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pressure on hawaii
u.s pressures hawaii to allow a u.s naval base at Pearl Harbor, hawaii's best port. The became a very important refueling station for America merchant and military ships bound for Asia. -
Queen liluokalani
queen liluokalani became leader of Hawaii. She believed that planters had to much influence, she wanted to limit their power -
planters
american sugar planters in the kingdom of hawaii think dthat they could make more money if they were one of the states in the U.S.A, so they stage a revolt and take control of the hawaiian government. -
U.S.S. Maine
McKinley sent the U.S.S. Maine to Cuba. Riots had broken out in Cuba's capital Havana. The battleship was sent to protect U.S citizens. the following month, the Maine exploded, killing 260 sailors -
congressional resolution
President McKinley signed a congressional resolution that called for Cuba's independance. He damanded that Spain withdrawaled their forces. He gave Spain three days to respond. Spain refused and the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR started. -
battle of manila
on the morning of May 1st,1898 in the Philippines, commander George Dewey destroyed the Spanish. about 380 Spainsh sailors were eather dead or wounded. -
end of war
spain singed a truce. To the U.S secretary, John Hay it had been "a splendid little war". -
roosevelt corollary
The U.S used the Roosevelt Corollary to take control of the Dominican Republic's finances after the country had failed to pay its foreign debts. -
panama canal
it took 352 million dollars, but ti saved thousands of miles fo a ship. The panama canal was finished in 1914. It is now considered the worlds best short-cut -
puerto Rico
united states agree to make Puerto Rico a self-governed territory. And grant citizenship to any Puerto Rican
