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alfred thayer mahan
mahan stressed the independence of the military and control of the sea mahan greatly influenced the buildup of naval forces in the years prior to ww1 alfred phrase was wether they will or not americans must now begin to look outwards the growing production of the century demands it -
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Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
He took the view that the President as a "steward of the people" should take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution.
- 230 million acres of public lands he helped establish during his presidency. Much of that land - 150 millions acres - was set aside as national forests.The idea was to conserve forests for continued use. -
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sanford b dole
dole served as the first and only resident of Hawaii after he and others over threw queen Liliuokalani Grover Cleveland was the first president of the us that annexed Hawaii as a state in 1889 one of doles cousins later became the attorney general of Hawaii and another one of his cousins founded the dole food company in hawaii -
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expanding world power
in this time period america changes their view from internal expansion and domestic issues to becoming a global force both economically and military -
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spanish american war
after the explosion of the USS Maine and us wanted European powers to remain out western hemisphere were reasons of war military actions happened in Cuba Puerto Rico and Guam
the treaty of Paris was signed us gain the Philippines,guamcolonies and Puerto Rico with exception Cuba do to us win they become known as world power -
Spanish american war
battleship uss main was sent to cuba to protect u.s. intrests during cuban war independence -it was the first conflict in which military action was precipitated by media involvement -
open door policy
the open door policy gave all nations equal rights when trading with china.the boxer rebellion threatened the lives of foreigns living in china an international army crushed the rebellion -
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panama canal by us
american and British leaders as well as a businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the atlantic and pacific coasts tha panama canal symbolized us technological prowess and economic power the us protected the rebels when they took control of a 10 mile strip 51 mile length took 10 years to complete at a cost of thousands of lives and 400 million -
roosevelt corollary
the Roosevelt corollary changed the Monroe doctrine the Monroe doctrine blocked further expansion of Europe in the western hemisphere the Roosevelt corollary went one step further renounced interventionism and established his good neighbor policy for the western hemisphere -
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dollar diplomacy
the goal was to create stability aboard and promote american commercial interests another goal was to use private capital to further us interests overseas the policy evident in extensive us interventions in venezuela,cuba and central america