Transcript Open Door Policy

ISOLATIONISM
DEF.
PROS
CONS
IMPERIALISM
Alfred Mahan and The Great White Fleet
Due to new trade markets Mahan calls for
An improved navy to protect the merchant
Marines
Congress developed these white steam powered
ships
The purchase of ___________ from ________ in _______
for _____________.
Alaska was rich in resources like _________ and
____________.
Why are many Americans unhappy with this
Purchase?
What changes there minds about this land in
1897,1898, 1968?
Climate/
land
Queen
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
sugar
1st
Americans
1.
2.
3.
Europe and the U.S. eye Latin America as a source of raw materials and new trade markets
U.S. attempts to use the Monroe Doctrine to limit European influence in Latin America.
Pan American Union was established in an effort to improve relations with Latin America.
•Located 90 miles off the coast of Florida (U.S.)
•Revolutionaries struggled for independence from Spain in the 1890’s
•Spain sends Weyler (the Butcher) to regain control and maintain order
•Governor Valeriano Weyler forces Cubans into camps
•These actions send Cuba’s economy into a tailspin
•Human conditions and stories of abuse were sensationalized by American
Press (Yellow Journalism)
•Americans have over $50 million invested in Cuban sugar
plantations.
•We identified with their plight (Revolutionary War)
•We saw Cuba as a geographic extension of the U.S. (little
brother)
•Presidents Cleveland and McKinley want to remain neutral.
1898 rebels begin fighting in _____________, Cuba
The American battleship, _________________, was sent to Cuba to
protect American citizens and interest there.
February 15, 1898: _________________________________________
__________ of the 350 sailors on board were killed!!
April 25, 1898: ____________________________________________
YELLOW JOURNALISM: _____________________________;
Influences public sentiment concerning the events behind the Maine
incident.
Up to the 1890’s
1890’s & beyond
PEACE TREATY BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES
•Cuba is free
•U.S. gets Puerto Rico & Guam
•for $20 million U.S also got Philippines
The United States gains an EMPIRE!
•After the war the US remained in
_______________.
•Cuba finally gains complete
Independence in __________. They
Were allowed to write their own
_________________________.
•The US forced the Cubans to include
Include the ________________
Agreement in their constitution.
*it limited Cuba’s right to
_______________________________
*gave the US the right to
______________ in Cuba to protect
•American _____________ and
________________________.
•The ____________________ sets up a new
Government for Puerto Rico.
•This act gave Puerto Rico _____________________
____________________________________.
•1917 Puerto Ricans were made ________________
__________________.
•Renew their struggle for independence from the US now.
______________________________ led rebel forces
Against the US.
•Expansionist did not feel they were ready for I
Independence
•Did not gain independence from the US until ___________.
Theodore
Roosevelt
Completion
Of
construction
Problems
During
Construction
Panama
canal
Negotiations
With
Colombia
Panama’s
Independence
ROOSEVELT COROLLARY (expansion of
Monroe Doctrine):
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY (PRESIDENT TAFT)
•Encouragement of American ________________
& ______________________ to invest in _______
_______________________
•This policy eventually let to _________________
__________________.
•Why? ___________________________________
________________________________________
•Gives the US the right to intervene in Latin
America to ___________________________
____________________________________.
•What was done when the Dominican Republic
Could not pay its debts in 1905?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________