American Imperialism1890 – 1914

American Imperialism

Frederick Jackson Turner ThesisSettling of the American Frontier

White Man’s Burden

Expansion of

Marketsfor

AmericanGoods

Industrial Growth

National Security and Protection of Trade Routes

Social Darwinism

Commodore Perry and Japan

Purchase of Alaska – “Seward’s Icebox”

Hawaii – Dole Pineapples and the U.S. Fruit Company

Samoa

Spanish American WarTeddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

Cuban Revolution

Yellow Journalism

U.S.S. Maine

Battle of San Juan Hill, Santiago, CubaTeddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

Battle of Manila Bay, Philippines

Treaty of Paris 1898

Caribbean and Latin America

Platt Amendment

Roosevelt Corollary (Big Stick)

Dollar Diplomacy - Taft

Moral Diplomacy - Wilson

Poncho Villa wanted poster

Asia and China

Chinese Boxer Rebellion

Nationalist Chinese attemptto rid their country of Europeaninfluence. A combination ofU.S. and European forces puts down the rebellion.

Open Door PolicyU.S. Secretary of State, John Hayconvinces EuropeanPowers to keep China open to freetrade. The Open Door policy in effectallows China some level of self government.The U.S. was concernedthat they would be shut out of the profitable Chinese market.

Philippine RebellionU.S. forces put down a Philippine uprisingled by Emilio Aguinaldo.The U.S. debates whether to maintainPhilippines as a colony.This becomes theprimary issue of the 1900 presidential election.The U.S. granted Independence To the Philippines in 1946.

Russo Japanese War 1904-05

Gentlemen’s Agreement

Great White Fleet