In 1900 a group in China killed more than 200 foreigners in what came to be known as the

President Roosevelt used the West African saying “Speak softly and carry a big stick” to express his belief that

During construction of the Panama Canal, progress was slowed as a result of

The Roosevelt Corollary stated that the United States would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to

The foreign policy of President Roosevelt’s successor, William Howard Taft, differed from Roosevelt’s because

Under the policy known as “dollar diplomacy,” President Taft supported Latin American industry in order to increase trade and profits for U.S. business and

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In the late 1800s, Congress was convinced to authorize the construction of a large U.S. navy.

Sugar planters, supported by U.S. marines, overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893, and the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898.

Conclusive evidence proved that the American battleship USS Maine was blown up by a Spanish mine in Havana Harbor.

At the outset of the Spanish-American War, Commodore George Dewey and his fleet were sent to the Philippines to prevent Spanish forces from sailing east and attacking the United States.

Theodore Roosevelt commanded an all-volunteer U.S. cavalry unit, known as the Rough Riders, that fought in the Spanish-American War.

With the Treaty of Paris and the end of the Spanish-American War, the United States had become an imperial power.

The United States required Cubans to add the Platt Amendment to their constitution, effectively making Cuba an American protectorate.

Today, Puerto Rico is an independent country and a major trading partner of the United States.

A British company had secured the rights to build a canal across Panama before turning the job over to the United States.

Panama opposed Columbian rule in 1903, and the canal issue added to tensions with Columbia.

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