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1893- Queen of Hawaii overthrown by the U.S.

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1893- Queen of Hawaii overthrown by the U.S.

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With the non-existence of a ruler in Hawaii, the U.S. was able to take full control over the islands and making great use of its natural resources.

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1899 - The U.S annexes the Philippine Islands

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1899 - The U.S annexes the Philippine Islands

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As a result of the Spanish American War, Spain gave the Philippines to the U.S. and it was a great spread of U.S. military bases, trade, and resource findings.

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1890 - Mahan published book titled, “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History.”

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1890 - Mahan published book titled, “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History.”

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In this book, Mahan stresses the the key of being a world power being that a country has to have great navy systems and locations. Today the U.S. is a great world power because of the main ideas of this book.

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The great conflict between America and Spain that eventually ended the Spanish colonial rule over South American territories and allowed the U.S. to acquire parts of the land important to the military needs.

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1913 - The Panama Canal is open for shipping. 

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1913 - The Panama Canal is open for shipping. 

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The artificial, 48 mile waterway has helped the U.S. with international maritime trade.

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1907 - The “Great White Fleet” arrives in Japan

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1907 - The “Great White Fleet” arrives in Japan

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The U.S. finally was able to have its navy travel the world to showcase their power to other countries in order to be an official world power not just in their own eyes, but for everyone else too.

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The Senate ratifies a treaty with Hawaii guaranteeing the U.S. sole rights to build a naval base at Pearl Harbor. The U.S. was greatly closer to being a world power through its new navy advantages and resource findings.

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The U.S buys Alaska from Russia thanks to negotiations by Secretary of State Seward. Russia was too late to realize the great resources of Alaska and the U.S. was able to make use of those resources by paying little money to Russia.