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1895-1899. The British, after taking over British Guiana decided to continue expanding over into Venezuela. Venezuela said no, so the US stepped in and the US helped Venezuela push back against Britain because Venezuela had gold.

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From 1913-1921, he expanded the US into Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Nicaragua

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May 1 1898, the US navy defeated the Spanish fleet which caused the fall of the Philippines and was the final US victory in the Spanish American War.

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March 2 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones Act and it gave Puerto Rice US citizenship. Also a law to allow ship building and a regular supply of merchant mariners to be available in times of war or emergency.

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In 1853, Gun Boat Diplomacy was used by the US to threaten Japan into opening up foreign trade. A means of using naval power to force another country to obey.

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Built between May 1904 and completed August 1914. Now owned by Panama, previously owned by the US. Connects the Atlantic to the Pacific without having to take ships around South America. Teddy Roosevelt administration built it and is the most important canal in the world. December 31 1999 the US gave back the canal to Panama as promised.

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Existed from 1903-1979. An unincorporated territory of the US, controlled by the US. How the East connects to the West without going all around continents.

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Created between 1909-1913 by President William Taft. Widened America's economic market. Failed in China, Central America, and Mexico.

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December 16 1907. President Theodore Roosevelt deployed his Great White Fleet. The Great White Fleet consists of 16 battle ships. They spent a year and 2 months travelling the globe to "demonstrate to the world America's naval prowess" (Roosevelt). Sailed to Hawaii, New Zealand, 3 Australia ports, the Philippines, Japan, and they ended in Egypt on January 3 1909.

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Founded by Mark Twain in June 1898. The purpose of the group was to protest the Spanish American War and the Philippine American War. They opposed hostility and imperialist policies. Samuel Gompers and Andrew Carnegie were also leaders in the league.

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Signed December 10 1898 in Paris, France. It was a peace treaty between the US and Spain. It ended the Spanish American War. Cuba gained independence, Spain gave Puerto Rico and Guam to the US, and Spain sold the Philippines to the US for 20 million all because of the treaty.

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Lasted from 1899 to 1902. It was fought between America and the Filipino military. The US won. The Philippines were having issues with Vietnam. The Philippines asked the US for help, but the US fought the Philippines instead and took over.

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The Mexican Revolution began in 1910. It ended up freeing Mexico from dictatorship in 1917. They were fighting for freedom from the Diaz dictatorship. The United States helped the rebellion several times. They supported the anti-reelectionist movement and helped Reyes (one of the rebellion leaders) revolt against Madero (one of the leaders in the Diaz dictatorship). In return the United States received Texas, New Mexico, and California. It was the deadliest war in the Americas with over 1 million deaths in ten years.

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The "Big Five", referring to five companies: Castle & Cooke, Alexander & Baldwin, C. Brewer & Company, American Factors, Theo H. Davies & Company. They were American originating companies, besides Theo H. Davies & Company, as they were English. They were focused on the sugar industry in Hawaii. They dominated the field of agriculture, they expanded their business into California, and dominated the trade throughout the world. They took over Hawaii through agricultural means together, refusing to let anyone have any business with sugar before going through them. They ended up taking over Hawaii, small farmers could not profit because it cost too much to produce their sugar, and the Big Five took over their farming because they could do it cheaper. They drove off Hawaiians from the sugar business.

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The Boxers (a Chinese secret society), whose goal was to remove all foreigners from China. They did so violently. America had foreign influence to keep their own Americans in China. They did so so they may have influence over trade. They also wanted to colonize China. They failed, as the Boxer Rebellion removed them.

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It happened in 1899 and 1900. The United States was worried that it was going to lose trade access with China. The open door policy was put in place to allow the US to continue trading with China. Everyone was able to do all trade, and prevented one country from taking over trade.

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Enacted on April 21, 1898, the Teller Amendment proclaimed that the US would not establish permanent control over Cuba. This was enacted because Cuba was afraid that the US would try to take over them while giving them aid. It was the US's response of assurance.

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Large navies of the Eastern Hemisphere were attempting to take over parts if not all of the Latin American trade routes, setting Roosevelt to attempt to keep them away. He did this by establishing his corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, which says that the US has the right to exercise military force in all Latin American countries to keep the Eastern Hemisphere out.

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She is the first and only woman to rule as queen of the kingdom of Hawai. In 1895, American business men overthrew the queen, and placed her under house arrest. Then America bought Hawai.

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Where the USS Maine was destroyed. Destroyed on February 15, 1898. The US claimed that Spain destroyed the ship and "Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!" was the rallying cry.

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This was a conflict between Spain and the United States. Began with the Spanish Army blew up the USS Maine. Ended with the United States buying the Western Pacific and Latin America Territories. Dating: April 21, 1898- December 10, 1898.