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McKinley Tariff
The McKinley Tariff was truly onerous and led to a sharp rise in the prices of many products. Many who had supported the measure were defeated at the polls in 1892. -
Teller Ammendment
In 1898, the Teller Amendment was passed by the United States, which declared that the US had no intentions to annex Cuba or control the island except to guarantee its “pacification” -
Spanish American War
The Spanish-American War was a brief, intense conflict that effectively ended Spain's worldwide empire and gained the United States several new possessions in the Caribbean and the Pacific. -
Annexation of Hawaii
America's annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S. territory into the Pacific and highlighted resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power. -
The Boxer Rebellion
Beginning in 1898, groups of peasants in northern China began to band together into a secret society known as "Boxers" by Western press. Members of the secret society practiced boxing and calisthenic rituals which they believed would make them impervious to bullets. -
Annex of Phillipines
It was believed among the military and commercial interests that if the US did not annex the islands, then Japan or Germany would take them and control them for their own military and economic advancement. -
Hay Bunau Varilla
An agreement between the United States and Panama granting exclusive canal rights to the United States. -
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US and Panama Canal
Work began on the canal in 1904. Roosevelt, eager to view his pet project, visited the construction site in 1906 and became the first president to leave the country during his term of office. -
Roosevelt Corollary
In 1904 the government of the Dominican Republic went bankrupt and Theodore Roosevelt feared that Germany and other nations might intervene forcibly to collect their debts. -
Great White Fleet
The "Great White Fleet" sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 consisted of sixteen new battleships of the Atlantic Fleet. The battleships were painted white except for gilded scrollwork on their bows. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy is the term used to describe the efforts of the United States - particularly under President William Howard Taft - to further its foreign policy aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
