Period 7

Samoa naval base

Feb 23, 1878

Pearl Harbor base aquired

Feb 23, 1887

Pan American Union

Feb 23, 1889

McKinley Tarriff (Hawaii- sugar)

Feb 23, 1890

Queen Liluokalani

Period: Feb 23, 1891 to Feb 23, 1893

Cleveland Presidency

Period: Nov 23, 1893 to Nov 23, 1897

Cubans rebelled- tensions between US and Spain

Feb 23, 1895

Cuban Revolt

Feb 23, 1895

U.S.S. Maine explosion

Sep 17, 1895

McKinley Presidency

Period: Nov 23, 1897 to Nov 23, 1901

Open Door Policy with China

Feb 23, 1898

Conflict in Philippines

Period: Feb 23, 1898 to Feb 23, 1902

Spanish-American War

Period: Apr 23, 1898 to Aug 23, 1898

George Dewey attack (Manila Harbor)

May 1, 1898

Treaty of Paris

Dec 10, 1898

Foraker Act

Feb 23, 1900

Hawaii becomes US territory

Feb 23, 1900

Platt Amendment

Mar 2, 1901

Teddy Roosevelt Presidency

Period: Nov 23, 1901 to Nov 23, 1909

Women's Trade Union League

Feb 23, 1903

Russo-Japanese War

Period: Feb 8, 1904 to Sep 5, 1905

Taft Presidency

Period: Nov 23, 1909 to Nov 23, 1913

Wilson Presidency

Period: Nov 23, 1913 to Nov 23, 1921

S.S. Lusitania

May 7, 1915

Great Migration

Period: Feb 23, 1916 to Feb 23, 1970

Zimmerman Telegram

Feb 23, 1917

Puerto Rico becomes US territory

Feb 23, 1917

American Expeditionary Forces

Feb 23, 1917

Jones Act

Mar 2, 1917

Selective Service Act est.

May 18, 1917

Espionage Act

Jun 15, 1917

Harding Presidency

Period: Nov 23, 1921 to Nov 23, 1923

Coolidge Presidency

Period: Nov 23, 1923 to Nov 23, 1929

Hoover Presidency

Period: Nov 23, 1929 to Nov 23, 1933

FDR Presidency

Period: Nov 23, 1933 to Nov 23, 1945

Truman Presidency

Period: Nov 23, 1945 to Nov 23, 1953

Philippines independent from US

Feb 23, 1946