Transcript An Emerging World Power: 1890-1917

An Emerging World
Power: 1890-1917
Beginnings of
Imperialism
Imperialism:
A policy where a
stronger nation
extends their
political, military,
and economic
control over a
weaker nation.
Causes of
Imperialism:
Economic Gain
Militarism
Nationalism and
Social Darwinism
Matthew Perry
U.S. Power in the
Pacific:
Opened Japan in
1853
“Seward’s Folly”
Secretary of
State William
Seward
In 1867 Seward
purchases Alaska
from Russia for
$7.2 Million
Hawaii
U.S. Annexes
Hawaii in 1898
Joseph Pulitzer
William Randolph Hearst
Yellow Press
Rival newspaper journalists Joseph
Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
used sensational headlines and
pictures that exaggerated Spanish
atrocities and compared Cuban
Rebels to the Patriots of the
American Revolution.
The Spanish-American
War: 1898
Remember the Maine!
Rough Riders
The most famous of all the units
fighting in Cuba
"Rough Riders" was the name given to
the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under
the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt.
“Big Stick” Diplomacy
Speak
softly......
But carry a
big stick!
Roosevelt Corollary
Panama Canal
Platt Amendment
Great White Fleet
“Gentleman’s” Agreement
Yellow journalists created support for the
Spanish-American War by writing articles
about the
(1) political popularity of William Jennings
Bryan
(2) efforts of the United States to control
Mexico
(3) destruction of United States sugar
plantations by Hawaiians
(4) sinking of the United States battleship
Maine in Havana Harbor
News organizations were engaging in yellow
journalism before the Spanish-American War
when
(1) publishers tried to prevent the war
(2) articles about Cuba were fair and
balanced
(3) editors exaggerated events to build
support for war
(4) writers ignored the situation in Cuba
The United States issued the Open Door policy
(1899–1900) primarily to
(1) bring democratic government to the Chinese
people
(2) secure equal trade opportunities in China
(3) force China to change its immigration policies
(4) use China as a stepping stone to trade with
Japan
“Hawaiian Planters Urge American Annexation”
“U.S. and Germany Negotiate for
Control of the Samoan Islands”
“U.S. Gains Control of Wake Island and Guam”
Which conclusion can best be drawn from these
headlines?
(1) The Anti-Imperialist League strongly influenced
Congress.
(2) Respect for native cultures motivated United States
foreign policy.
(3) United States territorial expansion increased in the
Pacific Ocean.
(4) Construction of a railroad to Alaska was a major
policy goal.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the
United States became involved in Latin America
primarily to
(1) establish new colonies
(2) protect economic and security interests
(3) raise the living standards of Latin Americans
(4) stop the flow of illegal drugs into the United
States
As a result of the Spanish-American War, the
United States saw the need to build the Panama
Canal because
(1) new colonies had been acquired in Africa
(2) Spanish opposition to the canal had ended
(3) the United States navy could then move more
quickly between oceans
(4) United States railroads could not transport
enough manufactured goods
A major purpose of both the Chinese Exclusion
Act (1882) and the Gentlemen’s Agreement with
Japan (1907) was to
(1) limit immigration of certain ethnic groups
(2) enrich America’s cultural diversity
(3) treat all Asian and European immigrants
equally
(4) relocate Asians displaced by war
President Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy
is most closely associated with
(1) friendly relations with China after the Boxer
Rebellion
(2) conservation of natural resources
(3) court actions to support business monopolies
(4) intervention in Latin American affairs