US Imperialism

  • Phillipine Insurrection

    Phillipine Insurrection
    Philippine-American War was a war between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries from 1899 to 1902; the insurrection may be seen as a continuation of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule.
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    Roosevelt Corollary
    The Roosevelt Corollary is a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine that was articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902 through 1903. A corollary is a propositions that follows from one already proved.
  • Hay-bunau-varilla treaty

    Hay-bunau-varilla treaty
    It was a treaty signed on November 18, 1903 by the US and Panama. It established the Panama Canal zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal.
  • US occupation of the Dominican Republic

    US occupation of the Dominican Republic
    In January 1905, under President Roosevelt's corollary, the United States assumed administration of the Dominican Republic's customs.
  • Cuban Intervention

    Cuban Intervention
    On September 29th 1906, the United States assumed military control of Cuba under the Platt Amendment, following
    the reelection of an American puppet government, which caused a nationalist uprising.
  • Great White Fleet

    Great White Fleet
    The "Great White Fleet" sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 consisted of sixteen new battleships of the Atlantic Fleet. The battleships were painted white except for gilded scrollwork on their bows. The Atlantic Fleet battleships only later came to be known as the "Great White Fleet."
  • Panama Canal

    Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal is a 77.1-kilometre (48 mi) ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. The US took over the project in 1904 and the canal was opened 10 years later