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US Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
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A letter written by the Spanish Ambassador, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, criticizing President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd.
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The U.S.S. Maine explodes in Havana Harbor, killing more than 200 people.
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The US declared war on Spain, because Spain was blamed for the explosion and sinking of the U.S.S Maine in Havana Harbor.
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The location of major battle of the Spanish–American War, it was where the U.S. claimed victory.
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The U.S. passed a treaty making the Hawaiian Islands officially apart of the U.S.
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A treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention and the U.S. would end its military occupation of Cuba.
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Agreement between the United States and Colombia providing for U.S. control of the prospective Panama Canal.
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A canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It shortens the distance that ships had to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
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The defeat of the Spanish Pacific fleet by the U.S. Navy, resulting in the fall of the Philippines.
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President Eisenhower signs a special proclamation admitting the territory of Alaska into the Union as the 49th state.
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President Eisenhower signs a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state.