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ISOLATIONISM
IMPERIALISM
DEF.
Strict non-involvement in the
affairs of other
nations=“loner”
Extending power by
acquiring territory around
the globe or exploiting
weaker nations to serve
national interests=“bully”
PROS
•Keep to themselves
•Work on issues @ home
•Develop/Perfect American society
•Land/Resources
•Economic Growth
•Strategic Defense Locations
CONS
•Fall behind the global territory race
(less land)
•Loss of Economic gains
•Negative view by countries in need
of government assistance
•Expense to conquer/travel/aid
other lands ($)
•Loss of lives in conflicts
•Negative view by the world
Alfred Mahan and The Great White Fleet
•Due to new trade markets Mahan calls for
an improved navy to protect the merchant Marines
•Congress developed these white steam powered
ships
The purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
for 7.2 million.
Alaska was rich in resources like Oil and
Gold.
Why are many Americans unhappy with this
Purchase? Cost of the land overall meant higher taxes
, and for what in return…
What changes there minds about this land in
1897,1898, 1968?
The finding of abundant natural resources…
Climate/
land
Queen
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
sugar
1st
Americans
1.
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3.
Europe and the U.S. eye Latin America as a source of raw materials and new trade markets
U.S. attempts to use the Monroe Doctrine to limit European influence in Latin America.
Pan American Union was established in an effort to improve relations with Latin America.
•Located 90 miles off the coast of Florida (U.S.)
•Revolutionaries struggled for independence from Spain in the 1890’s
•Spain sends Weyler (the Butcher) to regain control and maintain order
•Governor Valeriano Weyler forces Cubans into camps
•These actions send Cuba’s economy into a tailspin
•Human conditions and stories of abuse were sensationalized by American
Press (Yellow Journalism)
•Americans have over $50 million invested in Cuban sugar
plantations.
•We identified with their plight (Revolutionary War)
•We saw Cuba as a geographic extension of the U.S. (little
brother)
•Presidents Cleveland and McKinley want to remain neutral.
1898 rebels begin fighting in Havana, Cuba
The American battleship, USS Maine, was sent to Cuba to
protect American citizens and interest there.
February 15, 1898: USS Maine is bombed(?).
266 of the 350 sailors on board were killed!!
April 25, 1898: the United States formally declared war against Spain.
YELLOW JOURNALISM: sensational headlines and stories;
Influences public sentiment concerning the events behind the Maine
incident.
Up to the 1890’s
Continually traveling west
Florida,
Louisiana Purchase,
Missouri Territory,
Texas Annexation
(From Sea to Shining Sea)
1890’s & beyond
Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico,
& U.S. Virgin Islands
PEACE TREATY BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES
•Cuba is free
•U.S. gets Puerto Rico & Guam
•for $20 million U.S also got Philippines
The United States gains an EMPIRE!
•After the war the US remained in
Cuba.
•Cuba finally gains complete
Independence in May 20, 1902. They
were allowed to write their own
Constitution.
•The US forced the Cubans to include
the Platt Amendment
Agreement in their constitution.
*it limited Cuba’s right to
Make a treaty with a foreign power
that might impair it’s independence.
*gave the US the right to
intervene in Cuban affairs in order
to preserve independence and
maintain order in Cuba to protect
•American naval and coaling
stations and effectively made
Cuba a protectorate of the US.
•The Foracker Act sets up a new
Government for Puerto Rico.
•This act gave Puerto Ricans citizenship of Puerto
Rico but not citizens of the US.
•1917 Puerto Ricans were made United States
citizens due to the Jones Act of 1917.
•Renew their struggle for independence from the US now.
Emilio Aguinaldo led rebel forces against the US.
•Expansionist did not feel they were ready for
Independence
•Did not gain independence from the US until
1946.
Theodore
Roosevelt
Completion
Of
construction
Negotiations
With
Colombia
Panama
canal
Problems
During
Construction
Panama’s
Independence
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY (PRESIDENT TAFT)
•Encouragement of American Diplomacy
& dollars to invest in Latin America.
•This policy eventually let to American ownership
of plantations, markets, railroads, and banks in
Central America.
•Why? To protect American interests (financially,
politically, militarily) in Latin
America.
ROOSEVELT COROLLARY (expansion of
Monroe Doctrine):
•Gives the US the right to intervene in Latin
America to export European powers if there
was an underlying threat of colonization.
•What was done when the Dominican Republic
could not pay its debts in 1905?
In 1905, US president Theodore Roosevelt
appointed repayment of their debt.
This first application of the "Roosevelt
Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine was
followed in 1916 by the US establishment
of a military government under Marine
Capt. H. S. Knapp. It ruled the Dominican
Republic until 12 July 1924, when
sovereignty was restored. US customs
control continued until 1941.