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Mahan publishes lecture : The Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660-1783
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The Sino-Japanese War betrween China and Japan began.
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The Sino-Japanese War was ended by the Treaty of Shimoneski, Japan emerged as a power while China weakened
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Hawaii was annexed by the U.S in 1898.
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The battleship USS Maine was sunk by Spain.
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The Spanish American war began. Spain declared war on the 24th followed by the U.S's declaration on the 25th. The retroactive date was April 21st.
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Commander George Dewey destroyed Spanish fleet on Manila Bay in the Phillipines.
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Battle of Las Guasimas
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Spain surrenders at the Battle of Santiago
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U.S Army invades Puerto Rico
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The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish American War.
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The Philippine American War between America and Filipino revolutionaries began.
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U.S ratifies the Treaty of Paris.
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Hawaii gained ful territorial status in 1900
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President Roosevelt quoted "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
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The Alaska Railroad was built in 1902, which connected Seward to Fairbanks
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The Philippine American War was declared "over" by president Theodore Roosevelt
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Roosevelt practiced the Big Stick Diplomacy in the foreign affair involving Venezuela.
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The construction of the Panama Canal began
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Foreign policy aimed at ensuring financial stability of a regionn while protecting and extending U.S commercial and financial interests there, under President Taft
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The Mexican Revolution began
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World War began due to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife
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The Panama Canal opened after 10 years of construction
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Italy joins Germany and Austria-Hungary, forming the "Triple Aliance"
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The British ocean liner Lusitania was sunk by German U-Boats; New York to Liverpool, England
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Mexico gets a new constitution brought forth by Carranza
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The U.S enters WWI with allies France, Britian, and Russia
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Russia exits the war through the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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The treaty of Versailles is signed
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World War One ends as Germany and the allies signs an armistice
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Japan launched an invasion on Manchuria after Mukden Incident
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Period of time when there was fear in the U.S posed by the threat of Communism
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The Japanese attacked the U.S at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
