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U.S. and the Panama Canal
is a 77 km (48 mi) ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade -
McKinley Tariff
created a crisis by ending Hawaii’s favored position in the sugar trade. -
Teller Amendment
It stated that once Cuba won its independence from spain, the united states would “leave the government and control of the island to its people. -
Spanish American war
Although the main issue was Cuban independence, the ten-week war was fought in both the Caribbean and the Pacific and it was between Spain and the United States -
Annexation of Hawaii
The United States didn’t want queen liloukalani to restore the power of monarchy to Hawaii. -
Annexation of the Philippines
Fighting erupted between U.S. and Philippine revolutionary forces and on June 2, 1899, the First Philippine Republic officially declared war against the United States. -
The Boxer Rebellion
The boxers attacked Western missionaries and traders in northern China, killing more than 200 people. -
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
a treaty signed by the United States and Panama, that established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt's extension of the Monroe Doctrine made a right of the United States to intervene to stabilize the economic affairs of small states in the Caribbean and Central America if they were unable to pay their international debts. -
The Great White Fleet
Roosevelt sought to demonstrate growing American military power and blue-water navy capability -
Dollar Diplomacy
particularly under President William Howard Taft — to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries
