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McKinley Tariff
increased tax placed on some goods imported into the United States -
Annexation of Hawaii
United STates was becoming concered about the possibilities of The Europian Empire taking over Hawaii. So The U.S. took it first. -
Spanish American WAr
A war between Mexico and U.S. over land -
Teller Amendment
Stated that once Cuba won it's independence from Spain, the United States would "leave the government and control of the island to its people" -
Annexation of the Phillippines
The Phillippinos have been fighting for freedom from Spanish for years and were forced to surrender to the American Military force. -
The Boxer Rebellion
Chinese blamed the foreigners and missionaries for their problems, so in the late spring of 1900, the boxers attacked western Missionaries and traders in northern China, killing more than 200 people -
Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty
Gave the U.S. complete and unending ownership over 10miles of the Panama Canal -
Roosevelt Corollary
To keep European Powers out of America -
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The Great White Fleet
the nickname for the U.S. Navy fleet that went around the world -
Dollar diplomacy
Economic influence for military forces "dollars for bullets" -
Panama Canal
The Creation of the Panama Canal linking a gateway between the two oceans and eliminate the costly and timly traveling.