1898.03.28
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·United States
Chinese-American cook Wong Kim Ark was denied entry by U.S. customs because his parents were Chinese; the case went all the way to the Supreme Court, where he won, establishing birthright citizenship under the Constitution, and this precedent was cited many times in later years.
1898
·Verified
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·United States
After the Spanish-American War, the United States began formulating strategic plans for a potential future war with Japan in the Pacific, which included War Plan Orange. This plan did not imply that war was certain to happen, but rather pre-envisioned response strategies in the event of a war. After decades of preparation, when the Pacific War broke out, the United States applied these relevant plans to its wartime deployments.