American Foreign Policy 1890-1900

By Tony P

  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act Ratified

  • Former President Rutherford B. Hayes Dies

    Died at the age of 70 in Ohio

  • Grover Cleavland Inaugurated for Second Term

  • Panic of 1893

    A decline in the New York stock market cause an economic depression second only to the Great Depression of the 1930s.

  • International Olympic Committee Formed

    Pierre de Coubertin organized a meeting which led to the creation of the International Olympic Committee.

  • First Olympic Games

    The first modern Olympic games, the idea of Pierre de Coubertin, are held in Athens, Greece.

  • William McKinley Inaugurated

    William McKinley was inaugurated as president of the United States. He was elected on November 3, 1896, defeating William Jennings Bryan.

  • The Klondike Gold Rush Begins in Alaska.

  • U.S.S Maine Explodes

    The American battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded in the harbor at Havana, Cuba, a mysterious event that will lead to the United States going to war with Spain.

  • The Spanish-American War