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The maine explosion was one of the unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor, killing 260 of the people on board on Feburary 15, 1898. This attack on Spanish possessions was the first American war against a foreign country since the Mexican-American War of 1845-48. This was also marked the first step to the beginning of the American/Spanish War. This was very significant because marked a major change in American foreign policy.
The Spanish-American War made the US an imperial power. By the Treaty of Paris, Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000. The United States got the Philippines, which helped them with asian markets, trade, and producing crops.
The annexation of hawaii was In 1893. the last monarch of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani, was overthrown by party of businessmen, who then imposed a provisional government. Soon after, President Benjamin Harrison submitted a treaty to annex the Hawaiian islands to the U.S. Senate for ratification. This is significant because the colonies felt the need to compete on the international scale.
Open Door policy, statement of principles initiated by the United States in 1899 and 1900 for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity. Its intent was to guarantee an equal footing for China's trading partners without allowing any of them to establish an economic hegemony over that nation's international commerce.
Colombia faced secessionist moves by its province of Panama, separated by impassable jungle from the rest of the country. Throughout the nineteenth century, Panamanian nationalists rebelled against rule by distant Bogotá. In 1903, the United States and Colombia signed the Hay–Herrán Treaty to finalize the construction of the Panama Canal but the process was not achieved because the Congress of Colombia rejected the measure on August 12, 1903.
On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was opened to traffic. Panama later pushed to revoke the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, and in 1977 U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos signed a treaty to turn over the canal to Panama by the end of the century.The Panama Canal was built to shorten the distance that ships had to travel to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Foraker Act, On April 2, 1900, U.S. President McKinley signed a civil law that established a civilian government in Puerto Rico. government would be controlled indirectly by the U.S., whose interests were going to be protected.
The Platt Amendment was passed as part of the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill. It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War, and an eighth condition that Cuba sign a treaty accepting these seven conditions. This amendment gave the us the right to take over the island of cuba and to put a naval base in cuba.
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was statement by President Roosevelt and a logical extension to the Monroe Doctrine. The statement was a result of the U.S. concerns raised by Venezuela Crisis and reiterated foreign policy in relation to foreign intervention in the Americas.The Roosevelt Corollary of stated that the United States would intervene as a last resort to ensure that other nations in the Western Hemisphere fulfilled their obligations.
The Square Deal domestic policy was adopted by the President in which he pledged not to favor any group of Americans but to be fair to all. President Roosevelt supported progressive and aggressive political reforms, including the heavy regulation of business. Roosevelt insisted that a man should not be judged on the basis of his social standing but rather on his merits, including his capacity for work, honesty, commonsense, and devotion to the common good.
In 1900, in what became known as the Boxer Rebellion, a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there.While the Boxer Rebellion was an important demonstration of Chinese nationalism. It resulted in a decline in Chinese status in the world and was detrimental to the status of the imperial government.
Gentlemen's agreement, in U.S. history, an agreement between the United States and Japan in 1907 that Japan should stop the emigration of its laborers to the United States and that the United States should stop discrimination against Japanese living in the United States. Roosevelt represented an effort by President Theodore Roosevelt to calm growing tension between the two countries over the immigration of Japanese workers.
The Great White Fleet, consisting of 14,000 sailors on 16 battleships and accompanying vessels, was sent around the world for fourteen months by President Roosevelt. The Great White Fleet was an important show of America’s naval power to the rest of the world. It was also an important event in the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. Within two weeks of the fleet docking in Hampton Roads in February of 1909, Roosevelt left the presidency.
Russo-Japanese War was A war fought between Russia and Japan over rival territorial claims. In winning the war, Japan emerged as a world power. President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States was largely responsible for bringing the two sides together and working out a treaty.The Russo-Japanese War held great international significance, as it was the first all-out war of the modern era in which a non-European power defeated one of Europe's great powers.
The Mexican Revolution, which began in 1910, ended dictatorship in Mexico and established a constitutional republic. The Mexican Revolution destroyed the old government and army of the dictator Porfirio Diaz, and eventually changed the country's economic and social system in important ways.
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