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expanded the territory of the country at a reasonable price.
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Representatives from various nations of the Western Hemisphere decided to create a permanent organization for international cooperation on trade and other issues.
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a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire.
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Cuban nationalists fighting to overthrow
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a Spanish diplomat's letter that was leaked to the press and printed on the front page of Hearst's Journal
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the U.S. battleship Maine was at anchor in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, when it suddenly exploded, killing 260 Americans on board.
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President McKinley issued an ultimatum to Spain demanding that it agree to a ceasefire in Cuba.
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declared that the United States had no intention of taking political control of Cuba and that, once peace was restored to the island, the Cuban people would control their own government.
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The Spanish fleet was soon pounded into sub-
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while America was allied with Filipino rebels
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Expansionists coveted the islands and American settlers aided in the overthrow
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under Congress and President McKinley; final territory annexed for the US
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With growing national economic prosperity, the electorate gave McKinley a larger margin of victory than in 1896.
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To protect American lives and property, U.S. troops participated in an international force that marched into Peking (Beijing) and quickly crushed the rebellion of the Boxers. The countries forced China to pay a huge sum in indemnities, which further weakened the imperial regime.
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to the imperialistic powers stating U.S. commitment to (1) preserve China's territorial integrity as well as (2) safeguard "equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese empire."
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In effect, the Platt Amendment made Cuba a U.S. protectorate. As a result, Cuba's foreign policy would, for many years, be subject to U.S. oversight and control.
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With the support of the U.S. Navy, the rebellion succeeded immediately and almost without bloodshed.
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Hundreds of laborers lost their lives in the effort. The work was completed thanks in great measure to the skills of two Army colonels. George Goethals, the chief engineer of the canal, and Dr. William Gorgas, whose efforts eliminated the mosquitoes that spread deadly yellow fever.
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Imperialist rivalry between Russia and Japan led to
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From 1909 to 1913, President William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox followed a foreign policy characterized as “dollar diplomacy.”
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Hundreds of laborers lost their lives in the effort.
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The first major crisis challenging U.S. neutrality
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a German submarine attack on another passenger ship
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assaults on American citizens and territory provoked a US expedition into Mexico
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a German torpedo struck an unarmed merchant ship, injuring several American passengers. Wilson threatened to cut off U.S. diplomatic relations with Germany
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President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany
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a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico.
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Russian revolutionaries overthrew the czar's government and proclaimed a republic.
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a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
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the country suffered from a volatile combination of unhappiness with the peace process, fears of communism fueled by the Communist takeover in Russia, and worries about labor unrest at home.
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To compensate for their loss of Panama
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became the fiftieth and final state in the Union
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Without a navy, Spain realized that it could not continue fighting, and in early August 1898 asked for U.S. terms of peace.
