Transcript US As A World Power

U.S. As A World Power
Open Door Policy In China
Creation of
International
Markets
What is the
Open Door
Policy?
Who proposed
it?
• A policy (rules) that would
give all nations equal
trading rights in China
• John Hay
Critical Thinking
Use the map provided to help you answer the
following questions:
• Why would the U.S. support the Open Door
Policy?
• How do you think China would react to the
Open Door Policy? Explain your answer.
Diplomacy
Definition:
negotiating and securing good
relationships with other countries
Critical Thinking:
How can the United States get other
nations to do what we want them to
do?
Creation of
International
Markets
What is
Dollar
Diplomacy?
• Using financial
(money) incentives
to other countries
to do what we want
them to do
Creation of
International
Markets
What is a
specific
example of
Dollar
Diplomacy
under
President
Taft?
• American banks and
businesses were urged
to invest in Latin
America
• In turn, President Taft,
promised that the U.S.
would step in if unrest
threatened their
investments
Critical Thinking
Look at the previous slide to answer the
question below.
What did President Taft mean when he said the
U.S. would “step in”?
What did he mean when he said the U.S. would
step in if “unrest” threatened their
investments?
Creation of
International
Markets
What is the
first era of a
true “global
economy”?
When did this
happen?
• Growth in international
trade connects many
nations around the
world
• People are dependent
on this trade for
survival
Late 1800s to WWI
(Industrial Age)
Latin America
Where is Latin Shade your map to
America?
include areas that
are Latin America.
Latin America
Why did the
United States go
to war with
Spain?
What was the
name of this
war?
• Spanish American War
Latin America
Who won the
Spanish
American War?
 The United States
 Puerto Rico was
annexed by the United
States.
What land
areas did the
United States
 Philippines were
gain as a result
annexed by the United
States.
of the SpanishAmerican War?
Latin America
The United States
What land
asserted
her
right
to
area did the
intervene in Cuban
United States
affairs.
dominate as a
result of the
SpanishAmerican
War?
Panama Canal
Latin America
Where is
Panama?
Critical Thinking
• Why did the U.S. have an interest
in Panama?
Latin America
Who got
America
involved in
Panama?
What did the
U.S. do to get in
involved?
Theodore Roosevelt
The United States
encouraged
Panama’s
independence from
Colombia.
Latin America
Why did the U.S.
want Panama to
be independent
from Colombia?
So the parties could
negotiate a treaty to
build the canal
It is now called the
Panama Canal
The U.S. in Asia and the Pacific
Hawaii
What was the
United States
doing in Hawaii?
Was the result
of U.S. action in
Hawaii?
U. S. tried to depose
Hawaii’s monarchy
The U.S. annexed
Hawaii
Pacific
When did the
annexation of
the
Philippines
occur?
The annexation of the
Philippines occurred
after the Spanish
American War
Asia
What was the
Open Door
Policy?
Urged all foreigners in
China to obey Chinese
law
AND
Observe fair
competition