•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, ended war, gave Cuba independence
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 -
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