HIST 1302 Ch.21 Form Isolationism to Imperialism (1867-1902)

Unit 1 Learning Objectives

Isolationism

George Washington was respected

• Put honesty & integrity in over money & power

• Wanted To resign, had to be persuaded into 2nd term

Imperialism

Policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power & domain of a nation.

American Exceptionalism

• The puritans

  God’s work to create a puritan society

• Belief that Americans were unique & exceptional

Republic of Hawaii (1894-1898)

Hawaii annexed 1898

• Excitement over the war w/ Spain, US annexed Hawaii

1959-Hawaii became a U.S state

American missionaries (1820)

Sugar Reciprocity Treaty (1875)

Pearl Harbor (1875)

People in favor of annexation pointed out

Alfred Thayer Maham (Naval Historian)

• Most influential

• Career navy officer

• Retired became a historian

Yellow Journalism

• Sensationalized Journalism

• Banned news (cheap)

• Not newsworthy

Teller Amendment

U.S declared Cuba is no longer under Spanish rule

Spanish - American War (1898)

1st U.S volunteer Cavalry Regiment (The rough riders)

Theodore Roosevelt trained volunteers

• Believed Cavalry (horse mounted soldiers) was necessary for war

25th April 1898

Dewey Slides

• Battle of Manila Bay Philippines (May 1st 1898)

Treaty of Paris (Dec. 1898)

• Cuban independence - U.S dominance

• Puerto Rico to U.S

• Guan to U.S

• Spain was forced to sell Philippines to U.S

Philipine-American War (1899-1902)

• More death the war w/ Spain

• 1901 - Fighting was mostly over

• U.S set schedule for Philipine Independence

Philippines Resistance

Led by Emilio Aguinaldo

Open Door Policy (1899)

• Keeping all of China open to trade w/ all nations

• Secretary of Japan promised to uphold Chinese government

• Japan wanted an East Asia government of their own