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  • alaska is purchased by the U.S.

    eventually, oil and gold was found in alaska.

  • Alfred thayer mahan presents "the influence of sea power upon history"

    this influencd many countries thoughts on naval power and led to a naval arms race in the 1890's

  • queen Liliuokalani was overthrown

    this opened the door to the U.S. being able to easily annex hawaii

  • Philippine-american war starts

    hostilities erupt between the U.S. inside Manila and Filipino forces surrounding the city

  • the U.S. declares war on spain

  • the first battle of the spanish-american war

    U.S. commodore dewey defeat the spanish fleet in manila bay.

  • U.S. troops land in Cuba

    this will lead to war breaking out in cuba

  • U.S. forces defeat the Spanish at the Battle of San Juan Heights

    decisive battle of the spanish american war

  • U.S. forces destroy the Spanish Fleet off Santiago Bay, Cuba

    the U.S. won most of the battles

  • The Spanish surrender at Santiago

    not to be confused with the naval battle of santiago de cuba, this was the last major operation in cuba

  • The U.S. and Spain sign a peace agreement

    this ends hostilities between the two nations

  • end of the hundred days reform

    ended in a coup d'etat led by empress dowager cixi

  • The Treaty of Paris is signed by representatives from the U.S. and Spain

    this officially ends the war,

  • boxer rebellion begins

    the boxers in china try to throw out the foreign presence, anfd fail.

  • lonoy massacre

    us kill 400 in a reverse ambush
  • roosevelt first coined "big stick policy"

    roosevelt first coined "big stick policy"

    the big stcik policy was to use peaceful means to get what they want, but at the same time show that they had a good military backing.
  • u.s aquisition of the panama canal

    u.s aquisition of the panama canal

    the us bought it form fance and proceeded to build it.
  • anthracite coal mine strike

    anthracite coal mine strike

    when roosevelt used his "big stick policy" to stop the coal miners from revolting any longer
  • start of the us construction of the panama canal

    start of the us construction of the panama canal

    the us start of the construction of the panama canal
  • taft-katsura agreement

    taft-katsura agreement

    talk about the phillippines and korea, and each countries' plans for them.
  • the dollar diplomacy

    the dollar diplomacy

    william taft's foreign policy, from 1909 to 1913
  • start of the mexican revolution

    start of the mexican revolution

    the end of porfirio diaz's reign
  • the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand

    the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand

    he was visiting the bosnian capital, and was shot
  • july ultimatum

    july ultimatum

    in july, austria-hungary issued an ultimatum to serbia
  • invasion of belgium, world war one begins

    invasion of belgium, world war one begins

    germany decides to invade belgium
  • battle of cer

    battle of cer

    austria invaded serbia and basically was the first battle in world war 1.
  • the lusitania sinks

    the lusitania sinks

    the germans sink the lusitania, and some of them were americans
  • zimmerman telegram

    zimmerman telegram

    germany proposing that mexico join the opposite side of britain and the u.s.
  • U.S. enters war

    U.S. enters war

    they enter the war on the side of britain, and against germany
  • the first red scare

    the first red scare

    following the bolshevik revolution in russia, and scared it would happen in america
  • the end of the mexican revolution

    the end of the mexican revolution

    alvaro obregon was elected, and it will proceed to become the more modern mexico

  • The first asian-american in the United States senate

    Hiram Fong Descended from chinese immigrants, and was elected to the Senate

  • Hawaii is admitted to the union

    the 50th state