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Influence of Sea Power Upon History
a two-volume work written by Alfred Thayer Mahan that argued that sea power was the key to military and economic expansion. -
Annexation of Hawaii
America's annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S. territory into the Pacific and highlighted resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power. -
Spanish American War
Military conflict between the U.S. and Spain which resulted in the U.S. gaining temporary control of Cuba and ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. -
Open Door Policy
Foreign policy proposed by the U.S. in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China. -
Panama Canal U.S. Construction Begins
President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800's, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
