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American Navy Admiral that pushed the country towards its focus in foreign policy.
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The United States purchases Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars.
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The United States overthrows the Hawaiian monarchy.
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Christian missionaries and American corporate businesses begin having a heavy impact on the Hawaiian people.
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The "spark" of the Spanish-American War is set.
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Yellow journalism gains popularity especially on topics that focused on the Spanish-American War.
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The United States fights with Spanish forces on all Spanish colonies. Fight is never taken to the Spanish mainland.
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Declared that the United States would aid the Cuban independence effort and allow the Cuban people to govern themselves following their independence.
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The United States establishes a permanent military presence in Cuba.
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The United States siezes control of the islands and establishes it as its primary Pacific territory.
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As the Spanish-American War is concluded, control of the Phillipines was sold to the United States.
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China becomes the focus of many foreign countries that saw economic potential in the the country's resources.
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Many major powers attempt to dominate the sphere of influence in Eastern Asia. Britain, France, Russia, Japan, Germany, the United States
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Japan has intense competition with the United States as they begin to focus on the Pacific Ocean.
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The idea that the United States should begin expanding its foreign policy begins being pushed by President Roosevelt.
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Overruled the promise made in the Teller Amendment that claimed that the United States would not establish permanent control over Cuba.
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President McKinley is assassinated and Roosevelt becomes the youngest man to assume the title of President of the United States.
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The Phillipine-American War is officially concluded with no legitimate victor.
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The Dollar Diplomacy was a economic guarantee to foreign countries to supply loans within the American continents in order to keep Eastern influence away from the Western world.
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After its aid from the United States, Panama is able to declare its independence from Colombia.
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The Mexican people attempt to overthrow the dictatorship in place before the war.
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The middle class succeeded at overthowing their government and begins constructing new constitutions and rebuilding a new government.
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President Wilson begins his presidency years prior to the Great War.
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The Panama Canal is completed by the United States after a previous failure by France.
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The global conflict begins with Austria-Hungary and Serbia.
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The United States no longer expresses neutrality and joins the Allied Powers.
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The Treaty of Versailles is signed and the global conflict is officially declared as a victory to the Allied Powers.
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Hawaii officially becomes the fiftieth state of the United States of America.
