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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
07/08/1855	Four Americian Warships Entered Edo Bay	Tokyo Bay. Political, Military. This event allowed the United States and Japan to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa. WHich called for peace between the two countries and promise the two countries would trade with each other.
07/08/1859	Sinking of the USS Maine	Havana Harbor, and Cuba. Military, Political. USS Maine Sank then her forward gunpower exploded.
10/18/1867	US Takes Alaska	Alaska's political/economic. This helped for more land.
10/02/1869	Pan-Americian Conference	Washington. Political, Economic. This was a conference between the United States and The Latin Americian countries in which they would discuss ways the Americian nations could work together to support peace and to increase trade.
11/30/1890	Annexing Hawaii - Annexation of Hawaii	1920. Hawaii. Political, Military and Economic. In 1893 the Planters staged on uprising to overthrow the Queen and without Presidential approval; Marines Stormed the Islands.
11/30/1898	Spanish - American War	Spain and United States Military. The victory gained several island possesions spanning the globe and a new debate over the wisdom of expansion.
11/30/1898	Open Door Policy	United States and China. Political and Economic. This was a policy in 1898 which allowed muliple Imperial powers access to China. It was recognized at the Berlin Conference of 1885.
04/01/1900	foraker Act	Puerto rico: militaty: established civillian goverment the island of peroto rico, which had been newly acuired by the united states as a result of the spanish american war.
11/30/1901	Platt Amendment	Cuba Military. This saved our troops whom were in cuba.
11/30/1904	Panama Canal	1914. Panama's economic. It is a 48 mile man built ship canal that joins the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific as well as a key conduit for international maritime trade.
12/16/1909	Great White Fleet	The United States military. This helped their military to be able to go over seas, it is now called the navy.
05/07/1915	The sinking of the Lusitania	Also January 1917. USA Military. These two events led the United States into WWI.