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Platt Amendment
Author: Elihu Root Date:1901 Annotation: In 1901, after the United States had occupied Cuba for five years,…
First Open Door Note
Author: John Hay Date:1899 Annotation: First Open Door Note. In 1899, Secretary of State John Hay issued…
The Hawaiian Situation: The Invasion of Hawaii
Author: Eugene Tyler Chamberlain Date:1893 Annotation: Hawaiian annexation. After a century of American rule, many native Hawaiians…
The Hawaiian Situation: Our Present Duty
Author: William M. Springer Date:1893 Annotation: Hawaiian annexation, 1893 Document: In the complications which have arisen recently…
A Plea for Annexation
Author: John Stevens Date:1893 Annotation: An article that appeared in The North American Review concerning the annexation of Hawaii….
Sea Power
Author: Alfred T. Mahan Date:1890 Annotation: Alfred Thayer Mahan was influential in helping to build-up naval defenses…
The Pursuit and Capture of Chief Joseph
Date:1936 Annotation: Account of the pursuit and capture of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce in 1877. The…
The Farce of the Chinese Exclusion Laws
Date:1898 Annotation: Article on Chinese exclusion in the North American Review. From 1882 until 1943, most Chinese immigrants…
Plessy v. Ferguson
Date:1896 Annotation: In 1890, Louisiana passed a law prohibiting people of different races from traveling together on trains….
Populist Party Platform
Date:1896 Annotation: Platform of the Populist Party in 1896. In the late 19th century, the Populist Party increased…
Should the Chinese Be Excluded?
Date:1893 Annotation: Article on Chinese exclusion in the North American Review. The United States imposed the Chinese Exclusion…
Chinese Exclusion Bill
Date:1892 Annotation: Article on Chinese Exclusion Bill in the American Missionary. Document: The Chinese Exclusion Bill, 1892 Undoubtedly this…
An Account of Sitting Bull’s Death
Annotation: Sitting Bull was the Indian chief of the Dakota Sioux. In 1876, his people were driven from…
Wovoka’s Message
Author: James Mooney Date:1891 Annotation: James Mooney, an ethnologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology, was sent…
The Ghost Dance
Date:1890 Annotation: Mrs. Z.A. Parker, a white woman, gave an eyewitness account of a Ghost Dance she observed…
Wealth
Date:1889 Annotation: Andrew Carnegie’s essay “Wealth.” Andrew Carnegie was born to poor Scottish parents that later immigrated to…