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Imperialism-US Becomes a World
Power
Imperialism
__________ – one country controlling another
______________________________________
- use colony for raw materials, new markets
Imperialism
I. American Imperialism
A. ____________________
1. _________________
a. industrial rev. led to
new inventions to
grow/make more
i. need more___________
ii. new places to
______________________
b. by 1900, US had a
___________________of
trade
Imperialism
2. __________________
a. need for modern _____
b. The Influence of Sea
Power on History (Alfred
Mahan)
i. build ______________in
Caribbean Sea
ii. acquire _______, Pacific
Islands – refueling
stations
iii. build________in Central
America
Imperialism
3. _________________
a. belief in Anglo-Saxon
________________
b. Social Darwinism –
combined w/belief in
___________________
c. belief in duty to
spread ____________
Imperialism
4. ___________________
a. extension of
___________________
i. restore pioneer spirit
of the country
b. extension of
______________________
i. ____________________
- US would use _____ to
protect interests in
Latin America
Imperialism
II. First Target
A. __________________
1. US owned sugar
plantations (19th c.)
a. built naval base at
_______________________
b. McKinley Tariff made
sugar more expensive
c. plantation owners
wanted US to ________ Hawaii
d. revolution against Queen
Liliuokalani
e. new gov’t led by Sanford Dole
f. Pres. McKinley annexed _______
(1898)
Imperialism
IV. ________________________
A. _____________ (1896)
1. 90 miles from Florida
2. Spanish territory
a. US __________ wanted gov’t
to support Cuba
b. ______________ exaggerated
news from Cuba to gain support
for rebels
 ________________________
 Jingoism
- _________________________
Imperialism
3.____________Letter (1898)
a. letter from Spain’s
foreign minister slamming
_______________; newspaper
printed it
b. _________________(1898)
i. sent to Havana to protect US
citizens
ii. exploded, sank
iii. yellow journalists blamed
_______________
=> short-term cause of _____
Imperialism
B. Spanish-American War “Remember the
_________” (1898)
1. started in the
__________; Spanish
surrendered to US
Navy (Dewey)
Imperialism
2. US invaded _____ next
a. ________________–
volunteer unit led by
__________________
i. newspapers made TR a
hero after battle of
____________________
Imperialism
3. Treaty of ______(1898)
a. _____ – independence
from Spain
b. US got territory from
Spain –
___________________
c. US paid $20m to Spain
for ________________
=> US now had an
____________________
Imperialism
V. US ________________
A. __________________
1. help to protect future canal in Panama
2. granted US citizenship in 1917
B. __________________
1. sugar, tobacco business
2. US Army stayed after war, took over
3. ___________________(to Cuban Constitution)
a. US could ____________ in Cuba any time; built
naval base at Guantanamo Bay
Imperialism
C. __________________
1. access to rest of Asia
2. US Army had to fight
to keep control
3. _________ appointed
governor
4. granted
________________ in
1946
Imperialism
D. ____________________
1. ________________Policy
a. US-led effort to keep China
open for ________ w/all
countries
b. ______________(1900) –
unsuccessful revolt in
China to throw out
___________________
E. Other Acquisitions
1. ________ (1867) –
purchased from Russia
(“_____________________”)
Imperialism
VI. US ______________ Policy
A. _______________Diplomacy
(“________________” Policy)
1. President ________________
(1900-08)
a. 1907 – sent _____________Fleet
around world (new __________)
b. Roosevelt ________________
i.
addition to Monroe Doctrine
ii.
“Speak softly and carry a big
stick”
iii. US will be the
“____________________” in
the Western Hemisphere
Imperialism
c. Panama ______________
i. Needed short-cut for navy
from
____________________
ii. took ships a long time to
get from Hawaii to
__________;
iii. US helped Panama win
independence (1903)
iv. ____________________
Treaty – created US Canal
Zone in Panama
v. took _____ years to build
Imperialism
B. _________ Diplomacy
1.President
__________(1908-12)
a. US business/gov’t
invested_________ in
foreign countries
i. substitute “_________
for ____________”
Imperialism
C. ___________ Diplomacy
1. President ___________
(1912-20)
a. US would support freely
elected, ____________
gov’ts in _________
Hemisphere (“New
Freedom”)
b. Mexican Revolution
i. US sent troops to support
Mexican gov’t against rebels
(_______________)
Imperialism
VII. Anti-____________________
A. Arguments against Imperialism
1. ______________________
a. against US idea of ________
and freedom
2. ______________________
a. empire-building took advantage
of people of ______
3. ______________________
a. too expensive to maintain
empire
b. new immigrants to the country
were more_____________ for
jobs