history - USA expansion

main reason USA began to expand overseas

search for new markets and customers for mass produced products

another reason for expansion overseas

to preserve identity and spirit by opening new western frontier

author for the influence of sea power upon history

alfred Thayer mahan

usa fought war against them in 1898

spain

as a result of winning war in 1898, the USA began to take control of

the phillipines

this country agreed to let US control military base before the USA allowed it to become independent

Cuba

the Spanish American war started because of

explosion of USS maine

annexed this group of islands in 1898

hawaiian islands

this was fought from 1898 to 1902. ended when USA defeated nationalists.

filipino insurrection

platt amendment - agreed to a bunch of stuff

cuba

panamanian nationalists revolted against who in 1903

columbia

president who issued Roosevelt Corollary

theodore Roosevelt

roosevelt Corollary was issued in

1904

this country owed Germany a lot of money in the early 1900s

dominican republic

what applies to the Roosevelt corollary

international police power in the west

1823 doctrine said that US would not support European expansion

monroe doctrine

what said that the USA reserved the right to intervene in internal affairs of countries in central America, south America, and the caribbean

roosevelt corollary

Panama Canal

USA constructed it from 1904-1914

Theodore Roosevelt supported it

what is the most interventionist in its approach to international relations

roosevelt corollary

big stick diplomacy is with

theodore Roosevelt

the big stick is a reference to

the willingness to use a strong military to pressure countries to adopt policies favored by the USA

chronological order (early to late)

spanish American war, end of filipino insurrections, great white fleet

more chronological order

mckinley, roosevelt, Taft, wilson

MORE CHronolgical order

annexation of hawaii, panama canal, wilson infers in Mexico