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annexation
the process of attaching territory to an existing country, nation, or state that it had nor hitherto belonged
What are the 4 types of reasons for US expansion
political, economic, ideological, social
What was the influence of Alfred Thayer Mahan’s “The Influence of Sea Power on History”
The USA expanded and modernized its navy
What was the influence of the Monroe Doctrine
used as a nationalism dog whistle
to give Americans a sense of identity bc they broke away from Britain
Americans argued about the doctrine on both sides dividing the public rather than uniting it
What is the main idea/takeaway of the Monroe Doctrine
-US expansion and resulting strength would ensure that the US would not be subject to further colonization
-US institution were superior, so the lands the US expanded to would BENEFIT
What is the main idea/takeaway of James Blaine’s “The American System”
USA shouldn’t absorb Hawaii politically, but rather they need be a part of the american trade system
What is the main idea/takeaway of Alfred Thayer Mahan’s “The Influence of Sea Power on History”
The USA must modernize its navy now
What is the main idea/takeaway of the Turner Thesis
overseas expansion by the USA is a perfectly natural since the frontier is gone
What is imperial anti-colonialism
-Americans were SO CONFIDENT in their anti-colonial stance that Americans felt secure in spreading this ideology to other lands to benefit them
-US expansion and resulting strength would ensure that the US would not be subject to further colonization
a social reason for expansion
social Darwinism
political reasons for expansion
1875 treaty with granting tax free sugar trade w/ US (no tariff)
1887 treaty grants US Navy right to use Pearl Harbor
European powers were also expanding rapidly giving the US motivation to become a major player
economic reasons for expansion
the lucrative sugar trade drew American attention to Hawaii
Panic of 1893 - necessitate the search for foreign markets
the US was producing more than it could itself consume
ideological reasons for expansion
the US didn't see ourselves as ¨taking over¨ but rather than moving into the ¨waste solitude”(according to TR) in the western US
missionaries had been traveling from the US to the Pacific and Asia all throughout the 19th century
the MONROE DOCTRINE
protectorate
territory that is nominally independent but under the official military and diplomatic protection of another country
gold standard
a monetary policy in which currency is readily convertible into gold, requires that a country’s supple of currency be tied to its supply in gold
infrastructure
sectors of the econ that assist in the production and distribution of raw materials, labor, and goods EX: railroads, roads, telegraphs
vertical integration
exists when a number of steps in the production of a single product are owned/controlled by a single company
horizontal integration
exists when a single company owns or controls a number of firms in the same stage of production of a single product
reconstruction
1865-1877 during which the states that had seceded from the union were reintegrated into the USA
monetary policy
govt policy that controls the supply of money in the economy
long depression
period of econ stagnation from 1873-1879, was a worldwide phenomenon reflecting the increasingly globalized economy of the late Victorian period
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