Thursday November 3rd 2011

Today bruns still went over chapter 10

Imperialism- extending the countrys power outside the boarders: taking over other countries

Militarism- maintaing a stron military also using it as a threat: Adolf Hitler used this

Nationalism- strive to be Patriotic for your country

Diplomacy- how we deal with other countries

Spheres of influence- areas of the world we had a lot of control over

Protectorant- area where a stronger country would dominate and control another weaker country: we controled cuba after the spanish american war

Arbitration- the settlement of the dissputes of countries

Old Diplomacy

  • Noninterventionist

- the US didn't intervene in foreign affairs, especially Europe's

  • Isolationist

-the US acted alone 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 adn navy
  • interventionist - especially i central and south america

-becoming more involved in other countries affairs

-Monroe Doctrine - telling Europeans not to mess around in Latin America anymore otherwise it could mean possible war with the US

  • strong nationalism

- having strong pride and confidence in one's countries

Imperialism and america

imperialism became very common eith the major powers of the world

which countries were the most powerful in 1900

  • Great Britain
  • Germany
  • Francy
  • Italy
  • Russia
  • U.S.
  • Japan
  • Austria-Hungary
  • Ottaman Empire- Turkey
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