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Purchase of Alaska
WIlliam Seward, Secretary of State, jumped to take up the Russian offer of purchasing Alaska for $7.2 million, ensuring the erase of Russian presense in North America and American control of the Pacific northern rim. -
Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty with US
This free-trade guarentee gave the US access to the riches of sugar and the Hawaiians refuge under the privledges of the US. -
Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
This book explaines the belief that naval power is the best way to becoming a succesful world power, thus jump starting the naval race of the imperial age. -
Mckinley Tariff
Not only did this tariff raise the price on the import of sugar, it allowed the US to bring it back and sell it for untaxed, lower prices. This resulted in depression and inflation throughout the Hawaiian islands. -
U.S.S. Maine Explosion
The mysterious destruction of this US Naval ship in Havana Harbor is the main cause for American declaration of war on both the Cubans and the Philippines. -
Teller Amendment
A resolution of war, stating that America's intensions of Cuba after the war were purely passive and that we would remove our troops once the war ended. -
Spanish-American War
After lasting a mere 113 days, this war lead to a huge affirmation of America's world power presence and other long lasting changes internationally. -
Battle of Manila Bay
George Dewey leds a US Navl Squadron to defeat the Spanish fleet, in which there is only 7 Amercians wounded. -
Battle of Santiago de Cuba
US General Shafter leads the "Rough Riders" to defeat the ships of the escaping Spanish Caribbean fleet and cause the war to reach it's end. -
Annexation of Hawaii
Hawaii became an important miltary and naval "mid-point" between the US and the Spanish Phillipines, and temporarily knocked out Japan as a competitior. -
Treaty of Paris
Spain hands over the claims to Guam, Cuba, and Puerto Rico after it's defeat; focusing on domestic issues, while America emerges into it's new title as a world power. -
"Little Brown Brothers" Flipino Rebellion
This resistance to annexation leads President McKinley into creating the Philippine Commisson and causes their eventual Independance. -
Philippine-American War
A conventional war at first, but eventually Aguinaldo and his men begin to use guerrilla tactics. Unfortunately, his already crippled men stood no chance against the advances of the US military. -
China's "Open Door Policy"
After being divided into the sphere's of influence, China declares this policy as a way to keep equal trading privledges among all current and willing participants. -
Boxers' Rebellion
A group of poor and patriot chinese men revolted against the foreigners in Bejing, blaming them for their terrible standards of living. -
Platt Amendment
This was a military involvement bill, stating that seven conditions would be met for the withdrawl of all US troops from now independent Cuba -
Policy of Attraction
President Tafts atempt to win over the Filipinos, promising them building of schools, governmental involvement, and lowered US trade barriers This document led to the eventual Independence of the Philippines in 1946 -
The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
This treaty gave the US permission to build a canal and manage it, erecting the previous British ban by the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. -
Roosevelt Corollary
To insure no violation of the Monroe Doctrine or European presence in American territoy, this document insured America was the only one would could interfere in the economic and financial affairs in Latin America. -
Roosevelt's Treaty of Portsmouth
This peace treaty ended the Russo-Japanese War, allowing both countries to gain something and eventually helping Roosevelt win his Nobel Peace Prize in 1906. -
Root-Takahira Agreement
The US and Japan averted war by vowing to respect each other Pacific possessions and uphold the Open Door Policy in China. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Instution of President Taft to Wall Street Bankers, urging to invest abroad in order to gain economic control in the Far East, Caribbean, and Central America. -
“Pancho” Villa
One of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution, who joined Francisco Madero to eradicate dictator Porfirio Díaz from the Mexican regime. -
Mexican Revolution
After decades of being used by the US for their oil supply and mistreated, the poor Mexicans rebelled against the Americans; causing a massive immigration to Southwest America and countless lives lost by their violetn attacks -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Ferdinand was the air to the Austro-Hungarian throne, thus his murder cause a change reaction of countries declaring war and beginning World War One. -
US Declaration of Neutrality
At the start of World War I, President Wilson decalres the US neutral, in hopes to remain impartial and not destroy the military and economic power they've worked so hard for. This act leads the German immigrants to retailiate and use unrestricted submarine warfare, sinking many US ships like the Lusitania. -
Panama Canal
Over 56,000 men contributed to building the enormous canal, allowing more efficent global trade routes and said to be one of the seven wonders of the world. -
Battle of Verdun
This bloody battle categorized what the next 3 years of World War I would look like. Over 1 million casualties would be lost, long lasting battles would be fought on the Western Front and trench warfare would become popular. -
Battle of Jutland
This is the largest naval engagement of the entire war, in which Brirtish and US ships come together to drive home the demolished German fleet. -
Zimmerman Telegram
US intercepts a German proposal to the Mexican leaders, hoping to form a secret alliance with one another to take down the US. This event is the tipping point for WIlson to formally declare war and join the fight against the world. -
Russian Revolution (Armistice)
Russia's ill-equiped armies stood no chance in the war and they suffered catostrophic loss. Due to their weakened army and economy, Russian authorites isued an armistice with the Central Powers and jumped head first into their own domestic revolution. -
Second Battle of Marne
French commander-in-chief, Philippe Petain, leads the US and British to push back the German offensive and turns the tides toward the Allies. -
Red Scare
Throughout the cold war between the Soviet Union and America, tensions rose over communists (reds) threats, leading to federal employee background checks and increased action in the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
