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History of naval warfare book published in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan which argued that control of the sea was the key to world dominance.
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A type of government that seeks to increase its size, either by forcing or influencing other countries to submit to their rule.
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Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley.
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An 1898 military conflict between the U.S. and Spain which resulted in the U.S. gaining temporary control of Cuba and ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
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Foreign policy proposed by the U.S. in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.
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On November 6, 1903, Philippe Bunau-Varilla, as Panama's ambassador to the United States, signed the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty, granting rights to the United States to build and indefinitely administer the Panama Canal Zone and its defenses.
