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US Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars.
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Cuban revolutionists intercepted a letter remarking De Lome's unflatering remarks about McKinley.
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After entering the Havana harbor, the USS Maine ship blow up.
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The Spanish American War was a war with Spain and America that started with the explosion of the USS Maine.
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The most significant battle since it was the only battle that involved all buffalo soldier regiments.
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The United States annexed Hawaii after the joint resolution passed.
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The Platt Amendment was introduced by senator Orville H. Platt as a law to limit Cuba's to make peace with other nations.
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a treaty that gave the United States of Panama Canal and the acquisition of the canal zone.
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The Panama Canal opened, completed at the cost of $350 million dollars.
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a major battle of the Philippine campaign during the second world war.
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President Eisenhower signs a proclamation allowing Alaska to become a state.
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Hawaii was declared one of the United States.