Blaine was interested in Latin America and envisioned a free-trade relationship among the countries of the Western Hemisphere.
In 1889, two states entered the Union: North Dakota and South Dakota. They were admitted on November 2, 1889. These two states were the 39th and 40th states to join the United States.
Benjamin Harrison saw six new states join the union. The states were North Dakota (1889), South Dakota (1889), Montana (1889), Washington(1889), Idaho (1890) and Wyoming (1890).
U.S. production of paper was one million tons in 1889
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is still called the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
the lowering of tariff barriers between participating nations
Panamerican Karate Federation was created in 1975.
Central Conference of American Rabbis was created in 1889.
International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference was created in 1889.
King Leopold of Belgium became the monarch of the Congo Free State.
The Conference convened to discuss and decide on a course of action regarding the "Jewish problem." The outcome of the Conference likely resulted in policies or actions related to the treatment of Jewish individuals.
Washington disarmament conference
Miami was the birthplace for Panamerican Airways Air Postal Service
The Munich Conference was held to address Germany's threat to Czechoslovakia. It resulted in the Munich Agreement, which gave Hitler control over Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.
Pan-American conferences were meetings of Pan-American Union, a trade organization. The first Pan-American conference was held in Washington D.C from October, 1889 till April, 1890. There have been 17 such conference in total with the last one taking place in 2001 in Quebec City.
The construction of the Berlin Wall, creating two Germany's
Because of Franklin Roosevelt's withdrawal from the London Economic Conference the trend of extreme nationalism was strengthened. Roosevelt thought stabilizing national currency could affect the US from recovering from the depression.