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Aquired Alaska 1867
Alaska had belonged to Russia for several years, but Russians miss use of the land and its resources caused Russians to want to sell Alaska. Since the U.S. was seeking to expand, as a result of the increasing population in California, Russians knew that the U.S. was one to take in account in order to sell it, so Russian Minister Eduard de Stoeckl met with Secretary of State William Seward on March 1867. They negotiated a treaty in which the U. S. would pay $7.2 million for nearly 586,400 square -
Acquired Alaska 1867
towards the west, it also gave the United States even more resources. -
Acquired Alaska 1867
miles of land.
Some Americans disagreed with the purchase of Alaska and called it “Seward’s Icebox” they believed the U.S paid too much money for land that was worthless. Alaska though proved to be worth the nearly “2 cents per acre” for the land provided the U. S. with resources such as timber, coal, copper, gold and oil. Alaska later became the 49th, as well as the largest, state to enter the Union. Acquiring Alaska is imperialism because it let the United States expanded towards the west, i -
War Against Spain
President McKinley had ordered the U.S.S. Maine to go to Cuba and bring home American citizens in danger from the fighting and to protect American.On February 15, the ship blew up in the harbor of Havana killing 260 men. American newspaper claimed that the Spanish blew the ship up. Public opinion favored war with Spain, they cried out “remember the Maine.” McKinley asked congress for authority to use force against Spain. After a week of debate, Congress agreed. -
Annexation of Hawaii
The United States, immediately after realizing the enormous number of American sugar cane planters in Hawaii, became interested in making trading negotiations with the native rulers. Under King David Kalakaua ruling the U. S. had well thought out negotiations, in which the importation of Hawaii sugar was tax free. The sugar not being taxed caused the production for the Hawaiian sugar to increase benefiting both Hawaii and the U. S. Everything was going well that the U.S. convinced the King in -
Annexation of Hawaii
1877 to let them build the Pearl Harbor, the U.S’s best port, in Hawaii. Kalakaua even allowed it so that only selected white American businessmen were able to vote instead of natives. Then the U.S. created the McKinley Tariff of 1890 in which eliminated the tax duty free Hawaiian sugar. This upset planters and wanted the U.S. to add the island of Hawaii to the U.S for their benefit of not being taxed. When Kalakaua died in 1891, Kalakaua's sister Lydia Paki Kamekeha Liliuokalani took control -
Annexation of Hawaii
let the United States expand even further into the Pacific Ocean. -
Annexation of Hawaii
and was determined to bring monarchy back, but elite white Americans were in control of the economy and the Queen was unable to fight for control. Then the administration of President William McKinley, who succeeded that of Cleveland’s, was able to annex Hawaii in July 1898. The annexation gave the United States control over important coaling stations in the Pacific Ocean and was essential to the U.S. ‘s trading to expand globally. Hawaii later became the 50th state in 1959. Obtaining Hawaii -
Occupation of Cuba
After the Spanish-American War, the U.S. sent troops to occupy the newly independent Cuba. Under U.S. occupation, the same leaders that served Spain before Cuba became independent remained in office. The U.S. allowed the imprisonment of anyone who protested this policy, and pretty much completely controlled Cuba. The U.S. occupation wasn’t completely negative though, the U.S. provided food and helped eliminate yellow fever. Shortly after Cuba wrote its constitution, the U.S. insisted on an -
Occupation of Cuba
amendment specifying its relationship with Cuba. The U.S. refused to take its military forces out of Cuba until the amendment was finally added in 1903. -
Treaty of Paris
United States and Spain met in Paris to agree on a treaty later known as “Treaty of Paris.” They settled on Spain freeing Cuba and would turn over the Guam islands in the Pacific and Puerto Rico in the west Indies to the United States. Also, Spain sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million. The Treaty of Paris had created a great debate on whether the United States had the right to annex Philippines, but the real problem was gaining direct control over this new area. -
Philippines Rebel
that Spain had before Philippines were annexed to the U.S. -
Philippines Rebel
The Treaty of Paris angered many Filipinos because it called for the annexation of the Philipines to the U.S. Many Filipinos believed that the U.S. would free the Philippines and allow them to be independent. Shortly after the treaty of Paris was signed, Filipino rebels led by Emilio Anguinaldo attacked U.S. troops stationed in the Philippines. This sparked the Philippine-American war which lasted until 1902 with the U.S. being victorious. After the war, the U.S. assumed almost the same role -
Building of Panama Canal
agreed to pay Panama. They payed Panama $10 million and an annual rent of $250,000. -
Building of Panama Canal
When Roosevelt became president, many people believed that the U.S. needed a canal cutting across Central America. The canal would create a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The route that the United States chose the Panama Canal would be was a route that went through Panama and a province of Columbia. This route was filled with mountains and swamps. The U.S. had to get permission from Columbia to build this canal, and Panama then rebelled against Columbia. After that the U.S.
