1890-1920

When was samoa an example of preclusive imperialism?

1872

How many US sugar growers were there in Hawaii by 1890?

3000

How many Hawaiians were there by 1890?

90,000

When was Pearl Harbour established?

1887

Why did relations with hawai decline from 1890?

McKinley Tariff 1890 → removed hawaiian sugar trade advantage

When was the Treaty of Paris and what did it do?

1898 → eneded spanish-american war + US could purchase philippines for $20mil

What did McKinley refer to the Philippines population as?

‘little brown brothers’

When was Puerto Rico administered to the US and under what act?

Organic Act 1900

When did US forces attack the philippines and cuba?

1898

How many troops attacked the philippines and cuba?

17,000

How long did it take for spanish troops to surrender in Cuba?

3 weeks

What did the Treaty of Paris do?

Cuba gained independence and the US took possesion of guantanamo bay

Usa too Puerto Rico and Guam

US bought the Philippines for $20mil

When was the Teller Amendment and what did it state?

1898 → america wouldn’t annex cuba

What and when was the Platt Amendment?

gave US control of Cuban foreign, financial and commerical affairs

When was the Cuban-American treaty and what did it oppose on Cuba?

1903 - new political system + economy depended on US

When was the Roosevelt Corollary set out?

1904

What did the Roosevelt Corollary say?

justify further intervention in sphere of influence - prevent financial or political collapse → not just threat from West

When did Panamanians revolt for independence from columbia?

1903

What did Roosevelt send to aid the panamanian revolt?

Battleship - USS Nashville + recognised new panamanian government

When was the Panama Canal completed?

1914

How many ships passed through the panama canal after 1 year?

1000 annually

How did Nicaragua threated US interests and when?

1909 - cancelled the previously granted econ priviledges for the US for mining concerns

When did the Cuban-spanish war begin?

1895

When were troops sent into Nicaragua?

1914

When was the first open door policy?

1899

When was the second open door policy?

1900

When did Taft bring up Honduras’s debts to establish US financial control?

1909

How many new battleships were there by 1907?

16

When was the ‘Great White Fleet’ cruise around the world?

1907-1909

What was the aim of the great White Fleet cruise?

friendly courtesy visits and display US naval power

What and when was the Root-Takahira Agreement?

1908 - Japan and America would respect each others interests in china and maintain current pacific situation

When was there a revolution in Mexico?

1910-1911

When did Wilson order intervention in Haiti?

1915

What years did troops remain in Nicaragua?

1912-1925

When did WW1 break out in Europe?

1914

When did a German submarine sink the 'Lusitania’ and how many americans where killed?

1915 - 128 americans killed

How much was the US army increased to in June 2016?

220,000

How long was US neutrality attempted to be maintained?

1914-1917

When did Germany announce that they would resume submarine warfare?

1917

When was the Zimmerman Telegram?

Feb 1917

When did Congress vote to go to war at Wilson’s choice to ask for a declaration of war against Germany?

April 1917

How much did US trade increase with the allies 1914-16?

400%

How many tonnes of allied shipping was sunk?

1mil tonnes

How American military personnel were mobilised?

4 million

When was the Allied Final Offensive and what did it do?

Nov 1918 → forced a german retreat leading to allied victory

When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

1919

When did Congress reject the Treaty of Versaille?

1919 and 1920

When did Congress reject the League of Nations?

1919 and 1920

When was the Knox-Porter Resolution signed and what did it do?

1921 - formally ended US involvement in WW1