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This is the time period in which America showed its power to the world.
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America tries to buy Cuba from Spain, but Spain doesn't sell.
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Cuba revolts against its spanish rulers. It fails.
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America purchases Alaska for $7.2 million.
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Cuba ends the Ten Years War. In 1879, a new war would dawn. They failed.
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America sets up Naval presence in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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John Mckinley is elected as President of the United States.
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The U.S.S. Maine explodes near Havana harbor.
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America declares war on Spain following the unexplained sinking of The Maine.
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America gains Hawaii as a territory.
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America and Spain agree to stop fighting, AKA a cease-fire.
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Filipinos revolt against America's occupation.
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America signs a treaty with Spain. They are now allies.
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America begins its "Open Door Policy" with China.
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.
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Panama declares its independence from Colombia with U.S. support.
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America starts construction on the Panama Canal.
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William Taft becomes president after the election of 1808.
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American soldiers are sent into Nicaragua. Nicaragua revolts against its president, Adolfo Diaz.
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Woodrow Wilson becomes the next President of the United States. He would later give the first State of the Union Address since Thomas Jefferson stopped this tradition. He would also hold the first presidential press conference.
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The Panama Canal opens after years of construction.
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A new act gives Puerto Ricans citizenship of America.
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America gives the Phillipines its independence, ironically on America's independence day.
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Alaska becomes the 59th state of America.
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Hawaii becomes the 50th and most recently added state of the United States of America.
