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Purchase of Alaska
Signing of Alaska treaty passed, Americas need for more territory helped with the reasons for expansion. -
Purchase of Alaska
Willim Seward purchased Alaska for 7.2 Million -
Purchase of Alaska
the official transfer ceremony where Alaska became a legal permanent part of the United States. -
Takeover in Hawaii
The US had reasons for expanding towards Hawaii, as in too move into the Pacific creating a trading triangle that could spread towards Japan and open up new trading routes. -
Yellow Journalism
Yellow journalism was a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts. It helped support the fight between the US and overseas with Cuba and the Phillipines fighting for territory. -
Yellow Journalism
The term came from New York newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. They fought over a cartoon character "the yellow kid" that they used too symbolize there profit-driven coverage of world events, particularly developments in Cuba. -
Teddy Roosevelt and Rough Riders
Most of the Rough Riders hisotory is based their place in the war, and also the battle at San Juan Hill, most of the Rough riders are
made of college athletes, cowboys, and ranchers. -
Takeover in Hawaii
January 17th is when the kingdom of Hawaii was overthwon by the Legislature when the 13 congressmen did not agree with Queen Liliuokalani and her promotion too try and save herself and Hawaiian independence. -
Spanish - American War
By early 1898, tensions between the United States and Spain had been uprising for months. After the U.S. battleship Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor under mysterious circumstances on February 15, 1898, U.S. military intervention in Cuba became likely. -
Spanish - American War
Mckinley asked Congress for authorization to end the fighting in Cuba and to establish a “stable government” that would “maintain order” and ensure the “peace and tranquility and the security” of Cuban and U.S. citizens on the island. -
Spanish - American War
U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution that acknowledged Cuban independence, demanded that the Spanish government give up control of the island. Authorization for Mckinley too use military forces too promise Cuban independence and innitiate the US too annex Cuba -
Anti-Imperialist League
Anti-imperialist league formed to fight U.S. annexation of the Philippines, citing a variety of reasons ranging from the economic to the legal to the racial to the moral.Including in the members of this American league Andrew Carnegie, Mark Twain, William James, David Starr Jordan, and Samuel Gompers with George S. Boutwell, former secretary of the Treasury and Massachusetts, as its president. Following the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the league began to decline and eventually disappeared. -
Anti-Imperialists League
anti-imperialists opposed expansion they believed imperialism violated the fundamental principle that just republican government must derive from the govrernment consent.Rather than opposing American territorial expansion on economic or humanitarian grounds, the League argued that such activity would necessitate the abandonment of American ideals of self-government and non-intervention. -
Teddy Roosevelt - Rough Riders
the Rough Riders was organized when Roosevelt entered in the Spanish American war as an aid and recieved the most publicity and recognition for their role in the war as AAmerican heroes. The Rough Riders are best remembered for their charge up San Juan Hill -
Takeover in Hawaii
The date of the official annexation of Hawaii into the United States. At McKinley’s request, a joint resolution of Congress made Hawaii a U.S. territory. -
Yellow Journalism
The peak of yellow journalism, in terms of both intensity and influence, came in early 1898,itsattention of the Spanish American War shows that the press had the power to capture the attention of a large readership and to influence public reaction to international events. -
Spanish - American War
On Dec 10 1898, war officially ended when the U.S. and Spanish governments signed the Treaty of Paris guaranteeing the independence of Cuba and forced Spain to cede Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States. U.S. Senate ratified the treaty by the senate with only one vote. -
Open Door Policy in China
the Open Door Policy was a treaty that helped too guarantee protection for countries trading with China and the US, but with certain factors that prevented the US from gaining China as their territory. -
The Boxer Rebellion
Beginning in 1898, groups of peasants in northern China began to band together into a secret society known as Boxers, their goal was too take down the Ch'ing dynasty and get rid of all foreign influence. By May 1900, the Boxer Rebellion came too Peking and an international force of 2,100 American, British, Russian, French, Italian, and Japanese soldiers were sent to subdue the "rebellion." -
America claims Guam, Puerto Rico, and Phillipines
In the peace treaty, Spain ceded Puerto Rico, and the United States was designated as the receiving country. In reality, the transfer of the sovereignty of Puerto Rico from Spain to the United States was conducted through USMG, this is an interm state process where the US flag resigns in Puerto Rico. -
Boxer Rebellion
Empress Dowager ordered all foreigners to be killed. Several foreign ministers and their families were killed before the international force could protect them. On August 14, 1900, the international force took Peking and subdued the rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion weakened the Ch'ing dynasty's power and hastened the Republican Revolution of 1911 that overthrew the boy emperor and made China a republic. -
America claims Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines
Again, the US recieved as theirs and reigned.Under USMG, the United States flag flew over the Philippines from August 14, 1898, until July 4, 1901, this notified that the philippines were in interim status meaning he US kept their military and government power under control in place. -
Roosevelts Big Stick Diplomacy
Panama (with the support of the United States Navy) revolted against Colombia and declared itself a republic. The Big Stick" diplomacy is the idea of negotiating peacefully with other nations while simultaneously threatening them with displays of military muscle. -
America gets involved: Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama
President Roosevelt believed that a U.S.-controlled canal across Central America was a vital strategic interest to the United States. This idea led too him creating a treaty too try and gain some control and use of the Panama Canal and in Nicaragua. In early 1903 the Hay–Herrán Treaty was signed by both nations, but the Colombian Senate failed to ratify the treaty. -
Roosevelts big stick diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy was a major component of Theodore Roosevelt's international relations policy. The theory is that leaders strive for peace while also keeping other nations aware of its military power.The Big Stick policy was also applied to the Panama Canal Crisis and the Cuba question, where the United States set a list of rules and standards to which it would hold Cuba instead of annexing it.
The idea is derived from Roosevelt's memorable phrase: "speak softly, and carry a big stick". -
America gets involved: Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela
After the treaty was shot down by the rebelious nations, they came too an agreement. The victorious Panamanians returned the favor to Roosevelt by allowing the United States control of the Panama Canal Zone on February 23, 1904, for US$10 million. As for Venezuela, the Monroe Doctrine was signed to establish US place in all Latin-American affairs. That helped the growth of the domestic oil industry strengthened the economic ties between the U.S. and Venezuela. -
Mexican Revolution
When Madero defeated Diaz and the Mexican federal army. Him and Diaz signed the treaty of Ciudad Juarez stating Diaz would be replaced by Madero this went downhill quickly and led to corruption withing the Mexican community. The US soon stepped in -
Mexican Revolution
US involvment in the mexican dispute led too more controversy than problems being solved, it added tension too their relations. on March 8, 1916 after numerous invasions of American territory mexican citizens crossed the boarder with the ir leader Villa. The 13th Calvalry regiment reoulsed the attack and some officers were killed. following, Us troops crossed the Mexican border but Villa was never captured. -
America claims Neutrality at start of WWI
As World War I erupts in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson formally proclaims the neutrality of the United States, a position that a vast majority of Americans favored. Wilson's initial hope that America could be "impartial in thought as well as in action" was soon compromised by Germany's attempted quarantine of the British Isles. Britain was one of America's closest trading partners, and tension arose between the United States and Germany this cuased the US to take action and make appearance. -
America claims neutrality at start of WWI
Before entering the war, the US had remained neutral, though the US had been an important supplier to Britain and other Allied powers. Under the leadership of President Woodrow Wilson the war represented the climax of the Progressive Movement as it claimed to bring reform and democracy to the world. -
Woodrow Wilsons 14 Points
The "Fourteen Points" was a 8 January 1918 statement by United States President Woodrow Wilson that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe. After the US had joined allied forces in the war and fought for war efforts, if America was going to fight, he would try to unlink the war to nationalistic disputes or ambitions. -
America Joins the War
The United States was a formal participant in World War I from April 6, 1917 until the war's end on November 11, 1918. US troops arrived withn enthusiasm and by the thousands. They used similar war tactics as the French and the British. -
Woodrow Wilsons 14 Points
Wilsons speech he gave expressed his oppinions about free trade, open agreements, self determination, and democracy. The Fourteen Points speech was the only explicit statement of war aims by any of the nations fighting in World War I. The Fourteen Points in the speech were based on the research of the Inquiry, a team of about 150 advisors led by foreign-policy advisor Edward M. House, into the topics likely to erect in the anticipated peace conference. -
Open door policy China
Japan violated the Open Door principle with its presentation of Twenty-one Demands to China. This led too the policy being refirmed and the US cutting off supplies to Japan and removng them from the treaty. Although, when Japan won WWII that ended all special privileges to foreigners, made the Open Door policy meaningless. -
America claims Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines
Under USMG, the United States flag flew over Guam from June 21, 1898, until July 1, 1950. Guam without a legal political status, US took soverighnty and kept military staus and government status after the treaty of peace was signed. Spain ceceded Guam and US recieved. -
Takeover in Hawaii
The United States offically announced Hawaii along with Alaksa states
