University:
Eastern Kentucky University
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HIS 103 | American Civilization Since 1877
Academic year:

2020
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1
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American Imperialism Timeline 1867-1914 1867 Purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million 1878 Treaty with Samoa marks beginning of U.S. expansion in Pacific 1890 Mayan publishes The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 16601783 February 1898 USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor April 1898 Spain and the U.S. declare war on each other over Cuba April 1898 Dewey occupies Manila Summer 1898 Hawaii annexed to U.S. December 1898 Treaty of Paris adds Puerto Rico, Guam and Phillipines to U.S., and guarantees Cuban independence 1899 Anti-Imperialist League founded 1899 U.S. declares Open Door Policy toward China 1900 Boxer Rebellion suppressed in China 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes president 1902 Filipino military resistance to U.S. occupation ends 1903 With U.S. help, Panama declares independence from Columbia, U.S. purchases Canal Zone 1905 Roosevelt mediates settlement to Russo-Japanese War 1907 “Gentleman’s Agreement” between Japan and U.S. 1912 Wilson elected president 1912.1914 U.S. troops in various Caribbean countries 1914 Archduke Ferdinand assassination, WWI erupts 1914 Panama Canal Opens