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The Spanish American War
Unit 4 – Conflict and Cooperation
How has American Foreign Policy changed over time?
Washington’s Farewell Address
• Set a PRECEDENT by stepping down after
only 8 years in office
• His speech urged the U.S. to:
1. Stay Neutral
2. Avoid Sectionalism (loyalty to one section
of a country instead of the entire country)
How has American Foreign Policy changed over time?
War of 1812
• Proved to the world that the U.S. could
defend itself against the mightiest military
power of the time
• Many Americans now believed that the
country would survive and prosper.
How has American Foreign Policy changed over time?
Monroe Doctrine
• Said the Americas were closed to further
colonization
• Warned that any European efforts to
reestablish colonies would be considered
“dangerous to U.S. peace and safety.”
• Became important part of U.S. foreign policy.
• Used to justify many U.S. actions in the
Western Hemisphere
How has American Foreign Policy changed over time?
Tradition of Isolationism
• Belief that the U.S. should stay out of other nation’s
affairs except in matters of self-defense
Expansionism
• Definition: A nation's practice or policy of territorial
or economic growth
QUESTION
What natural resources might the US obtain
through expansion?
Reasons for Overseas Expansion
Access to resources
• Alaska: oil, timber, gold, copper and furs
• Hawaii: sugar cane and pineapple
• Cuba: sugar cane
QUESTION
How do I get more things to trade?
Reasons for Overseas Expansion
New markets
U.S. wanted to open trade with other countries for
new/more goods and resources
QUESTION
Why would the United States want to own an
island in the middle of the ocean?
Reasons for Overseas Expansion
Refueling stations
• Pacific islands were ideal for ships to stop and refuel
when headed west
– Guam
– Midway Island
– Wake Island
– Hawaii
– Samoa Islands
REMEMBER WE DID THESE ON YOUR MAP!
QUESTION
• How do we get to other countries so that we can
trade goods with them?
• From the United States, what is the quickest way
to Asia?
• If you wanted to get from Virginia Beach to San
Francisco, what route would you take?
Reasons for Overseas Expansion
Trade routes
• Quicker way to get to Asia and the West
Coast of the U.S.
• Increased global market
QUESTION
How would the United States make more
money by acquiring land?
Reasons for Overseas Expansion
Economic Interests
• Expanded market to global
community
• Made more MONEY
QUESTION
Did the US get what they wanted as far as
natural resources, refueling stations, new trade
routes and more money?????
QUESTION
Who owned Alaska prior to it becoming a
US territory?
Purchasing Alaska
• Purchased from Russia
• U.S. wanted to trade with Asia
• Secretary of State William Seward bought for $7.2
million
– That’s only .02 a acre!
• Americans said it was a “frozen wasteland”
(Seward’s Folly, Polar Bear Garden…)
• Turned out to be a resource-rich territory
QUESTION
• RECALL –
• What did we need/want from Hawaii?
Effects of Overseas Expansion
Annexation of Hawaii
• Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown by
U.S. Marines
• U.S. businessmen took over Hawaii
because of their sugar cane
• President McKinley ordered the
“stealing” of Hawaii
• Became a U.S. territory in July 1898
QUESTION
• Look at ANYTHING you have on you
right now?
• Where was it made?
Effects of Overseas Expansion
Open Door Policy
• Secretary of State John Hay wanted all countries to
trade with China on an equal basis
• Most countries responded NEITHER yes or no
• Hay publicly announced all countries were on board
• Wait a minute . . .