Expansionism

By Javier V

  • Recognition of U.S power

    The decisive U.S victory in the war filled Americans with national pride.

  • The purchase of Alaska

    United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 mullion.

  • Open door policy in China

    Russia, Japan, Great Britain, France, and Germany had all established spheres of influence in China

  • Election of 1900

    Republicans renominated President Mckinley, along with war hero and New York Governor Theodore vice president.ore Roosevelt

  • Invasion of Cuba

    An ill-prepared, largely volunteer force landed in Cuba by end of June.

  • Annexation of Hawaii

    The Hawaiian islands became a territory of the United States in 1900 and the fiftieth state
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    The Spanish American War

    War between United States and Spain in 1898

  • McKinley's War Message

    Spain agreed to this demand, but U.S. newspapers and a majority in congress kept clamoring for war.

  • Boxer Rebellion

    A secret society of Chinese nationalists, attacked foreign settlements and murdered dozens of Christian mssionaries

  • Gentleman's agreement

    A major cause of friction between Japan and the United States concerned t