Mr. Bruns continues to go over Chapter 10.
Section 1: Imperialism and America
Section 2: The Spanish American War
Section 3: Aquiring New Lands
Section 4: America as a World Power
Key Terms
Imperialism- a strong country taking over a weaker country for various reasons
Militarism- building and maintaining a strong military
Nationalism- very patriotic towards your country
Diplomacy- the art or practice of conducting international relations, as in negotiating alliances, treaties, and agreements.
Spheres of Influence- a region of the world in which one state is dominant
Protectorate- an area where a stonger country would dominant and control the weaker country
Arbitration- settlement of a dispute between two countries
Old Diplomacy
1. Noninterventionist- the US not intervene in foreign affairs, expecially Europe's
2. Isolationist- the US acted alone in foreign affairs as compared to working with other nations
3. Passive and reactive- the US waited for events to occur and then acted accordingly
4. Weak army and navy
New Diplomacy
1. Imperialistic- going out and conquering territory to create an empire
-Alfred Mahan (look up), Henry Cabot Lodge, Teddy Roosevelt
2. Stronger army and navy
3. Interventionist - especially in Central and Sout America
-becoming more involved in other countries affairs
-Monroe Doctrine (look up)
4. Strong nationalism
-having strong pride and confidence in one's country
Imperialism and America
- Imperialism became very common with the maor powers of the world
- Which countries were the most powerful?
-Great Britian, Frace, Italy, Russia, U.S, Japan, Germany, Turkey
Why did the US and other countries look to imperialism?
- Brings military power and presitige to your country
- Naval bases and refueling stations
- $$$$-for natural resources as well as opening new markets to sell your goods (trade)
- Belief in cultural superiority-White Man's Burden
-Mckinley: "to take them all and to educate them Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them."
-Taft: We must help our "our little brown brothers" on the Philippines
The Spanish American War
- By 1900, Spain was a dwindling empire
-Philippines, Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and a few colonies in Africa (Morocco and Western Sahara)
- The US has been interested in Cuba for a long time
-US tried to buy Cuba in 1854
- Cubans has been revolting against Spain frequently (1868,1878,1886,1895) wanting independence
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