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A treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, negotiated by John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, later Lord Dalling. It was negotiated in response to attempts to build the Nicaragua Canal, a canal in Nicaragua that would connect the Pacific and the Atlantic.
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An act of the United States Congress framed by Representative William McKinley that became law. The tariff raised the average duty on imports to almost fifty percent, an act designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition.
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Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate
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The battleship Maine was at anchor in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, when it suddenly exploded, killing 269 Americans on board.The yellow press accused Spain but experts later confirmed that it was probably an accident.
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A treaty signed by the United States and the United Kingdom as a preliminary to the creation of the Panama Canal.
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The U.S. Senate voted in favor of building the canal through Panama
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A treaty signed by the United States and Panama, which established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal.
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An addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address
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Colonel George Washington Goethals, ultimately brought the project to completion in 1914, just as World War I was breaking out.
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Early missionaries arrived preaching: protestant Christianity and protective calico. Hawaii became an important center for sugar production. Americans came to regard Hawaii as an extension of their own coastline.