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“1803 purchase from France by the United States of the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains”
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The Republic of Texas declared independence from the Republic of Mexico on March 2, 1836 and was annexed into the U.S. in December of 1845.
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The U.S. took possession of the Midway Islands in 1867. It opened up trade with Japan and Hawaii and it allowed us to have a naval base at Pearl Harbor.
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Seward bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. It was seen as a useless “icebox” at the time but happened to almost double the country's size and it was rich in oil, timber, and other resources.
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U.S. got Santiago to surrender by overtaking them with their navy.
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An agreement between the U.S. and Spain. It ended the Spanish-American War.
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“William McKinley’s administration favored annexation, and in 1898, after the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Congress proclaimed Hawaii an official U.S. territory.”
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In 1903, the U.S. government bought the Panama route for $40 million.
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San Francisco School Board banned Japanese, Chinese, and Korean children from attending public schools with white children.
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Roosevelt sent this armada of 16 white battleships on a “good will cruise” around the world. The voyage of the Great White Fleet demonstrated America’s increased military power to the world.
