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1889 BCE
The New Empire
The U.S. becomes an empire -
Spheres of influence
China was heavily controlled by foreign nations who tended to dominate the ports such as Shanghai.European nations also divided up China into spheres of influence and in these spheres the European nation involved all but ran it. -
Monroe doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas.President James Monroe first stated the doctrine during his seventh annual State of the Union Address to Congress. -
Texas Rebellion
was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Texas Mexicans) in putting up armed resistance to the centralist government of Mexico. -
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850
was a treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, negotiated in 1850 by John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, later Lord Dalling. It was negotiated in response to attempts to build the Nicaragua Canal, a canal in Nicaragua that would connect the Pacific and the Atlantic. -
Alaska purchase
This was bought from the Russian Empire for as a vital refueling station for ships trading with Asia it was bought under Johnson administration and was called "Seward's Folly" after the secretary of state. -
Big Sister Policy
was an extension of the Monroe Doctrine formulated by James G. Blaine in the 1880s that aimed to rally Latin American nations behind US leadership and to open their markets to US traders. -
Cuba's revolution
Cuba stands up against Spain to gain it's independence -
Dole sent a delegation in Washington
Dole sent a delegation to Washington in 1894 seeking annexation, but the new President, Grover Cleveland, opposed annexation and tried to restore the Queen. Dole declared Hawaii an independent republic. Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley. -
Petition against the annexation
In 1893 the last monarch of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani, was overthrown by party of businessmen, who then imposed a provisional government. Soon after, President Benjamin Harrison submitted a treaty to annex the Hawaiian islands to the U.S. Senate for ratification. -
Yellow Journalism
Is a US term for a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. -
U.S.S. Maine
the battleship sent to Havana to protect Americans and their property; an explosion sank it; killing 260 men -
Teller Amendment
Promised to leave government of Cuba to Cubans
Silent on Philippines Guam & Puerto Rico. -
U.S. Declared War
U.S. declared war against Spain -
First Battle at Manila Bay (Spanish American war)
at Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first major battle of the Spanish-American War. -
Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines
These territories were ceded to the U.S. after the Spanish American War. -
U.S. and Spain sign the protocol of peace
The brief and one-sided Spanish-American War comes to an end when Spain formally agrees to a peace protocol on U.S. terms: the cession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Manila in the Philippines to the United States pending a final peace treaty. -
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 -
Treaty of Paris of 1898
The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was an agreement made that involved Spain relinquishing nearly all of the remaining Spanish Empire, especially Cuba -
Open Door Policy
Statement of principles initiated by the United States for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity. -
Boxer Rebellion
a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty. -
Congress decide on the panama route
To this opinion every member of the commission has subscribed, all of their names being appended to the report transmitted to Congress to-day from the White House. -
Roosevelt Corollary
An addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address -
U.S. senate passes Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
a treaty signed on by the United States and Panama, which established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Term used to describe the efforts of the US to further its foreign policy through use of economic power by guaranteeing loans to foreign countries