US Imperialism

Imperialism

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries for political or economic gain

Motives for Imperialism

US businesses wanted more resources and more places to sell their goods; desire to "civilize" other cultures; US government's desire for more military bases/power

Bayonet Constitution

1887. American businessmen forced the king of Hawaii to sign the __ which severely restricted his power and deprived most Hawaiians of the vote

Hawaiian Coup

1893. American fruit businessmen (Big Fruit??) staged a coup, overthrowing the Hawaiian government in order to protect their profits, with the help from some Marines that did not have presidential approval to be involved

Spanish American War

In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence

Spanish American War Causes

Sympathy for Cubans, Yellow Journalism, Explosion of the USS Maine

Spanish American War Effects

Cuba gains their independence from Spain , the U.S. takes the Philippine island, Guam, and Puerto Rico as U.S. territories, and the U.S. became a world power.

Rough Riders

Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War, known for its diversity and brave actions

Platt Amendment

Legislation that severely restricted Cuba's self-governance and gave the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs

Yellow Journalism

1890s. Exaggerated, "clickbait" style newspaper articles designed to sell papers rather than report realistic facts

Monroe Doctrine

1823 - President Monroe essentially telling Europe their colonial era in the Americas was at an end, and that the US was the new influential power in the region. *not specifically not the test, but Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine is.

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

1904. Theodore Roosevelt declared the U.S. was an 'international police power" in Latin America/the Caribbean; this lead to the US frequently intervening in Latin American/Caribbean governments and politics

Roosevelt Corollary Effects

The US frequently intervened in Latin American government and politics in the 1900s, usually leading to resentment and political instability in Latin American countries

Self-rule

U.S. policy in Puerto Rico & the Philippines restricted _, centralized power under U.S. officials or local elites, and denied full democratic rights — contradicting American democratic ideals.

Pancho Villa

A popular leader during the Mexican Revolution of 1910; fought for the rights of the poor and landless; the US tried to capture him

Dictator

The US tried to help Mexican ___ Porfirio Diaz stay in power, despite his authoritarianism, because he did business with the US

Anti-Imperialist League

a group of diverse and prominent Americans who banded together in 1898 to protest the idea of American empire building (including Jane Addams, Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, former Pres. Cleveland)

Guatemalan Coup

The United Fruit Company requested that the CIA depose of the democratically-elected President Arbenz, of Guatemala, because he wanted to pass land- and business-reform laws that would cause United Fruit Co. to make slightly less profits.

The CIA secretly manipulated events that lead to the overthrow of the progressive president, and helped install a military dictatorship, leading to a 36 year bloody civil war between the military authoritarian government and indigenous people and peasants…. all because of a fruit company's ruthless desire for profits.

Big Fruit, eh? Phewee. not specifically on the test, but it's alluded to