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End of isolation: Powerful Western nations were busy building naval bases to protect their shipping routes around the world. This was an aspect of imperialism: building an empire by founding colonies or conquering other nations.
Europeans extended their colonial empires until they controlled most of Africa and Southeast Asia
President George Washington had warned Americans.
Expansion of the North American territory
Gold found in Alaska
The United States and Germany agreed to split the Samoa islands.
The Hawaiians saw the Europeans for the first time.
American missionaries tried to convert Hawaiians to Christianity.
Most of the stores and shipyards in Hawaii were owned by Americans.
Bayonet Constitution: The landowners used their power to force the Hawaiian king to sign a new constitution at gunpoint.
The king of Hawaii died
Commodore Matthew Perry of Japan tried a peaceful alliance, but was unsuccessful.
Japan defeated China in the Sino-Japanese War
Japan attacked Russian forces stationed in China
The Boxers took to the streets of Beijing, the capital of China, and besieged the walled settlement where foreigners lived. They killed more than 200 people.
Yellow journalism: Newspapers published stories of Cuba, where Cuban rebels fought for the independence of Spain. To attract readers, Pulitzer and Hearst published tabloid news, often exaggerated. This technique is called yellow journalism. Vivid stories about Spanish brutality in Cuba convinced many Americans that the US military should support the Cuban rebels.
William McKinley president.
Hearst's newspaper published a letter written by the Spanish minister to the United States, In it, de Lôme called McKinley "weak and a bidder for the admiration of the multitude". Many Americans were outraged.
Attack of George Dewey to the Philippines: The American commodore George Dewey ran to the Philippines with four large warships and two small gunships. Ignoring the reports that the underwater mines blocked his way, he sailed to Manila Bay and destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet stationed there. Dewey's forces sank or captured 10 ships. The Spaniards lost 381 lives, but none of Dewey's men was killed.
US troops captured the hills around the main Spanish forces in Santiago.
In the village of El Caney, some 7,000 US soldiers, aided by Cuban rebels, overwhelmed some 600 Spanish defenders.
Spain signed a ceasefire agreement.
In Cuba they fought the disease of yellow fever.
The Cubans reluctantly accepted the amendment and the US troops withdrew, it remained in force.
The Foraker Law established a civil government in Puerto Rico. It was headed by a governor and included a two-chamber legislature.
The Jones law: He granted Puerto Ricans US citizenship and made both houses of the legislature elective. However, another 30 years passed before the Puerto Ricans could elect their own governor.
Today more than 4 million Puerto Ricans live in the continental United States. This is the second largest Hispanic population in the country, behind people of Mexican descent. Puerto Ricans live throughout the United States, but about a third live in the state of New York.
More than 4,200 US soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Filipinos died before the conflict ended.
The United States granted full independence to the Philippines.
Theodore Roosevelt was elected to the Assembly of the State of New York at the age of 23
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president when McKinley is killed
Theodore Roosevelt becomes a hero in the Spanish-American War; Governor-elect of New York
Theodore Roosevelt was elected Vice President.
Theodore Roosevelt visits Panama, becoming the first president to travel out of the country while in office
Theodore Roosevelt dies at home in New York
Gains Panama Canal Zone for the United States
A warship from the United States arrived outside of Colón, Panama. The next day the revolt began. Blocked by the US warship. U. The Colombian forces could not reach Panama to stop the rebellion. Panama declared itself an independent country. The United States then recognized the new nation.
Construction of the canal in Panama. During this construction some 6,000 lives were lost
The Panama Canal opened to the ships, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The massive Gatun Locks are built, they lift 85-foot boats to Gatun Lake, a waterway in the Panama Canal.
Roosevelt said: "I've always liked the West African proverb: 'Speak in a low voice and carry a big cane, you'll go far.'" Roosevelt wanted everyone to know that he would use a "big stick", that is, the US military force. UU., To protect the interests of EE. UU in Latin America.
Venezuela refused to pay debts that European banks had granted loans.
William Howard Taft assumed the presidency and acted to protect the interests of EE. UU in Latin America
Nicaragua did not pay a loan from British investors. American bankers lent Nicaragua $ 1.5 billion in exchange for control of the National Bank of Nicaragua and the government-owned railroad. When local anger over this deal provoked a revolt in Nicaragua, Taft sent US Marines to protect US interests.
Many Mexicans rebelled against the harsh government of Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz.
President Wilson learned that a German ship carrying arms was heading to the port of Veracruz, Mexico. President Wilson learned that a German ship carrying arms was going to the port of Veracruz, Mexico, sent General John J. Pershing and 15,000 US soldiers to Mexico. Pershing's mission was to catch rebel leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa, who had killed 17 Americans in New Mexico. Pershing failed to capture Villa, and Wilson remembered the troops.
A new constitution began to bring order to Mexico. The violence caused more than 120,000 Mexicans to flee to the United States between 1905 and 1915.