US FOREIGN POLICY 1865-1912 (+ organised labour) By ihatehistorylol Jan 1, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jan 1, 1818 Spain cedes Florida Jan 1, 1823 Monroe Doctrine issued Period: Jan 1, 1830 to Jan 1, 1845 Texas annexed Jan 1, 1854 USA offer Spain $130 million for Cuba Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Jan 1, 1869 William Seward Secretary of State Jan 1, 1864 Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado Period: Jan 1, 1866 to Jan 1, 1868 Red Cloud's War Period: Jan 1, 1866 to Jan 1, 1871 Fenian Raids Jan 1, 1867 Alaska purchased by Seward for $7.2 million Oct 1, 1867 Treaty of Medicine Lodge Jan 1, 1868 Cuba revolts against Spanish leadership Period: Jan 1, 1869 to Jan 1, 1877 Hamilton Fish Secretary of State Period: Jan 1, 1869 to Jan 1, 1873 US attempts to establish a protectorate over DR Period: Jan 1, 1871 to Dec 31, 1871 101 conflicts with Native Americans Jan 1, 1874 Apache Wars end after Cochise agrees to a peace treaty Jan 1, 1875 Cuba revolts a second time Jan 1, 1875 Fish arranges trade deal with Hawaii Jan 1, 1877 National Railway Strike Jan 1, 1878 Fish concludes trade deal with Samoa Period: Jan 1, 1881 to Jan 1, 1886 Geronimo's War Jan 1, 1885 KoL's membership 100,000 Jan 1, 1886 KoL's membership 750,000 (before Haymarket Square) May 1, 1886 Haymarket bomb outrage Jan 1, 1887 Trade treaty with Hawaii extended, allowing US to create Pearl Harbour Jan 1, 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush Jan 1, 1889 First Pan-American conference Jan 1, 1890 'The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1600-1812' published Jan 1, 1890 KoL's membership 100,000 tops Jan 1, 1895 Cuba revolts successfully a third time Dec 1, 1895 Spanish send 98,400 troops to join the 63,000 already on Cuba Jan 1, 1897 Cuba declares its independence Period: Jan 1, 1897 to Jan 1, 1898 Annexation of Hawaii Feb 1, 1898 USS Maine blown up in Havana Harbour Apr 11, 1898 11th April - Teller Amendment passed May 1, 1898 US attack on Philippines Jun 1, 1898 17000 US troops land on Cuba Jan 1, 1899 Treaty of Paris enacted after being signed the previous December Jan 1, 1899 Filipino revolt against US Jan 1, 1901 Platt Amendment passed Jan 1, 1902 Filipino revolt suppressed
