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Purchase of Alaska
The purchae of Alaska affected history because on March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed. So basically it made us agree with Russia and get along. But i think it turned out that in the treaty they never really mentioned the name of Alaska so it might have caused problems further in history. -
Purchase Of Alaska
The purchase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America, and became an important step in the United States rise as a great power. But Americans soon found themselves in competition with Russian explorers and traders. Thankfully The defeat in the Crimean War further reduced Russian interest in this region. -
Takeover in Hawii
When people announced the overthrow of queens government, inorder to avoid bloodshed the queen wanted the US government to undo what it had just done and to give her back her thrown but when she died in 1917 Hawaii became Americas 50th state. -
Takeover in Hawii
The hawaiian people did not like this change at all. Some people even backed american troops to the ocean. The people liked the way that they lived and didnt want things to change for the most part becaue america refused to give the queen back her throne. -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow Journalism is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. People put in scandles and other things just to get the attention of people. They also put in things that werent true just to make a quick buck. -
Yellow Journalism
It affected our history because it made it seem okay to other people that you can jsut say anything to get attention and it showed that Americans cant be trusted. When we should be able to believe what is really being published in the papers and broadcasted on tvs. -
The Spanish American war
This war was due to a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. American attacks on Spain's Pacific possessions led to involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately to the Philippine American War. -
The Spanish American War
The Cubans gained independence, but the Filipinos did not. In both instances the intervention of the United States was building up to the event. As another plus for the Cubans, their cause gained increasing support in the United States. -
America Claims Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico
so mr crossen, i failed to be able to find anything on this subject beacuae it didnt show up. sorry that i could not find anything on america calims guam, phillipines and puerto rico. But my best guess would be that we were expanding territory and we started to acutally make a name for ourselves and people probably started to fear out power. -
America claims Guam, phillipnes, and Puerto Rico
People were under estamating our power and the action that we could take if necessary. We started to make a name for our country and we were expanding our territory to different continents instead of keeping it in one section like Asia. -
The Anti-Imperialist League
The anti-imperialists opposed expansion they believed imperialism violated the fundamental principle that just republican government must derive from consent of the governed. The League argued that such activity would necessitate the abandonment of American ideals of self-government. -
The Anti-Imperialist League
The Anti-Imperialist League was ultimately defeated in the battle of public opinion. By a new wave of politicians who successfully advocated the virtues of American territorial expansion in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War. -
Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
The rough riders became one of the most famous units for fighting in Cuba. Overall they were a fighting group that ended up making history happen they way it did becaue of their bravery and confindence even when things went terriably bad. Like when half of the group got lost behind without horses and had to walk by foot. -
Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
The United States Army was weakened and left with little manpower after the American Civil War roughly thirty years prior. As a result, President William McKinley called upon 1,250 volunteers to assist in the war efforts. When Colonel Wood became commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, the Rough Riders then became "Roosevelt's Rough Riders." Training was very standard, even for a cavalry unit. They worked on basic military drills, protocol, and habits involving conduct, obedience and etiquette. -
The Boxer Rebellion
Boxer fighters were convinced they were invulnerable to foreign weapons. Some Chinese natives didn't like the fact of all the European influence in China in the 1800's because they felt their culture was being disrespected and had lost most of their land. -
The Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian movement which took place in China. The uprising took place against a background of severe disruption caused by the growth of foreign influences. Boxer fighters were convinced they were invulnerable to foreign weapons eventhough thats dumb. -
China's Open Door Policy
Chinas open door policy protection of equal trading with other countries with china. It also made it so that the support of Chinese territory became protected so they didnt miss out. It basically let China be included in port trade with other countries and today most of our products were made in china. -
China's Open Door Policy
It had to do with forgien affairs and it would grant multiple international powers to have equal powers with China. On paper, the policy was aimed to safeguard Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity from partition. But it has been seen as national humilation to some of the chinese. -
Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy
Roosevelts Big Stick Diplomacy was a major part of Theodore Roosevelt's international relations policy. The theory is that leaders strive for peace while also keeping other nations aware of its military power. -
Roosevelts Big Stick Diplomacy
The Big Stick diplomacy was the idea of negotiating peacefully with other nations while simultaneously threatening them with displays of military muscle. They called it his big stick of diplomacy because he used his poweres as a big stick which could be used to descretley threaten. -
The Mexican Revolution
Over time the Revolution changed from a revolt against the established order to a multi-sided civil war with frequently shifting power struggles. -
The Mexican Revolution
In Mexico this event is looked at as the most important political events. -
America Claims Neutrality at the start of WWI
Once Germany struck our ships they should have known that they would have been done for. The US was trying to stay out of things but once you attack upon us then you can expect that we will come at you fighting like crazy. Maybe Germany would have won the war if we they didnt make us want to join the war and destroy them. -
America Claims Neutrality at the start of WWI
In February 1915, Germany announced unrestricted warfare against all ships, neutral or otherwise, that entered the war zone around Britain. Later on, Germany sunk four more U.S. merchant ships, and on April 2, President Wilson appeared before Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany. -
America Joins WWI
The Germans were done for the minuet that the United States go involved with the war. Germany thought that they could do whatever they wanted but the United States proved them wrong. We didnt want to get involved with the war but we ended up having too and it was a good thing because Germany would of had a chance at winning this world war which would have been a very different outcome for our history. -
America Joins WWI
In 1917 the German Ambassador Berstorff announced the continuation of submarine warfare and ended diplomatic relations with the United States. Which made the US mad when Germany started to strike at our ships. People predicted certain defeat for the Germans if America entered the war. -
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
The 14 points was a statement made up by the United States President Woodrow Wilson about how the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe. -
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
President Wilson set down 14 points as a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after World War I. The details of the speech were based on reports generated by “The Inquiry,” a group of about 150 political and social scientists. -
America gets involved with venezuela, nicaragua, and panama
If Rooosevelt didnt do this than maybe the United States wouldnt have had such a powerful face mask. He did things to show off what our young baby country was capable of and to not underestimate us. Without this we might have been taken advantage of for people not knowing what we could do and how economically brillant we were. -
America gets involved with Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Panama
President Roosevelt basically wanted to just get involved with these countries just because he wanted to make the world the United States stage and make the country a global power. He wanted to assemble a powerful and reliable defense for the United States to avoid conflicts with enemies who might prey on weakness.
