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Americans believed in the superiority of free enterprise democracy, and the American government attempted to extend the reach of this economic and political system, even
through armed intervention. First, it expanded its access to foreign markets in order to ensure the continued growth of the domestic economy. Second, the United States built a modern navy to protect its interests abroad. Third, the United States exercised its international police power to ensure dominance in Latin America. -
President James Monroe’s 1823 doctrine stated that European countries should stay out of affairs in the Americas, where they and the United States had long colonized Indigenous nations. Roosevelt believed America’s interests were global, and that something that happened as far away as Japan…would have a real impact on American interests. -
Mission spirit, spreading Christianity. Quest for empire, to restore pioneering spirit. Need for additional new sources of material. Relations with foreign nations through trade. Economic growth -
In 1867. William Seward the Secretary of State, under Abe Lincoln arranged to buy Alaska. Seward wanted to buy the land from Russia for $72 million dollars.
Seward had a hard time trying to get the House of Representatives to approve the purchase. Many people thought it was a terrible idea, people called it "Seward's icebox" or "Seward's folly" Alaska became a state in 1959. Alaska turned out to be rich in timber, mineral, oil, and other natural resources. -
More than 160 U.S. sailors and marines were ready to overthrow the queen. Ambassador John L.Stevens organized a revolution. The queen surrendered to the U.S.President Cleveland wanted to restore the Queen of her power and would only approve the annexation if the majority of Hawaiins favored it. In 1897 William McKinley beat Cleveland for president. On August 12, 1898 the Congress named Hawaii an American territory without the Hawaiin's getting a chance to vote. -
The war started in April 1898 and ended in August 1898. This played a role in American imperialism because with the fear of another empire coming and controlling America. Because of this America went to war with the Spanish in search of new military bases. -
The USS Maine sinks in the Havana harbor and 250 Americans die. This causes the US to want to liberate Cuba. April, fighting begins. Spain surrenders. The US makes an agreement stating that the US should militarily intervene in Cuba if needed at any time. The US withdraws its military presence and leaves Cuba as a diplomatic republic, known as the Republic of Cuba. -
During July of 1898, the US invaded Puerto Rico amidst the Spanish American War. After the war, Spain signed an armistice, turning over Puerto Rico to the US. Once the Treaty of Paris was signed, the island was officially seceded to the US. During the first 30 years of the US's rule, the US tried to Americanize the country and granted citizenship to the Puerto Ricans. The country became a commonwealth of the United States in 1952. -
After Spain lost the Spanish-American war, Spain ceded the Philippines to the US. After two days, Filipino nationalists rebelled against the control of the US. The US worried that if they did not gain control of the Philippines, countries such as Japan or Germany might gain control. After two phases of the war, the war began to slow down and seek a diplomatic agreement. The archipelago became an autonomous commonwealth in 1935, and the U.S. granted independence in 1946.