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William Seward bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million.
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Grover Cleveland became president for his first time out of two terms as president.
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The US gains exclusive use of Pearl harbor in Hawaii.
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Liliuokalani becomes queen after the death of her brother.
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Americans sign a pettition against the annexation of Hawaii, and stage a revolt against the queen.
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The USS Maine exploded in Havanna harbor therefor one of the reasons the war begun.
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The Spanish American war begins.
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, a group of volunteer soilders, attacked San Jauan Hill.
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A peace treaty between Spain and the US was signed, therefor ending the SpanishAmerican war.
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes presidant after William McKinley.