Panama Canal
How did President Mckinley try to avoid war with Spain
He offered to purchase Cuba through diplomatic channels
What are three reasons imperalism took hold
Raw materials/new markets, racism, competition
What are the advantages of Expansion in Hawaii?
Rich soil, warm climate, and crops year round.
Alfred T. Mahan said said that in order to become a world power the US needed
Stated that the US prosperity depended on foreign trade , argued a bigger navy was needed to protect American ships, thought US needed to control more naval bases around the world
definition of Moral Diplomacy?
The U.S. should support other nations only if they share similiar American beliefs (democracy).
definition of Dollar Diplomacy?
The U.S. should use business and banking investments to exert control.
definition of Big Stick Diplomacy?
The U.S. should use peaceful negotiations backed by military power to exert control over nations.
What are the advantages of Expansion in Japan?
Trading ports
Panama declared himself an independant _____ and agreed to let the United States build the canal in an area called the _____.
country canal zone
What was the Open Door policy in 1899 with China
written by John Hay- asked China to open trade with US
Alaska became the _____ state in _____.
49th in 1959
Hawaii became the __ state in ____.
50th in 1959
What dramatic event took place in Havana Cuba 1898
A battle ship blew up killing more than 250 soldiers
What is yellow fever?
A disease spread by mosquitoes that caused jaundince, fevers, headaches, dizziness and nausea
Caiuse or Effect: U.S. wanted to protect its investments in the sugar trade in Cuba.
Cause
Cause or Effect: American newspapers publishes stories about cruel treatment of the Cubans by Spain.
Cause
Cause or Effect: Many Americans wanted to support Cuban independence from Spain.
Cause
Cause or Effect: The battleship Maine was destroyed in an explosion at the habor in Havna, Cuba.
Cause
Cause or Effect: U.S. wanted to become an imperialist nation.
Cause
The land the Panama Canal was built on belonged to _____.
Columbia
What were the challenges faced by workers in the Canal Zone ?
Disease(malaria and yellow fever), rough, terrain, hot humid climate, and rainfall.
Cause or Effect: American troops reamined in Cuba, limiting its independence.
Effect
Cause or Effect: Spain gives the Caribean island of Puerto Rico and the Pacific island of Guam to the United States.
Effect
Cause or Effect: Spain grants independence to Cuba.
Effect
Cause or Effect: Spain sells Phillipines to the United States.
Effect
Cause or Effect: Teddy Roosevelt gains political power for his role in the war.
Effect
Cause or Effect: The United States declared the right to intervene in Cuban government.
Effect
Cause or Effect: The press becomes a more powerful force in American politics.
Effect
What territories were gained after this war
Guam , Puerto Rico, Philipines, and Cuba
What are the advantages of Expansion in Samoa?
Harbor that would serve as a navel base and ports for trade.
What are three examples of expansionism?
Homestead act-great plains, Oregon trail/ California Gold Rush, annexation of Texas
What are the advantages of Expansion in Alaska/Russia?
Port trades that are close to Asia and Pacific.
Who was the president created the Big Stick Diplomacy?
Roosevelt
Roosevelt asked _____ to approach Columbia in 1901 and offer $10 million cash plus $250,000 a year to rent a strip of land across Panama. Columbia refused the offer.
Secretary John Hay
Who was the president that created the Dollar Diplomacy?
Taft
What role did the newspapers have during the Spanish American War
The newspaper became a more powerful force in politicsand encouraged war
What did the US do to the queen of Hawaii?
They threw her of her throne
Who was the president created the Moral Diplomacy?
Wilson
Define foreign policy
a government's strategy in dealing with other nation
Define Imperialism
a policy or belief in which a stronger nation excerts control over a less powerful nation
Define Expansionism
a policy or practice of increasing the size of a nation's territory
To obtain land, Roosevelt supported Panamanian _____ who wanted to break away from Columbia. American troops stopped the Columbian troops from crushing the revolt .
rebels
Pressident Roosevelt wanted to build a canal across the Isthumus of Panama to reduce the cost of _______ and so the US Navy could move ships quickly from the _____ and ____.
shipping/transportation Atlantic and Pacific
Define Isolationism
the policy of withdrawing or staying away from disputes or affairs of other nations
Japan opened _____ with the US in ______
trade in 1854
