section 1 – expanding horizons. not being involved in foreign affairs
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CHAPTER 22Section 1 – Expanding Horizons
Isolationism
Not being involved in foreign affairs
Expansionism
Expanding to neighboring territories
President Millard Fillmore
President in 1853 – sent Mathew Perry to Japan
Mathew Perry
Asked the Japan to begin trading goods with the U.S.
What had happened?
The fleet of war ships scared them
They signed a treaty
Treaty of Kanagawa
Japan opens ports to American Ships
We began moving west
Imperialism
When European nations got bigger by taking over smaller regions
William H. Seward
Wanted an American Empire to control the Caribbean, Central America, and the Pacific Ocean
The Purchase of Alaska
Became a state in 1912
Purchased for around a dollar an acre
Seward bought it from Russia for 7.2 million
Seward’s Foley He was made fun of because he
bought a piece of ice We discovered gold, oil and other
natural resources there
Josiah Strong
Wanted to spread Christianity to nations close by making them civilized
Monroe Doctrine
Warned European Nations not to try and colonize land in Central and South America
America Expanded to Latin America
Our influence changed their economy -
How?
Pan American Union
An agreement between the U.S. and Latin America to share information with one another
Captain Alfred Mayer Mahan
Wanted to enlarge and improve the Navy
Thought that a strong navy would intimidate the world
Know your Naval
In 1883, ships were built out of steel for the first time
We had to have a base to refuel them
Do you know what’s in your Naval
In the beginning ships were wooden and used sails
Then they were steam powered
Some are nuclear
Section 2
Imperialism in the Pacific
What does “imperialism” mean?
Question ??????
Where is the Pacific Ocean?
Seward’s Plan Slowly
spread the U.S. in other regions by colonizing smaller regions
Midway Island
Two strategic islands in the Pacific Ocean that Seward wanted to add to the U.S. for ships to stop and re-fuel
Hawaiian Islands
8 large islands in the Pacific Ocean
Were fisherman, and farmers of sugar cane and pineapples
There are no snakes there
King Kamehameha
The Hawaiian King that unified all the islands in Hawaii
He was born on the night that Haley’s Comet passed the earth
King Kalakaua
Gave the U.S. a naval base at Pearl Harbor
When we renewed our trade agreement with them
Hawaii becomes a the 50th State
Sugar planters couldn’t afford to pay the tariff on their sugar
So they agreed to become a U.S. territory
And soon, a state
Queen Liliuokalani
Was overthrown by American Sugar Planters
We had farms there
She took our power
So we took hers
Provisional
Temporary
Annexation
John Stevens arranged for us to win the revolt
Added Hawaii to the U.S.
Benjamin Harrison
Approved the annexation of Hawaii
Grover Cleveland
Withdrew the annexation of Hawaii because the Hawaiians didn’t want it
But… money talks and it happened anyway
Island of Samoa
The U.S. and Germany share the islands
Spheres of Influence
Areas where different countries have special powers
John Hay Proposed an
Open Door Policy with other Nations
Allowed any country in China to trade with other countries inside China’s Sphere of Influence
The Boxer Rebellion
Secret Chinese Martial Arts Society
Manchuria
Where the Russo-Japanese War was
President Theodore Roosevelt
Signed the Treaty of Portsmouth
Returned Korea to Japan
Only if they promised to stop expanding
Great White Fleet
Fleet of 16 white ships sent around the world to show everyone how powerful we were
CHAPTER 22Section 3- Spanish American War
The Cuban Rebellion – Jose Marti
Led the Cuban Revolt against the Cuban Government
William McKinley
Wanted to settle the Cuban conflict peacefully
Remember the Maine
An American war ship anchored in Havana Harbor, that blew up “Mysteriously”
War in the Phillipeans
Site of the first battle of the Spanish American War
Spain owned the Philippines
George Dewey
Led the battle in the Philippians
Emilio Aguinaldo
Led the rebels Fought to help
the American soldiers
Philippine Island of Luzon
The main island in the Philippines
Santiago - Cuba
Cuban harbor in the southeast corner of Cuba
The Rough Riders
Led by Theodore Roosevelt
The Battle of San Juan Hill
Puerto Rico
We took it after we left Cuba
We still have it
Protectorate
A country that is independent but is controlled by another country anyway
Platt Amendment
Gave the US. Control of parts of Cuba
Gave us Guantanamo Bay
Anti Imperialism
Opposing foreign expansion
William Howard Taft
Wanted to get the Philippines ready to run themselves
CHAPTER 22Section 4 – Latin American Policies
The Isthmus of Panama
Country in Central America
Site of the Panama Canal
Was controlled by France
The Nashville
Encouraged the Panamanians to revolt against the Columbians
Colonel William Gorgas
Helped eliminate Yellow fever
It is spread by mosquitoes
Anarchy
Disorder and lawlessness
Usually a rebellion against the Government
Roosevelt Corollary
Gave the U.S. the right to but into South American business if they acted a fool
Dollar Diplomacy
The idea that the U.S. should be concerned with the stability of other nations
Francisco Madero overthrew Porfirio Diaz
Victoriana Huerta
Overthrew Madera
Liked the idea of wealth and trade with other countries
Woodrow Wilson
Refused to recognize Huerta
Used Moral Diplomacy to challenge Mexico
Diplomacy is the idea that talking can resolve any issues you have with other countries
Venustiano Carranza
Huerta’s rival The U.S. sold
him guns hoping he would kill Huerta
Francisco “Poncho” Villa
Opposed Carranza
Killed several Americans just to make us mad
Went into New Mexico and Burned down the town of Columbus
General John J. Pershing
Went to kill Villa Couldn’t find
him He came back
empty handed when WWI began
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