Imperialism

Manifest Destiny

god says—> go west

monroe doctrine

europe—> stay west hemisphere

states recieved Mexican Cession and Gadsten Purchase

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Sward’s Folly

Alaska “joke purchase” resource-rich(OIL) 1867 (bought russia $7.2)

empire—> imperialism

power—> foreign territory, resources, $$$

FactorSSSSSSS why the US participated in Imperialism

Culture, sell ($$$), test military

Why was US interested in Samoa and Hawaii

grow empire, stopover (fuel), trade, miltary advantages

propaganda

Spread info(false)—> damage repuation, baised

yellow journalism

exaggerate stories—> sell more, earn more (fake news)

USS Maine

self-inflicted—> killed U.S. soldiers Havana, Cuba, 1898 Propaganda, yellow journalism—> blamed spain

Rough Riders

U.S. volunteer calvary—> teddy roosevelt led—> san juan hill

possesions recieved from the spanish-american war

puerto rico, guam, phillipines, cuba, peace treaty of paris

Platt Amendment

U.S. interfere Cuban affairs anytime; Guantanamo Navy Base (Hypocrites USA)

Anti-Imperialists League

Opposition—> disliked treatment Spain’s former colonies Andrew Carnegie, Mark Twain, Jane Addams, lost steam after victories

Why US interested in Panama?

Build canal—> advance trade, stopover, military advantatges, access asia, $352 million

roosevelt corollary

exercise international police power—> western hemisphere

threatening nations- or war

add on to monroe doctrine

isolationism

no alliances, euro affairs, stay in merca