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william taft is elected president
served as the 27th president of the united states and as the 10th chief justice of the united states, the only person to have held both officers. -
united states annexes hawaii
spurred by the nationalism aroused by the spanish american war.In 1898 at the urging of president william mckinley. -
spanish american war end
april 1898-august 1898 -
spanish american war starts
started on april 25,1898 -
boxer rebellion in china
officially supported peasant uprising of 1900 that attempted to drive all the foreigners from china -
theodore roosevelt becomes president after mckinley is assassinated
mckinley was shot on the grounds of the pan american expostion at the temple of music in buffalo, new york. -
mexican revolution begins
continued for a decade is recongnized as the first major political,social,and cultral revolution of the 20th century -
the panama canal opens
the panama was opened to traffic. -
us builds naval base at pearl harbor.
is a u.s naval base adjacent to honolulu.
