impererialism

Did the press cause the Spanish-American War?

It was not the only deciding factor, but it helped push the US toward going to war because of yellow journalism

Henry Cabot Lodge

Lodge was a strong backer of U.S. intervention in Cuba in 1898, arguing that it was the moral responsibility of the United States to do so

Monroe Doctoine

Monroe doctrine said british can't colonise in North and South america

Sphere of Influence

US sphere of influence is spreading across the globe, so US culture and control and spreading and taking over

Jones Act

gave Puerto Rico full territorial status, elect their own legislators and governor, but cannot vote in US presidential elections

Panama

Roosevelt wanted to build a Panama Canal to cut the time it took to sail from New York to San Fransisco. US paid Panama 10 million dollars for a strip of land 10 miles wide and 50 miles long. Canal was finished in 1914.

Roosevelt Corollary

Roosevelt's plan for the US to be able to intervene in Latin America as the police to protect them from being colonized by Britain

Was American expansion overseas justified?

Yes because America was able to put military bases around the world, spread their culture, and keep up with global competition

Was the acquisition of the Panama Canal Zone an act of justifiable imperialism?

Yes, because the US paid Panama a lot of money for a small area of space to build the canal

Protectorate

a country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power, Cuba became a protectorate of the United States

Imperialism

a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. a policy or practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world.

Isolationism

a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

Yellow Journalism

inaccurate newspaper articles that may have caused war to break out in central america

Hearst/Pulitzer

newspaper tabloid owner in New York, millionaire, no regard for accuracy and often exagerated stories about Spanish brutality and the US military intervention in Cuba

Treaty of Paris terms

1)Cuba is free from Spanish rule 2)US got Puerto Rico and Guam, paid Spain 20 million $$$ for the Philippines

Alaska

America bought Alaska from Russia for 2 cents per acre

U.S.S. Maine

America tried to avoid war but then the USS Maine exploded in a Cuban harbor, to this day it is not certain what caused the ship to blow up but American newspapers blamed Spain immediately

Queen Liliuokalani and Hawaii

Hawaii was taken over by the United States because of MMS. Native Hawaiians had no say in the descision and Hawaii was claimed as a United States territory.

Rough Riders & San Juan Hill

At San Juan Hill, the Rough Riders (led by President Roosevelt) and other US military troops fight the Spanish and shortly after, the Spanish surrender

Does the need for self-defense give the US the right to interfere in the affairs of Latin America?

I don't think so I think that America should have stayed out of war with Latin America and let them do their own thing

Insurrection in Philippines

Philippine rebels who had been fighting with the Spanish and fought a guerilla war with America, lasted 3 years, thousands died