and gain their freedom from Spain. -
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Establish the Panama Canal Zone and the construction of the Panama Canal. -
Drago Doctrine
International law that rejects the right of a country to use force against another country to collect debts. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine and stated that the US would intervene in any social affairs as a last resort in the Western Hemisphere. -
Great White Fleet
Completed a journey around the globe and this date was they day they were deployed and they were ran by President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Dollar Diplomacy
During President William Howard Taft's term, was a form of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
Panama Canal
A 48-mile canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.