unit 7 apush detailed- imperialism and ww2

frederick jackson turner

wrote “the significance of the frontier in american society” in 1893 where he argued that moving west was what created a uniquely american identity of self-reliant people. now that the west was settled, we needed a new frontier to settle which is why we turned to imperialism

america’s change in foreign policy at the end of the 1800s

beginning of 1800s: US was an isolationist/noninterventionist country that focused on domestic issues

end of 1800s: US turns to imperialism and expanding its power overseas

motivations for imperialism (4)

1. commercial interests (more natural resources and more places for ppl to buy american goods)

2. competiton- feared getting left behind

3. social darwinism (poem “the white man’s burden” said yt ppl had a duty to civilize

4. closing of the american frontier

motivations for conquering hawaii

1. wanted a naval base between US and Japan/east europe

2. McKinley tariff- made sugar and fruit more expensive and hurt planters in hawaii- knew if they were annexed the tarriff problem would disappear

how did we get hawaii

planters overthrew queen liliuokalani with help from the US marines. president mckinley had them annexed in 1897

china open door policy

secretary of state john hay was sent in 1899 to negotiate with the 5 imperial powers that controlled trade in china. Made it an open door policy so anyone could trade in china, but left china without control of its own country

context of cuba before america got involved

cuba was a spanish colony. in 1895 it was at war with spain because Jose Marti and rebels set up their own government and declared independence

reasons why america got involved in cuba

1. sympathy cause we were in a similar situation

2. economy- cuba had sugar

3. yellow journalism exaggerating the spanish’s actions

4. sinking of the USS maine

jingoism

intense american nationalism mixed with interest in going to war. emerges out of yellow journalism

US intervention in phillippines summary

US decides to attack all of spain’s colonies. They also want it for it’s trade routes and as a gateway to the rest of asia. Gets the phillippines and guam. Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipinos in uprising against the US