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•Imperialism-Why do countries colonize? to make them bigger and stronger
•Militarism
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
•Nationalism
loyalty and devotion to a nation
•Diplomacy 
how we deal with other countries, and how we try to figure things out
•Spheres of influence
area where a country has a lot of influence over
•Protectorate
where a strong country controls a littler country and helps them out
•Arbitration
a settlement of a dispute by a third party

*Alfred Mahan

*Old vs. New Diplomacy

Old diplomacy: Noninterventionist is when you dont get involved in other country's affairs.    Isolationist: the US acted alone in foreign affairs as compared with working with other nations.   Passive and reactive: the US waited for events to occur and then acted accordingly.  

New diplomacy:    Imperialistic: started taking over colonies to create an empire.   Alfred Mahan, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Teddy Roosevelt were imperialistic.     Needed a stronger army and navy.      Monroe Doctrin- said that if anyone attacked some certain states, we would could that as a start of a war.

*Main powers in the late 1800's   Great Britain, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia, US, Ottoman Empire(Turkey), and Japan were the big empires.

US purchase of Alaska - US taking of Hawaii - Spanish-American War- -Causes - -battles/famous people involved - -Results/Treaty - US Control of Puerto Rico - US Control of Cuba - US Control of Philippines - Open Door Policy in China - Boxer Rebellion in China - Teddy Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize - Getting control and building Panama Canal - Roosevelt Corollary and Monroe Doctrine - Big Stick Diplomacy--"Speak softly and carry a big stick" - Taft's Dollar Diplomacy - Wilson's Missionary Diplomacy - US issues with Mexico -

US purchase of Alaska: bought it for 7.2 million dollars, people didn't want to buy it because it was a big bunch of ice. Bought it at that time because of tourism, it is our biggest state by far.

Purchase of Hawaii: it is a big sugar state, some US navy people came in an took over Hawaii and it worked, Hawaians didn't want to become part of Hawaii.

 

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