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Alfred Thayer Mahan
mahan stressed the independence of the military and control of the sea. mahan greatly influenced the build up of naval forces in the years prior to WW1. Alfred Phrase 'whether they will or not,americans most now begin to look outward the growing production of the century demands it. -
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sanford B.doie as president of the republic of hawaii
1890's ,queen liliuokalani,the native ruler,tried to take political power back from american land owners.in response AL overthrew the queen in 1993 sanford B. doie led the provisional gov while it worked out plains for the us to annex the irland dole worked to limit native rights in 1887 8 helped to overthrow the queen.when pres Cleveland refused to annex HI b/c of the planters actions in seiting power,dole verued as his pres -
USS Maine
the uss maine was sent to cuba to protect american citizens while cuba to protect revolutions were fighting to win independance from spain.publishers pulitzer and newspaper deliberatly sensationalized the new,depicting the spaniards as murderous and brutes in order to sell newspapers,having medias reaction outraged americans and embarrasses spain this technique became known as yellow jurnalism -
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spanish american war
after the explosion of the uss main and U.s wanted european powers to remain out of western hemisphere were reasons of war. military actions happened in cuba, puerto rico and guam. the treaty of pairs was singed us gain the philippines.guam, and all spains collories and puerto rico with exception cuba.do to u.s win they became known as world power -
open door policy
The open door policy gave all nations equal rights when trading with china.the boxer rebellon threatend the lives of foreingners living in china an international army crushed the rebellion. -
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Theodore Rooseevelt
became governor of New York with the republican party.in 1901,teddy became William Mckinley up when Mckinley was assassinated,Roosevelt became pres. He became the youngest man to become pres.,he also won 2nd term in 1904. Teddys foreign policy was to speak softly and carry a big stick on the other hand how ever he also feared giving to much power to labor unions and big business.his square deal policies attempted to strike a balance between labor union and big business. -
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panama canal
american and business wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the atlantic and pacific coasts
It was built to shorten the ocean journey from the east coast to west coast
the construction of its 51-mile length took 10 years (1902-1914)at a coast of thousands of lives and 400 million.
panama was part of colombia,the u.s and colombia would negotiate but wouldnt agree to terms.panama wished to obtain their independent u.s counted them as their own country and return panama -
passage of the roosevelt corollary
the roosevelt corollary changed the monroe doctrine in effect the corollary said that the united states would now use force to protect its economic interests in latin american during the next decade ,the united states exercised its police power on several occasion .for example ,when a 1911 rebellion in nicargou a left -
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Dollar diplomacy
purpose of dollar displomacy was a form against american foreign policy to further its aims in latin american and east asia trough use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries one of its advantages would be to encourage us investment insouth central america the caribbean -
Theodore Roosevelt-Battle of san juan hill 'rough riders'
assistant secretary ofthe navy Teddy raised volunteer force known as the 'rough riders' acting with other army regiments they defeated spanish forces at san juan hill in cuba