U.S BECOMES A WORLD POWER
U.S.S.MAINE
THE BEGINNINGS OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: • *“TO PRESERVE THE
NATIONAL INTEREST” • *“NO ENTANGLING ALLIANCES” • *WAR OF 1812 … NATIONALISM • *MONROE DOCTRINE • *MANIFEST DESTINY • JAPAN…PERRY Dollar Diplomacy $$$$$$$$$$$$$ • *CIVIL WAR = INWARD TURN
IMPERIALISM IMPERIALISM AND AND BIG BIG BUSINESS BUSINESS • NEED FOR MARKETS… MATERIALS… INVEST $$$
• CLOSING OF THE FRONTIER • EUROPEAN EXAMPLES • AMERICAN NATIONALISM
1. Commercial/Business Interests
U. S. Foreign Investments: 1869-1908
CAPTAIN ALFRED T.MAHAN
Importance of sea power
•1889…Samoa •1892…Chile •1893…Hawaii •1895…Venezuela •CUBA
Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani
Hawaii for the Hawaiians!
2. Military/Strategic Interests
Alfred T. Mahan The Influence of Sea Power on History: 1660-1783
• Anglo-Saxionism…Rev.Josiah Strong • Social Darwinists …Albert Beveridge • “ Big Sister” poiicy…James Blaine • Pan-Americanism
3. Social Darwinist Thinking
The Hierarchy of Race
The White Man’s Burden
4. Religious/Missionary Interests
American Missionaries in China, 1905
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR … 1898
•Causes of the War • Importance Importance of of Cuba Cuba • HUMANITARIAN HUMANITARIAN • FEARED FEARED LOSS OF U.S.
PROPERTY PROPERTY • YELLOW YELLOW JOURNALISM
Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy
“REMEMBER THE MAINE” • DeLOME
LETTER • DECLARATIO N OF WAR
The Imperialist Taylor
De Lôme Letter Dupuy de Lôme, Spanish Ambassador to the U.S. Criticized President McKinley as weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd, besides being a would-be politician who tries to leave a door open behind himself while keeping on good terms with the jingoes of his party.
WAR ... “GOD SPOKE TO ME”
•TELLER RESOLUTION •“A SPLENDID LITTLE WAR”
Dewey Captures Manila!
WHO REALLY WENT UP SAN JUAN HILL ?
TEDDY ROOSEVELT… ROUGH RIDER
Spanish-American War
RESULTS
• *TERRITORY…PUERTO RICO, GUAM , PHILLIPINES • *WORLD POWER • *CANAL • *TEDDY ROOSEVELT • *CUBA…PLATT AMENDMENT • *BIG STICK POLICY • INSULAR CASES
WE`RE # 1 ???
MahaN`s INfLueNCe
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CANAL
Panama: The King’s Crown 1850 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. 1901 Hay-Paunceforte Treaty. Philippe Bunau-Varilla, agent provocateur. Dr. Walter Reed. Colonel W. Goethals. 1903 Hay-BunauVarilla Treaty.
Panama Canal
TR in Panama (Construction begins in 1904)
• Phillipe Bunau-Varilla • Columbia • French • Revolt…1903 • Treaty
Colonel Thomas Goethals …Dr.Gorgas…
John Stevens
• 1914
PANAMA CANAL… U.S. KEYSTONE
ROOSEVELT CORROLARY
U. S. Interventions in Latin America: 1898-1920s
WHERE DOES A 500LB. ROOSTER SIT ?
• RELIGIOUS INTERESTS • COLONIALISM…( PHILLIPINO
INSURRECTION) • DEFENSE • CHINA…SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
• Gen`l Amilano Aguinaldo • 250,000 dead • 1899 – 1902 • 1946 …independence
THE COLONIZATION GAME… WHO GETS CHINA ?
CHINA HELD HOSTAGE
THE OPIUM WARS
BOXER REBELLION
“55 DAYS AT PEKING”
THE THE OPEN OPEN DOOR DOOR POLICY POLICY • $ FOR U.S. CHINA
SCHOOLS • BLOOD $$$ • summary
The Open Door Policy
Secretary John Hay. Give all nations equal access to trade in China. Guaranteed that China would NOT be taken over by any one foreign power.