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Congress bought Alaska for 7.2 millions dollars from Russia.
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Argument between America and Canada over seal hunting near the Pribilof Islands off the coast of Alaska
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American and German navies nearly come to blows in 1889 over the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific
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Blaine's effort to tie U.S and other nations closely together in Washington.
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Book written by U.S Navy captain which argued that a strong navy was important.
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Italians and Americans almost went to war over the lynching of 11 Italians in New Orleans
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As America industrialized it also came with inflation and violence.
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American missionaries planned to obtain Hawaii by overgrowing Liliuokalani
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Monroe Doctrine was put to test with the border dispute.
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Spanish diplomats letter that was leaked t the press which criticized McKinley
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America blamed Spain for the explosion of an American ship nearby the Havana Cuban Harbor.
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Hawaii became a territory to the U.S
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Spain realizes they can not fight the U.S without a navy and calls for peace.
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U.S acquisitions of territory, and islands
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All nations had equal trading privileges with China
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By the Treaty of Paris, the U.S gained the Philippines from Spain
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Chinese nationalist attacked and killed thousands of missionaries
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Republican nomination of McKinley and Roosevelt
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After the assassination of McKinley, Roosevelt became president
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Theodore Roosevelt decided to send warships to Panama
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The Panama canal began being built in 1904 and finished in 1914
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Executive agreement between the U.S and Japan pledging mutual respect
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Woodrow Wilson served as president
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Wilson called for an embargo against Mexican Government and sent a fleet to blockade the port of Vera Cruz