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Roosevelt Corollary
The Roosevelt Corollary was important because The Monroe Doctrine had been sought to prevent European intervention in the Western Hemisphere, but now the Roosevelt Corollary justified American intervention throughout the Western Hemisphere. -
Explosion of the USS Maine
The Explosion of the USS Maine was important because the American naval investigators concluded that the Maine explosion was likely caused by a fire that ignited its ammunition stocks, not by a Spanish mine or act of sabotage. -
Teller Amendment
The Teller Amendment was important because Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado drafted an amendment to the resolution of war, which stated that the United States "hereby disclaims any disposition of intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction". -
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Spanish American War
The Spanish America War was important because the America risked war to acquire colonies.Major change in policy. -
Battle of San Juan Hill
The Battle of San Juan Hill was important because the great man Theodore Roosevelt led his “Rough Riders” up the San Juan Heights against heavy artillery fire to help end the Spanish-American War -
Annexation of Hawaii
The Annexation of Hawaii was important because the beliefs of the coup and annexation by the United States would remove the threat of a devastating tariff on their sugar also spurred them to action. -
Annexation of the Phillipines
The Annexation of the Philippines was important because Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris. -
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was important because they officially supported peasant uprising of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China. -
Opening of the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal was important because they built to reduce the distance that ships had to travel to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.