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Seward's Folly
Seward's Folly was the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million(roughly 2 cents an acre), it proved to be worth the cost because of the amount of raw materials found there such as oil, timber, and gold. -
The Spanish American War
The war started after a mysterious explosion sank the battleship USS Maine in Havana Harbor, The USS Maine had come to Cuba to protect American citizens while Cuban rebels were fighting for their independence from Spain. The war only lasted 4 months when the U.S. and Spain signed the Treaty of Paris. -
Annexation of Hawaii
In 1893 the last monarch of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani, was overthrown by party of businessmen, who then imposed a provisional government. The land owners of Hawaii declared the islands as a U.S. territory so they wouldn't have to pay taxes on their goods that they were farming on plantations. -
The Treaty of Paris
The treaty was signed by the United States and Spanish government to end the Spanish American War, the treaty guaranteed the independence of Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico, and also payed for the freedom of the Philippines for $20 million. -
Open Door Notes
The protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity. -
The Boxer Rebellion
An uprising in China that fought to expel all Western powers and influence from China. -
Roosevelt Corollary
a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, asserting that the U.S. might intervene in the affairs of an American republic threatened with seizure or intervention by a European country. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Introduced by president William Howard Taft and his Secretary of State Philander C. Knox, it was a form of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. -
Moral "missionary" Diplomacy
Introduced and proposed by president Woodrow Wilson, Moral Diplomacy is the system in which support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs are analogous to that of the nation. -
Construction of the Panama Canal
First started construction by the French in 1881 but later picked up by president Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt had offered Columbia $10 million and an annual rental fee of $250,000 to construct with the US's resources and control the canal but was turned down, so Roosevelt offered the Panamanians the same deal and helped them create their own country apart from Columbia.