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1904 commentary on Roosevelt's "big stick" policy in the Caribbean. Roosevelt placed an emphasis on expanding and reforming the United States military. [147] The United States Army, with 39,000 men in 1890, was the smallest and least powerful army of any major power in the late 19th century. By contrast, France's army consisted of 542,000 ...
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]
The French Union (French: Union française) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the "French Empire" (Empire français). It was de jure the end of the "indigenous" status of French subjects in colonial areas. It was dissolved in 1958, after the ...
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1904. Incumbent Republican president Theodore Roosevelt defeated the conservative Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt's victory made him the first president who ascended to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor to win a full term in his own right.
The U.S. disagreed with the outcome in principle and President Theodore Roosevelt saw the need to take action politically. The Corollary went towards ensuring that U.S. interests abroad were protected from, in future, European powers using this ruling at Hague as justification for military action and/or occupation in Central and Latin America ...
The Statue of Liberty is a gift from the French people to the American people in memory of the United States Declaration of Independence.. New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France beginning with exploration in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.
January 2 – The first large-scale bodybuilding competition in America concludes at Madison Square Garden in New York City. [1] January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. [2] January 12 – Henry Ford sets a new automobile land speed record of 91.371 miles per hour (147.047 km ...
Keiger, J.F.V. France and the World since 1870 (2001) pp 115–17, 164–68; Langer, William L. The Diplomacy of Imperialism, 1890–1902 (1951). Macmillan, Margaret. The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 (2013) ch 6; Rolo, P. J. V. Entente Cordiale: the origins and negotiation of the Anglo-French agreements of 8 April 1904. Macmillan/St ...