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The Klondike Gold Rush brought 100,000 people seeking fortune
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Roosevelt ordered for attack on Spanish troops in the Philippines
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US delcares war on Spain
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U.S. Commodore Dewey and his Asiatic squadron defeat the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines in the first battle of the war
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US troops arrive in Cuba
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US defeats Spanish at the Battle of San Juan Heights
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US forces destroy the Spanish Fleet off Santiago Bay Cuba
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The Spanish surrender at Santiago
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U.S. and Spain sign the Protocol of Peace
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Hawaii was annexed by the US
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Roosevelt made this which said to speak and negotiate softly with the underlying threat of a powerful military if things didn't go as he wanted
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Philippines were ceded to the United States after being defeated
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began being built; allowed shipping between the Atlantic and pacific coasts to be quick and easier
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first border patrol was established
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US was a mediator after the Russo-Japanese war
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secured and protected american financial interests
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finished building and allowed first passage
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, begins war
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Wilson declares the US will be neutral in the war
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the most important American strategist of the 19th century
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Mexican troops took 4800 US troops who were tortured as a form of revenge on the US
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citizens freared the rise of communism after the cold war with russia
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US joins the war on allied side after attack on ships by Germany
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US wins battle of Catigny
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Allied and German representatives sign treaty of Versailles
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United States Senate fails to ratify Treaty of Versailles
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United States signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary
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COmmonwaelth of the Philippines was established with the permission of the US
