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Alaska
The Klondike Gold Rush brought 100,000 people seeking fortune -
Spanish American War
Roosevelt ordered for attack on Spanish troops in the Philippines -
Spanish American War
US delcares war on Spain -
Spanish American War
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 -
Spanish American War
US troops arrive in Cuba -
Spanish American War
US defeats Spanish at the Battle of San Juan Heights -
Spanish American War
US forces destroy the Spanish Fleet off Santiago Bay Cuba -
Spanish American War
The Spanish surrender at Santiago -
Spanish American War
U.S. and Spain sign the Protocol of Peace -
Hawaii
Hawaii was annexed by the US -
Big Stick Diplomacy
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 -
Philippine American War
Philippines were ceded to the United States after being defeated -
Panama Canal
began being built; allowed shipping between the Atlantic and pacific coasts to be quick and easier -
Mexico
first border patrol was established -
Japan
US was a mediator after the Russo-Japanese war -
Dollar Diplomacy
secured and protected american financial interests -
Panama Canal
finished building and allowed first passage -
World War 1
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, begins war -
World War 1
Wilson declares the US will be neutral in the war -
Alfred Thayer Mahan
the most important American strategist of the 19th century -
Mexico
Mexican troops took 4800 US troops who were tortured as a form of revenge on the US -
Red Scare
citizens freared the rise of communism after the cold war with russia -
World War 1
US joins the war on allied side after attack on ships by Germany -
World War 1
US wins battle of Catigny -
World War 1
Allied and German representatives sign treaty of Versailles -
World War 1
United States Senate fails to ratify Treaty of Versailles -
World War 1
United States signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary -
Philippine American War
COmmonwaelth of the Philippines was established with the permission of the US
