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Permitted all countries to ship sugar duty-free to the U.S. and gave sugar producers in the U.S. a subsidy of two cents per pound, which cauased sugar prices to drop, and the Hawaiian economy suffered.
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Resolution stating that the United States did not intend to take over and annex Cuba.
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In order to help Cuba attain independence from Spain, U.S. battled against Spanish troops in the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico and ended up gaining claim of them all.
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Hawaii resisted U.S. government's attempts to annex it, but finally gave in when McKinley became president.
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After a fierce debate, the Senate narrowly approved the peace treaty, and paid $20 million dollars to annex the Philippines.
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Revolt in which Chinese nationalists known as Boxers attacked foreigners in order to end foreign involvement in China's affairs.
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President Roosevelt knew that building a canal across the Isthmus of Panama would create a highway of civilation, so with the help of John Hay, Philippe Bunau-Varilla, and the Panamanians, U.S. helped Panama get independence and build the canal.
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Agreement that gave United States sovereignty over a 10-mile-wide canal zone across the Isthmus of Panama.
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President Roosevelt's addition to the Monroe Doctrine which stated that the U.S. would police affairs in the Western Hemisphere to keep Europeans from intervening in the region.
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The U.S. Navy completed a circumnavigation of the globe to demonstrate growing American military power and blue-water navy capability.
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President Taft's policy of influencing Latin American affairs through economic influence rather than military force.
