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Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
The U.S. sent the U.S.S. Maine battleship to Cuba to protect its economic interests there. The USS Maine was all of a sudden blown up and sunken. The Spanish-American War begun because of the USS Maine explosion. -
Spanish-American War
The U.S. declared war on Spain after the USS Main exploded near Havana. In July, the U.S. invaded the southeast end of the island. The roughriders, leb by Theodore Roosevelt, defeated the Spanish fleet at San Jaun in Cuba. Days later, the U.S. Navy sunk seven Spanish ships that were trying to penetrate the American blockade. 385 U.S. soldiers and sailors died in battle but the major killers of Americans during the war was diseases and food poisening. The U.S. gained Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Ph -
Acquisition of Hawaii
The U.S. had overthrew the Hawaiian Queen and annexed Hawaii as a territory in 1898. Sanford Dole became governor. U.S. settlers created sugar and pineapple plantations. -
Acquisition of the Philippines and Guam
The U.S. had acquired these territories after winning the Spanish-American War and after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000. -
Open Door Policy
Policy that gave equal trading rights to all foreign nations to China. Used to open Asain markets to U.S. business -
Roosevelt Corollary
The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine voiced by President Theodore Roosevelt. European efforts to colonize or interfere in North or South America would be viewed as aggression, -
Dollar Diplomacy
President Taft's use of american investment to promote American foreign policy goals. Guaranteed loans made to foreign countries. -
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The US wanted to build a canal so that travel time between the coast and west US coast would decrease.
