Imperialism- a strong country goes out and takes over smaller countries
- Militarism- a country that builds up a strong military and uses the military to get what they want
- Nationalism- people who are patriotic for their country
- Diplomacy- how we deal with other countries
- Spheres of Influence- where a strong country has a lot of influence
- Protectorate- where one stronger country controls/protects a weaker country
- Arbitration- settlement of a disbute of a 3rd party>>>>Teddy Roosevelt
Old Diplomacy
- Noninterventionist
- The US did not intervene in foreign affairs especially Europe's
- Isolationist
- The US acted slone in foreign affairs as compared to working with other nations
- Passive and reactive
- The US waited for events to occur and then acted accordingly
- Weak army and navy
New Diplomacy
- Imperialistic
- Going out and conquering territory to create an empire
- Alfred Mahan, Henry Cabot Lodge, Teddy Roosevelt
- Stronger army and navy
- Interventioniist- especially in Central and South America
- becoming more involved in other countries affairs
- Monroe Doctrine- 1823, warning to Europe to stay otu of the Latin Americas and if they came over then it would mean war
- Strong nationalism
- having strong pride and confidence in one's country
Countries
- Great Britain
- Germany
- France
- Austria-Hungary
- Italy Russa
- US
- Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
- Japan
Why did the US and other countries look to imperialism?
- Brings military power and prestige to your country
- Naval bases and refueling stations
- $$$$- for natural resources as well as opening new markets to sell your goods (trade)
- Beleif in cultrual superiority- White man's Burden
- McKinley: "to take them all and to educate the Fillpinos, and uplift and civilixe and Christianize them."
- Taft: We must help our "our little brown brothers" on the Philippines
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Taking Alaska and Hawaii
- Alaska: imperialistic fever, and that we could take over Canada.
- Hawaii: we got interested in Hawaii due to their sugarcane plantations.
- It was not a nice part of our history how we got Hawaii.
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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 Saharra)
- The US had been interested in Cuba for a long time
- US tried to buy Cuba in 1854
- Cubans had been revolting against Spain frequently (1868,1878,1886, 1895) wanting independence
Jose Marti
- cuban naturalist, newspaper reporter,
- General Valeriano Wyler-rounded up a lot of people and put them in concentration camps.
- A lot of people died because of disease and lack of food.
- Wyler was nicknamed the "butcher."
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