American Imperialism Chapter 18

  • America Purchases Alaska

    Provided the USA with a plentiful of natural resources, only cost them 7.2 million, and at the time people called the purchase "Seward's Folly"
  • Reasons for Growth of America

    -desire Tor military strength
    -USA wanted naval power
    -Became 3rd largest naval power
    -thirst for new markets
    -Foreign Trade for raw materials
    -belief in cultural superiority
    -Americans thought of of Social Darwinism a belief of free marketing will lead to survival of the fittest (late 19th Century)
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    Cuba Rebelled Against Spain

    Dissatisfied with the corrupt and inefficient Spanish administration, lack of political representation, and high taxes
  • Spain Abolished Slavery From Cuba

  • Jose Marti Launched A Revolution

    His dedication to the goal of Cuban freedom made his name a synonym for liberty throughout Latin America
  • William Mckinley Becomes President

    Annexes Hawaii in his first year in office
  • USS Maine Is Sunk

    The USS Maine is sunk killing killing 260 of the 400 American crewmembers aboard. USA blames Spain
  • McKinley Tariff

    President William McKinley sets a tax on all foreign goods.
  • US Congress Votes to Go to War With Spain

    Congress votes to go to war with Spain and adopts a joint resolution for the war.
  • America Destroyed All The Spanish Ships Around The Philippines Capital

    America destroys their fleet after the sinking of USS Maine
  • US Takes Hawaii

    America's annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S. territory into the Pacific and highlighted resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power
  • Teller Amendment

    Claimed that the US would not establish permanent control over Cuba.
  • Treaty Of Paris

    The war officially ended four months later, when the U.S. and Spanish governments signed the Treaty of Paris. Apart from guaranteeing the independence of Cuba, the treaty also forced Spain to cede Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States.
  • The Philippines started to revolt against America

    The fighting with Filipino rebels began as a result of the U.S. refusal to include the Filipino nationalists in negotiations over the future of the Philippines
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    Battle of Manila, first and largest battle of the war.

    Largest and first battle of the Philippine-American War, a war between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries from 1899 to 1902, an insurrection that may be seen as a continuation of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule
  • American forces capture Malolos, the then capital.

    General Arthur MacArthur Jr.'s division advanced to Malolos along the Manila-Dagupan Railway.[1] By March 30, American forces were advancing toward Malolos. Meanwhile, the Aguinaldo government moved its seat from Malolos to San Isidro, Nueva Ecija.
  • Open Door Policy

    US proposed to everyone about the foreign affairs of China.
  • Annexation of Philippines

    US gained territory from Philippines after they helped rebels fight and gain their freedom from Spain.
  • Foraker Act

    measure enacted by the U.S. Congress to institute a civilian government in Puerto Rico
  • Aguinaldo is captured by US forces, led by General Frederick Funston

    Aguinaldo was eventually captured by American troops led by Colonel Frederick Funston on March 23, 1901. Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the hostilities in the Philippines over on July 4, 1902, although guerrilla resistance continued.
  • Mckinley is assassinated

    Czolgosz admitted the shooting. He had taken aim at the President because he believed him to have been the "enemy of the people, the good working people."
  • Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

    The Hay–Pauncefote Treaty is a treaty signed by the United States and Great Britain on 18 November 1901, as a legal preliminary to the U.S. building of the Panama Canal.
  • Newly formed Cuban government

    Following the defeat of Spain in 1898, the United States remained in Cuba as an occupying power until the Republic of Cuba was formally installed on May 19, 1902
  • America Suppressed the Philippines revolts

    The Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo was captured on March 23, 1901, and the war was officially declared ended by the American government on July 2, 1902, with a victory for the United States
  • The Platt amendment became a treaty in 2 nations

    In USA and Cuba
  • Canal Zone

    signed a treaty in which the United States agreed to pay Panama $10 million plus an annual rent of $250,000 for an area of land across Panama
  • Boxer Rebellion

    A secret Chinese group tried to end foreign control in China
  • Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

    Establish the Panama Canal Zone and the construction of the Panama Canal.
  • Panama Canal

    U.S got access to Panama canal which transported goods to different areas
  • President Roosevelt made peace between Japan and Russia

    For the sake of maintaining the balance of power and equal economic opportunity in the region, Roosevelt preferred that the war end on terms that left both Russia and Japan a role to play in Northeast China.
  • President Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize

    He stopped the conflicts between Japan and Russia
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    Addition to the Monroe Doctrine and stated that the US would intervene in any social affairs as a last resort in the Western Hemisphere.
  • Mexican peasants and workers led by Francisco Madero overthrew Diaz

    On November 20, 1910, Francisco Madero leads a revolt against longtime Mexican President Porfirio Diaz after Diaz refuses to resign from the presidency. The revolution that ensues is tumultuous and bloody, lasting over 10 years.
  • Great White Fleet

    Completed a journey around the globe and this date was they day they were deployed and they were ran by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • President Wilson refused to acknowledge the government Huerta have formed

    President Wilson did not recognize the Huerta as the legitimate head of the Mexican government, and from March to October 1913, Wilson pressured Huerta to resign. Wilson urged the European powers to refrain from recognizing Huerta's government. Huerta announced elections with himself as a candidate.
  • Madero was murdered

    Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'état in February 1913
  • Huerta Regime collapses

    Huerta's last hope for his presidency died with Villa's victory at Torreón. As the Constitutionalists marched down from the north and inland from the east, Zapata pushed north from Morelos surrounding Huerta in Mexico City.
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    WW1

    World War I, also known as the First World War, was a global conflict fought between two coalitions, the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. Fighting took place throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia
  • First official transcontinental telephone call.

    President Woodrow Wilson was on the call from the White House, as well as Theodore Vail, president of AT&T, from Jekyll Island, Georgia
  • US troops clashed with carranza's army

    General Pershing and the Invasion to Find Pancho Villa. People thought this would incite a strong nationalist backlash and break with Carranza, which Villa would use to regain control over Mexico.
  • Puerto Ricans were given U.S citizenship

  • Mexico adopted a constitution

    gave the government control of the nation's oil and mineral Resources, and play straight regulations on foreign investors
  • US Enters the War

    In early April 1917, with the toll in sunken U.S. merchant ships and civilian casualties rising, Wilson asked Congress for “a war to end all wars” that would “make the world safe for democracy.” A hundred years ago, on April 6, 1917, Congress thus voted to declare war on Germany, joining the bloody battle.
  • Woodrow Wilson introduces his missionary diplomacy

    This means the US have a responsibility to deny recognition to any Latin American government it viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to U.S interests Mexican Revolution
  • Phillipians Become Independent

    The Philippines had been a Spanish colony since 1565, and since that time numerous revolts broke out challenging Spanish rule. These revolts were disunited, however, until the nineteenth century when nationalism brought forth a more united anti-colonial movement