•Imperialism-Why do countries colonize?- bigger countries taking smaller ones
•Militarism- that your country has to have a strong military to defend their nation
•Nationalism- like having strong pride in your country
•Diplomacy- international relations, that we need to have good relations with other countries
•Spheres of influence- areas that influence other areas, or where we control other countries
•Protectorate- country that rules a different country
•Arbitration- settlement of a dispute by a 3rd party
*Alfred Mahan- Captain in the Navy, took over lots of Pacific islands for the US, wrote a book about his work and inspired a lot of people.
*Old vs. New Diplomacy- Old-that we don’t interfere with foreign affairs, that we worked alone in foreign affairs opposed to going with other countries, New- going out to conquer new territory, stronger army, especially in Central and South America.
*Main powers in the late 1800's- Great Britain, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Russia, United States, Turkey, Japan
US purchase of Alaska - Russia had control, they offered it to US and Britain, US went to congress to pass the action of purchasing, bought for 7.2 million dollars. Became state in 1959,
US taking of Hawaii - There was a Queen of hawaii, queen lily, we traded sugar cane with them,
Spanish-American War- between Spain and America over Cuba, Cuba wanted independence from Spain and were revolting, we offered to buy in 1854 but they hated us,
-Causes - Cubans were making it look like Spaniards were destroying Cuba, so we got upset, journalists and yellow press were writing about it and over exaggerated it a lot, the sinking of the USS Maine,
-battles/famous people involved - the rough riders, group of people including Teddy, cowboys, farmers, college atheletes, big strong guys
-Results/Treaty - Merica won, lasted 3 months, under 3,000 battle deaths, Treaty of Paris of 1898, U.S. got Philippines, ended war, gave Cuba independence,
US Control of Puerto Rico - ceded to US as a result of Spanish- American war, Puerto Ricans granted US citizenship in 1917,
US Control of Cuba - got control of Cuba after war, in 1902 we granted Cuba independence as a country promised with the Teller Amendment, we have troops in Cuba even today though, we have right to intervene
US Control of Philippines - US got them after war, but Philippines wanted to be independent and went to war with us, lots of people died actually, like 4,000 from US
Open Door Policy in China - designed to keep China from being overtaken, garanteed chinese independence, equal access for trade for all countries
Boxer Rebellion in China - Chinese didn't like all the the europeans coming in and transforming China so they started killing workers like railroad workers, than Europeans started killing Chinese.
Teddy Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize - in 1906 for mediating between russia and japan to create a peace treaty,
Getting control and building Panama Canal - we bought the rights from France for 40 mil, lots of engineering flaws and had to fix them, Columbia did not like this thought because Panama wasn't a country yet and was still owned by Colombia, so we told Panama to demand independence and we backed them up
Roosevelt Corollary and Monroe Doctrine - so that other countries could not colonize us and we couldn't colonize others
Big Stick Diplomacy--"Speak softly and carry a big stick" -
Taft's Dollar Diplomacy -
Wilson's Missionary Diplomacy -
US issues with Mexico -
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