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why the us needs to imperialize

why the us needs to imperialize

military strength, cultural superiority, and new markets

Spanish American War—Outbreak and Results

Outbreak: second war for independence, valeriano weyler, yellow journalism, de lome letter, and USS Maine explosion

results: annexation of Philippines

hawaii

became annexed because mcKinley favored it compared to cleveland, sugar farmers and sugar duty tax , overthrowing of the Hawaiian queen but sanford dole

alasaka

seward’s folly/seward’s icebox

open door policy

prevents any single nation having a monopoly on trade w/ any part of china

panama canal

reduced travel time, shortcut b/w atlantic and pacific bought french company route, before building the us needed permission from colombia, Panamanians revolted with the aid of us naval blockade (gunboat diplomacy)

russo japanese war

roosevelt negotiated peace agreements b/w russia and jaspan, won a nobel peace prize

great white fleet

white paint on naval ships showed the power of the u.s navy

teller ammendment

U.S had no plan of annexing cuba

platt amendment

cuba cant make agreements w/ other countries, u.s can intervene w/ cuban affairs, U.S CAN LEASE GUANTANAMO

Alfred T Mahan

advocated for strengthening u.s navy “the influence of sea power upon history”

booker t washington

brought up that race related issues needed to be settled

imperial v anti imperial

anti imperial felt that is was wrong to rule other people w/o their consent

u.s imperialism in the Philippines

philippines couldnt rule themselves and would get imperialised by another country if left alone

wilson campaign 1916

he kept us out of war

how u.s gets involved in the war

lusitania sinking, zimmerman note

allied goals

look at the treaty of versailles

Selective service act

Men required to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service

War industries board

Lead by Bernard Baruch, encouraged companies to use mass production techniques to increase efficiency

Committee of public information

Propaganda, led by George creel, Had to sway the public opinion of the war

National war labor board

Established by Wilson, workers who refuse to obey, poor decisions, could lose their draft exemption “work or fight“

Espionage and sedition acts

Targeted labor leaders and socialists, a person can be fined for up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort, or for saying anything to soil, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort

Great migration

To escape Jim crow, to skate racial discrimination in the south, bell weevil infestation, job opportunities in the north because of World War I

14 points

Made by Wilson, the first several dealed with keeping the peace, and what to do to prevent another war, the next several focus on national border dispute, the last point call for the league of Nations – international organization that would address diplomatic crises like those that caused the war and provided a form for nations to discuss and settle their differences without having to resort to war

International reaction to the 14 points

It was centered on the issue of the league of nations. A few opponents believed that it would threaten the US foreign policy of isolationism conservative senators, headed by Henry Cabot Lodge were suspicious of the provision for joint economy and military action against aggression. voluntary they wanted a constitutional right of Congress to declare war included in the treaty.

Return to normalcy

Harding, the status before the progressive movement, big business and republican ideals