U.S. imperialism

Platt Amendment

  • Cuba could not make treaties with other countries
  • U.S could intervene in Cuba when necessary
  • Cuba had to sell or lease land to the U.S for naval and fueling stations
  • Led to the building of a naval base at Guantanamo Bay

Hawaii

  • sphere of influence??

Big Stick Diplomacy

  • policy of creating and using, when necessary, a strong military to achieve American goals
  • “speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far”

Dollar Diplomacy

  • aimed to increase American investments
  • looked to substitute dollars for bullets
  • 1.6 billion was invested into latin america
  • us invested money in mines, railroads, and banana plantations

Moral Diplomacy

  • intended to take u.s foreign policy in a different direction

panama canal

  • allowed cheaper trade and the us could defend both coastlines
  • the us helped panamanian rebes
  • panama became an independent country
  • teddy roosevelt stepped in and intimidated colombia with navy warships
  • 35000 worked helped dig canal
  • the building of the canal was completed on August 15th, 1914
  • workers faced yellow fever and malaria due to mosquitoes
  • pools of standing water were drained so mosquitoes could not breed
  • eliminated yellow fever
  • accidents also brought workers problems
  • america agreed to pay panama 10 million and an annua rest of $250000
  • ship sailing from new york to san francisco; 13000+ miles
  • canal reduced by 5,200 miles
  • total cost of panama canal- $350 million
  • canal opened in 1914 and boosted worldwide trade

Latin American Countries where U.S intervened

  • nicaragua in 1909 - taft dispatched troops to protect the formation of a pro-american government
  • haiti in 1915 - wilson sent marines to haiti to protect american investments and to guard against german or french aggresion

Pancho Villa

  • mexican revolutionary rebel and leader
  • led troops into new mexico, killing 18 americans in 1916
  • general john pershing was put in charge to find villa by president wilson

Manifest Destiny

  • popular belief that Americans had that god intended the us to expand westward
  • included beyond the pacific ocean
  • wash out native american and mexicans

imperialism

  • domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country
  • imperialism was driven by the need for raw materials, markets, power and prestige.

alfred mahan

  • argued the us had to have a strong navy to protect us econmic interestes and to obtain naval bases in cuba, hawaii, and philippines

us imperialism?

  • us had a duty to spread democracy
  • us had a duty to spread christianity
  • us wanted raw materials, natural resources, and trade

Open Door Policy

  • gave all nations equal access to trade & investment in china
  • led to competition for chinese raw materials and the set up of markets
  • united states did not want colonies in china, just free trade there.