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Treaty of Kanagawa
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Cuban rebels declare independence
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Tariff exemptions in Hawaii
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Pago Pago Naval Base
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The United States overthrows Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
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Japan defeats China
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Sugar tariff devastates Cuba
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1898 USS Maine explodes in Havana Harbor; Treaty of Paris gives the United States temporary control of Cuba and control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
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American troops land in Cuba
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Treaty of Paris signed
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Spanish fleet in Manila Bay destroyed
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Emilio Aguinaldo attacks American soldiers
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Civil government for Puerto Rico (Foraker Act)
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President McKinley Reelected
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Aguinaldo captured
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America declares war
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Construction in Panama
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Panama revolt
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Senate approves treaty leasing the Panama Canal
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Roosevelt Corollary applied to Dominican Republic
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Francisco Madero revolution
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Loans to Nicaragua
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US Marines enter Nicaragua
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Madero murder
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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German submarine sinks the Lusitania
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Marines sent to Haiti
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Marines sent to Dominican Republic
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United States declares war and joins World War I
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Espionage Act passed
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Selective Service Act passed
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Armistice ends World War I
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Deadly influenza pandemic spreads throughout world
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Race riots take place across the United States
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Red Scare and Palmer Raids occur