Transcript US is now a world power

Becoming a
World Power
Through
Imperialism
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I. Territories
-*Review: Hawaii
American planters had organized the
overthrow of the monarchy
-A. Philippines
War erupts over Philippine desire
to be independent
- 2yrs Guerilla warfare
- captured in 1902
- Philippines becomes unorganized
territory of States
William H. Taft was first governor
*Becomes independent Nation
B. -Puerto Rico
became a territory of the U.S.
and its people became citizens in 1917
C. Cuban Intervention- after the
war
1. -Teller Amendment
guaranteed Cuban Independence
2. -Platt Amendment
gives U.S. certain interests in
Cuba
1. naval base
2. Limits on Cuban Gov’t
3. U.S. Intervention whenever the
US believed it was necessary
Protectorate Country: Affairs
controlled by a stronger power
II. Asian Interests
-*US wanted to expand its
Spheres of Influence in China
(territories a nation exercises
control over) Scared Europe’s
imperial powers would try to
gain control….
A. -Open Door Policy Notes
John Hay
Asked for access to China
*(Leave China open to trade
w/US & rest of world)
B. Russo-Japanese War
Roosevelt is arbitrator
Shows power of US Government
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Q: What was the historical significance of the war, and what were the longterm effects?
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A: The Japanese victory greatly encouraged nationalism in
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Paradoxically, the war showed that Japan was bent
on imperial expansion in Asia just when the European
powers were starting to appreciate the nationalist
threats to their empires. The Japanese were able to
assert their control over Korea after the war, but only
in the face of stiff guerrilla resistance by the Korean
people, leading to bitter hatred that still poisons
Japanese-Korean relations.
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In Russia the war led to revolts that presaged the
revolution of 1917, and showed how politically
destabilizing defeat would be in future conflicts.
The only part of the Russian state that had
performed effectively was the Trans-Siberian
Railway, which had kept hundreds of thousands
of troops supplied thousands of miles from St
Petersburg.
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The war demonstrated the general weakness of
old-fashioned autocracies, like Russia, which
could not mobilize the support of the whole
people – every European autocrat involved in
the First World War was to be overthrown.
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The war also showed some signs of bogging
down in the sort of stalemate that bedeviled the
fighting in the First World War, although this was
not so obvious at the time because the armies
involved were much smaller, and the Japanese
were so superior to their Russian enemies.
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The war was also a poor guide to future
Japanese attitudes to the Law of War and
humanitarianism. In 1904–05 they treated Russian
prisoners and wounded with respect, but by the
Second World War they no longer felt bound by
such ‘western’ conventions.
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Altogether then, the Russo-Japanese War was
an ominous opening to the 20th century for the
European powers, demonstrating how power
was shifting to the United States and to other
non-European nations, and how fragile many of
the monarchies had become.
Asia and Africa. It was the first war in which a nonEuropean nation had defeated a great European
power using all the resources of modern technology.
The war raised the international profile of the United
States. It was President Theodore Roosevelt who
convened the conference at Portsmouth in the USA
that brought the war to a close in September 1905,
and earned the president the Nobel Peace Prize.
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http://www.historyextra.com/feature/your-60-second-guide-russo-japanese-war
III. Panama Canal
B. -Panama is part of
Colombia
-U.S. tries to negotiate a
canal treaty
-Colombia refuses
A. -Roosevelt’s Big Stick Foreign Policy:
Only the US would assume authority to
Intervene in Hemispheric affairs as it saw fit
-Panama has a revolution
backed by the U.S. *(US
sent warships & urged
Panama to rebel; Colombia
DID NOT want to start a
war with the US)
-10 years of construction followed
*thousands died of accidents and
disease to build the canal
-*Roosevelt’s Big Stick Foreign Policy
IV.
Foreign Policy
-Monroe Doctrine
basis of U.S. policy
-.added on additions called->
1.Roosevelt Corollary-U.S. will be only nation to
intervene (Big Stick Politics)
-West African Proverb “Speak
softly and carry a big stick”
-2.Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy
-U.S. will use financial policies to
influence ($ not Bullets)
- “Buying influence”
-3. Wilson’s Missionary Diplomacy
-U.S. refuses to negotiate
with “illegal” gov’ts
Promote democracy & moral progress
V. Impact of Imperialism
-U.S. is now a world power
-debate over the moral and
ethical idea of imperialism
-anti-U.S. feelings around the
world
Philippines
Latin America
Mexico
-US came close to war
-Eventually put down but showed a clear model
of AM. Imperialistic Attitudes of democracy &
free enterprise through ARMED intervention
Pancho Villa :: rebel, hated
new Mexican Gov’t
-US Backed new MX Gov’t
- Pancho Villa Attacked boarding
states of Mexico