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Spanish American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States. Revolts against Spanish rule had occurred for some years in Cuba, and the U.S. was found assisting the Cubans in their fight for independence. This sparked a conflcit between the two. -
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Boxer Rebellion
An uprising in China, in which severe drought and economic disruption in response to the growth of foreign spheres of influences sparked a rebellion against the current ruling dynasty. It expressed the hate of the Chineese people against foreign imperialism, and the rebellion was later sucessful in taking down the Qing dynasty. -
U.S. Aquire the Phillipines
Spain gives away its longstanding colonization of the Phillipines to the United States through the Treaty of Paris, but just two days before the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty, fighting broke out between American forces and Filipino nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo who sought independence rather than a change in colonial rulers. This allows the United States to further their on-going trade with the economic super power known as China. -
Civil Goverment Established
United States establish a civil goverment under U.S. control. -
Democrats Make an Issue of Imperialism
The McKinley adminstration moves towards permitting a Cuban goverment and withdrawing American troops from Cuba. -
Insular Cases
The supreme court upheld Congress's authority to establish an inferior status for Puerto Rico, without promise of statehood. -
Platt Amendment
Restricted Cuba's autonomy in diplomatic relations with other countries and in internal financial policies, required Cuba to lease naval bases to the United States, and most importantly, authorizes U.S. intervention to maintian order and Cuban independence. -
Panama Canal Begins
U.S. Senate votes to build the Panama Canal. -
Panama Canal Completed
Symbolized the U.S. technological and economic power, and connected the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Made shipping routes faster. -
Puerto Ricans Given Rights
The United States grants citizenship and greater political rights to Puertro Ricans. -
Poverty and Starvation in Puerto Rico
The new governer of Puerto Rico Theodore Roosevelt Jr. found that under United States capital, poverty was wide spread and hunter, almost to the verge of starvation, was common.