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Seward offered to purchase Alaska on March 30th for $7.2 million, and it was transferred to the United States on October 18th.
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The United States started building a canal across a 50 mile stretch of the Panama isthmus in 1881.
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William McKinley was elected in 1896, became president on March 4, 1897, and was assassinated on September 14, 1901.
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An unknown explosion sank the USS Maine, killing 266 of the 354 crew members on board, and eventually leading to a declaration of war.
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On this date, the U.S. declared war on Spain, and the war was basically one-sided because Spain wasn't prepared for the war at all.
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In this battle, the U.S. Navy defeated the Spanish Pacific fleet, which resulted in the fall of the Philippines, and contributed to the U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War.
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This was one of the final battles of the Spanish-American War and the most significant U.S. land victory.
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The Joint Resolution passed Congress allowing the Hawaiian islands to become a part of the United States.
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The Spanish-American War ended by signing the Treaty of Paris, and Spain lost control over what remained of their overseas empire.
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The Boxer Rebellion lasted from 1899-1901, and it was an anti-foreigner movement by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists in China.
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Samoa was divided into two, and Germany gained the western islands while the United States took the eastern islands.
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The Open Door Policy was initiated in the U.S. in 1899 and 1900 so that there could be equal privileges among countries trading with China.
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This war could be seen as a continuation of the Philippine Revolution, and fighting still continued for several years after the war ended.
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The Foraker Act of 1900 created a local government for Puerto Ricans, and sort of gave them what they asked for.
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By these terms, Cuba would not transfer Cuban land to anywhere else besides the United States, and Cuba's rights to make treaties were limited.
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McKinley was the third U.S. President to be assassinated, and he was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in New York.
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The Panama Canal was finished in 1904 and linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans together.
