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McKinley Tariff
Created a crisis by ending Hawaii's favored position in the sugar trade. Permitted all countries to ship sugar duty-free to the U.S. Also gave sugar producers in the U.S. a subsidy. (A government bonus payment of two cents per pound.) -
Teller Amendment
This stated that once Cuba won its independence from Spain, the U.S. would leave the government and control of the island to its people. -
Spanish American War
The Spanish American war was April 25- August 12, 1898. The locations were Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam. The U.S. won this war and the results were; Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba, cedes the Philippines Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the U.S. for around 20 million dollars. -
Annexation of Hawaii
During the 1800’s, the U.S. started to realize how important Hawaii was becoming. Hawaii was important as a commercial export resource, a strategic location for defense in the Pacific region, the U.S. started to worry of the possibility that Hawaii might become part of a European nation’s empire, and lastly when Queen Liliuokalani proposed a new Hawaiian constitution, that would restore the power of monarchy. On July 7, 1898, U.S. President McKinley signed a bill which resulted in the United St -
Annexation of the Philippines
Few Americans knew where the Philippines was even located. Some felt that it wasn't right to annex a foriegn territory and rule its government, but some responded by denying the Philippines independence, but the U.S. would violate its own ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence. The U.S. Senate voted to annex the Philippines. -
The Boxer Rebellion
Boxers attacked Western missionaries and traders in Northern China, killing more than 200 people and was supported by some Chinese Government officials. This event started in 1900, and ended September 7, 1901 -
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Gave the U.S. complete and unending sovereignty over a 10-mile-wide canal zone. (Pilippe Bunau Varilla was the reformer cheif engineer for French canal-building attempt. President Roosevelt later said, "I took the canal zone and let congress debate." -
U.S. and the Panama Canal
Hard work began in 1904. Harsh working conditions and shortages of laborer and materials hit the U.S. Roosevelt appointed John F. Stevens to get back on track. Yellow fever and malaria also slowed down the building of the canal. On August 15, 1914 the canal was completed. -
Roosevelt Corollary
President Roosevelt's addition to the Monroe Doctrine; stated that the U.S. would police affairs in the Western hemisphere to keep Europeans from interventing in the region. -
The Great White Fleet
President Roosevelt sends a "great white fleet" of U.S. warships on a world cruise. -
Dollar Diplomacy
President William Howard Taft's policy of influencing Latin American affairs through ecenomic unfluence rather than military force. (no specific day or month)
