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Andrew Johnson's Presidency
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Alaska Purchased
"Seward's Folly"
purchased for 7.2mil -
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Ulysses S. Grant's Presidency
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Rutherford B. Hayes' Presidency
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James A. Garfield's Presidency
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Chester A. Arthur's Presidency
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Grover Cleveland's Presidency
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First Pan-American Conference
Washington DC
Representatives from Western nations agree to create a permanent organization for international cooperation in trade and other issues -
De Lome Letter
Spanish diplomat critisizes President McKinley
Official spanish insult -
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Benjamin Harrison's Presidency
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Grover Cleveland's Presidency
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William McKinley's Presidency
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Sinking of the Main
Shpi suddenly exploded while anchored in Havana, Cuba
yellow press accuses Spain, even though it was probably an accident -
Teller Amendment
Authorizes war on Spain
Also states that US does not plan to take political control of Cuba -
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Spanish - American War
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Platt Amendment
Requires that cuba:
1. never sign a treaty with a foreign power that impairs its independence
2. never build up excessive public debt
3. permit the US to intervene in Cuban affiards to preserve its independence and maintain law and order
4. allow US to maintain naval bases in Cuba, including Guantanamo Bay -
Hay-Puancefote Treaty
British agrees to cancel 1850 treaty stating that any canal in Central America was to be under joint british-US control -
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Boxer Rebellion
Chinese nationalists attack foreigners (xenophobia) US and other counties march into Beijing to crush the rebellion Weakens Chinese imperial regime -
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Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency
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Panama Canal Construction
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Russo-Japanese War
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Great White Fleet
fleet sails around the world to demonstrate US naval power -
Gentleman's Agreement
Japanese gov't secretly agrees to restrict emigration of Japanese workers to the US -
Root-Takahira Agreement
Pledges mutual respect for each nations (US and Japan) Pacific possestions and supports Open Door Policy in China -
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William Howard Taft's Presidency
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Lodge Corollary
Resolution to Monroe Doctrine.
non-European powers excluded from owning territory in the western hemiphere -
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Marines stationed in Nicaragua
protect American investments during Nicaruaguan civil war -
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Woodrow Wilson's Presidency
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Tampico Incident
US seaman arrested then released in Tampica
Mexican dictator Huerta refuses to apologize
Wilson orders navy to occupy Vera Cruz.
South America's ABC powers (argentica, brazil, chile) mediate to avoid war -
Lusitania Crisis
Ship torpedoed and sunk by a German sub 128 american passengers drowned challenges American neutrality -
Archduke Francis Ferdinand Shot
Sarajevo,
shot by Serbian terrorist (the black hand) -
Austrian gov't issues an ultimatum
Vienna
Austria threatens war against Serbia and invades country 4 days later -
Germany declares war on russia
Russia is allied w/ Serbia -
Germany declares war on France
France is allied w/ russia Germany invades Belgium, a neutral nation -
GB declares war on Germany
GB is allied with France -
Jones Act
Grants full terrirotial status to Philippines
Bill of Rights and universal male suffrage to filipinos
promises Philippines independence as soon as stable gov't is established -
Sussex sunk
Germany sinks an unarmed merchant ship after promising to refrain from sinking unarmed passenger ships w/o warning -
Puerto Ricp
US citizenship granted to Puerto Rican residents and provided limited self gov't -
Zimmerman Telegram
Germany asks mexico to declare war on US, intercepted by british -
US declares war on germany
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US involvement in WWI
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Selective Service Act
draft -
Espionage and Sedition Acts
espionage - 1917
sedition - 1918 imprisonment for those who try to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft
prohibit anyone from making disloyal remarks about gov't -
Wilson's 14 points
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Chateau-Thierry
Americans stop last German offensive -
Germans sign armistice
end of wwi -
Schneck v. US
right to free speech can be limited when it presented a "clear and present" danger to public safety -
Treaty of Versailles