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IMPERIALISM, FOREIGN POLICY, SPAM WAR CCs
YELLOW JOURNALISM/YELLOW PRESS (Pink)
News reporting, often biased or untrue, that relies on sensational stories and headlines.
Newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories in order to
promote readership.
People associated with:
William Randolph Hearst - Publisher/Owner of New York Journal
Joseph Pulitzer - Publisher/Owner of New York World
Leading (if not most important) cause of Spanish American War.
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ISOLATIONISM (Pink)
A foreign policy that seeks to limit our relations with other countries as much as
possible.
- Beginnings of American history – WWI
- Primarily... 1800s
Monroe Doctrine “tests” “THIS” belief with Western Expansion
- Presidents: Washington thru Wilson
ISOLATIONIST (Y)- After WWI, American who wanted the US to stay out of
world affairs.
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MANIFEST DESTINY (Pink) w/ EXPANSIONIST/EXPANSION
19th Century doctrine that westward expansion of the United States was not only
inevitable but a God-given right.
- The extension or continuance of “this” came about during the Age of Imperialism.
- Used to justify US imperialist actions (Ex: In Hawaii and Latin America).
EXPANSIONIST/ EXPANSIONISM (Orange)
Person who favors expanding the territory or influence of a country.
Time: Beginning of US history – 1914
Who: Washington – Wilson (Presidents)
-ORTo the West...
Time: 1865ish (After Civil War) – 1914 (Beginning of WWI)
Who: A. Johnson – Wilson (Presidents)
IMPERIALISM (PINK)
Political, military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories.
Policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of
weaker countries or regions.
Time: 1870-1914
Who: Grant – Wilson
Causes of this:
1- Economic Gain - Industrialists want raw materials for industries in their home
countries; Entrepreneurs want to sel their goods and invest
in new overseas markets.
Extractive Economies (Yellow) - Economy in a colony where the
colonizing country removed raw materials and shipped them back
home to benefit its own economy.
2- Militarism -
Colonial powers seek bases for naval forces that protect
their global trade networks.
3- Nationalism and Social Darwinism Imperialist feel a moral duty to spread their culture to
peoples they consider inferior. (Racism)
“This-istic” spirit led the US to become a world power.
One of the leading causes of WWI & WWII.
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TREATY OF KANAGAWA (Orange)
An 1854 treaty between Japan and the United States that opened up ports to American
trade in Japan.
Who: Matthew Perry - Negotiated an opening of Japan for trade with the West (US);
Took “Great White Fleet” to Japan (1853)
Significance: Short Term/Immediate: US was able to show Japan that they had military
power and they would use it to achieve their goals. (AFP Tool = Defense Aggression/Deterrence)
Long Term: Leads to bitter rivalries between Japan & US; Japanese
industrialization; Japan to seek revenge.
GENTLEMEN’S AGREEMENT [FOREIGN POLICY] (PINK)
A 1907 agreement between the United States and Japan to limit Japanese immigration.
(Informal discrimination)
Background:
Unions & other groups put pressure on President Roosevelt to limit
immigration from Japan... BUT, Japan was a growing naval power in
the Pacific and Roosevelt wanted to soothe Japanese feelings...
Roosevelt condemned segregated schools and suggested that if San
Francisco end its segregation order, he (Roosevelt) would restrict
further Japanese immigration.
Agreement:
Japan would stop any more workers from going to the US. US would
allow Japanese women to join their husbands who were already in this
country.
* Anti-Japanese feelings remained; CA passed a law in 1913 banning Asians who
were not American citizens from owning land... US would take more drastic steps to
stop immigration from Asia.
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OPEN DOOR POLICY (Pink)
American statement that the government did not want colonies in China, but favored
free trade there; Policy issued by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899 that allowed a
nation to trade in any other nation’s sphere of influence in China.
Secretary of State, John Hay, sent a letter to the European Imperialistic nations
asking that they keep their spheres of influence in China open so that all could trade
there freely.
Sphere of Influence (Yellow) - Region dominated and controlled by an outside
power; Area where a nation had special trading privileges.
- This angered many Chinese nationalists who did not like foreign influence in their
land.
- Americans did not want colonies in China - just wanted free trade there.
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BOXER REBELLION (Orange)
Violence started by members of a secret society in China, which prompted the
governments of Europe and America to send troops to squash the rebellion; Uprising in
China against westerners and Western influence in 1900.
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BIG STICK DIPLOMACY (Pink)
Theodore Roosevelt’s policy of creating and using, when necessary, a strong military to
achieve America’s goals.
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ROOSEVELT COROLLARY (Pink)
President Theodore Roosevelt’s reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine to keep the
Western Hemisphere free from intervention by European powers.
Statement by Theodore Roosevelt that the United States had a right to intervene in
Latin America to preserve law and order.
- US = International police power
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DOLLAR DIPLOMACY (Pink)
President Taft’s policy of expanding American investments abroad and building strong
economic ties to Latin America.
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MORAL DIPLOMACY (Pink)
Woodrow Wilson’s statement that the US would not use force to assert influence in the
world, but would instead work to promote human rights.
Wilson’s policy of condemning imperialism, spreading democracy, and promoting
peace.
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