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Provided the USA with a plentiful of natural resources, only cost them 7.2 million, and at the time people called the purchase "Seward's Folly"
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-desire Tor military strength
-USA wanted naval power
-Became 3rd largest naval power
-thirst for new markets
-Foreign Trade for raw materials
-belief in cultural superiority
-Americans thought of of Social Darwinism a belief of free marketing will lead to survival of the fittest (late 19th Century) -
Dissatisfied with the corrupt and inefficient Spanish administration, lack of political representation, and high taxes
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His dedication to the goal of Cuban freedom made his name a synonym for liberty throughout Latin America
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Annexes Hawaii in his first year in office
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The USS Maine is sunk killing killing 260 of the 400 American crewmembers aboard. USA blames Spain
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President William McKinley sets a tax on all foreign goods.
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Congress votes to go to war with Spain and adopts a joint resolution for the war.
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America destroys their fleet after the sinking of USS Maine
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America's annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S. territory into the Pacific and highlighted resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power
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Claimed that the US would not establish permanent control over Cuba.
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The war officially ended four months later, when the U.S. and Spanish governments signed the Treaty of Paris. Apart from guaranteeing the independence of Cuba, the treaty also forced Spain to cede Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States.
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The fighting with Filipino rebels began as a result of the U.S. refusal to include the Filipino nationalists in negotiations over the future of the Philippines
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Largest and first battle of the Philippine-American War, a war between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries from 1899 to 1902, an insurrection that may be seen as a continuation of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule
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General Arthur MacArthur Jr.'s division advanced to Malolos along the Manila-Dagupan Railway.[1] By March 30, American forces were advancing toward Malolos. Meanwhile, the Aguinaldo government moved its seat from Malolos to San Isidro, Nueva Ecija.
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US proposed to everyone about the foreign affairs of China.
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US gained territory from Philippines after they helped rebels fight and gain their freedom from Spain.
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measure enacted by the U.S. Congress to institute a civilian government in Puerto Rico
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Aguinaldo was eventually captured by American troops led by Colonel Frederick Funston on March 23, 1901. Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the hostilities in the Philippines over on July 4, 1902, although guerrilla resistance continued.
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Czolgosz admitted the shooting. He had taken aim at the President because he believed him to have been the "enemy of the people, the good working people."
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The Hay–Pauncefote Treaty is a treaty signed by the United States and Great Britain on 18 November 1901, as a legal preliminary to the U.S. building of the Panama Canal.
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Following the defeat of Spain in 1898, the United States remained in Cuba as an occupying power until the Republic of Cuba was formally installed on May 19, 1902
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The Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo was captured on March 23, 1901, and the war was officially declared ended by the American government on July 2, 1902, with a victory for the United States
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In USA and Cuba
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signed a treaty in which the United States agreed to pay Panama $10 million plus an annual rent of $250,000 for an area of land across Panama
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A secret Chinese group tried to end foreign control in China
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Establish the Panama Canal Zone and the construction of the Panama Canal.
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U.S got access to Panama canal which transported goods to different areas
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For the sake of maintaining the balance of power and equal economic opportunity in the region, Roosevelt preferred that the war end on terms that left both Russia and Japan a role to play in Northeast China.
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He stopped the conflicts between Japan and Russia
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Addition to the Monroe Doctrine and stated that the US would intervene in any social affairs as a last resort in the Western Hemisphere.
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On November 20, 1910, Francisco Madero leads a revolt against longtime Mexican President Porfirio Diaz after Diaz refuses to resign from the presidency. The revolution that ensues is tumultuous and bloody, lasting over 10 years.
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Completed a journey around the globe and this date was they day they were deployed and they were ran by President Theodore Roosevelt.
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President Wilson did not recognize the Huerta as the legitimate head of the Mexican government, and from March to October 1913, Wilson pressured Huerta to resign. Wilson urged the European powers to refrain from recognizing Huerta's government. Huerta announced elections with himself as a candidate.
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Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'état in February 1913
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Huerta's last hope for his presidency died with Villa's victory at Torreón. As the Constitutionalists marched down from the north and inland from the east, Zapata pushed north from Morelos surrounding Huerta in Mexico City.
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World War I, also known as the First World War, was a global conflict fought between two coalitions, the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. Fighting took place throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia
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President Woodrow Wilson was on the call from the White House, as well as Theodore Vail, president of AT&T, from Jekyll Island, Georgia
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General Pershing and the Invasion to Find Pancho Villa. People thought this would incite a strong nationalist backlash and break with Carranza, which Villa would use to regain control over Mexico.
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gave the government control of the nation's oil and mineral Resources, and play straight regulations on foreign investors
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In early April 1917, with the toll in sunken U.S. merchant ships and civilian casualties rising, Wilson asked Congress for “a war to end all wars” that would “make the world safe for democracy.” A hundred years ago, on April 6, 1917, Congress thus voted to declare war on Germany, joining the bloody battle.
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This means the US have a responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin American government it viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to U.S interests Mexican Revolution
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The Philippines had been a Spanish colony since 1565, and since that time numerous revolts broke out challenging Spanish rule. These revolts were disunited, however, until the nineteenth century when nationalism brought forth a more united anti-colonial movement