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This tariff increased the duties of agricultral busniesses
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Cuba started revolting against spain and the U.S. felt sympathy for Cuba then the USS Maine blow up and the Americans blamed Spain causing a war.
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The United States could not annex Cuba but they could leave its control to the people.
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A secret Hawaiian league made up of business people wanted to over throw the government of Hawaii and persuade the U.S. to annex Hawaii.
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The U.S. put armed troops on the island of Cuba.
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In the spring of 1900 the boxers attacked Western traders and missionaries in Northern China killing more than 200 people.
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After the French abandoned the project the U.S.picked up where they left off. U.S. had to send down troops from distrubing the project. It took almost half a million workers to complete the canal.
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This treaty gave the United States the complete sovereignty over the canal zone.
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Allows the United States to stabalize financial affairs of states in Central America and the Carribean.
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The Great White Fleet was the name of the Navy Batallion that sailed around the globe.
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Taft wanted to replace European loans with American ones in order to keep them from intervening.
