Rise of a World Power

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    Alfred Thayer mahan

    Mahon strered the indapendence of the military and control the sea
    mahon greatly influenced the bulldup of naval forces in the years prior to WW1
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    Sanford b doie as president of the republic of Hawaiin

    -1890s,queen lilkuokaini the native ,tried to take political power back from american land owners i response although the queen in 1883 sanford b doik led the provisialnal gov in 1883 sanford b doik
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    USS Maine

    The USS was sent to Cuba to protect american citizens while Cuba revolutions were fighting to win independence from Spain '
    -publishers pulitzer & heart newspaper
    deliberty senstionalized the news decpting the spainirds as muderous
    this technique became known as yellow journalism
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    c theodore roosevelt -battle of san jaun hill

    asiistant secretary of the navy theoodore roosevelt raised a volunteer force known as the rough riders acting with other army regiments they defeated spanish forces at san juan hill in cuba
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    Spanish American War

    Causes
    -Cuban independence from Spain
    Effects
    treaty of Paris ended the war on december 10,1898
    Phillipines ,guam, purto rico,hawaii
    us territories
    location of war
    -guam,puerto rico ,phillipines
    change in us military policy
    foreign policy
    allows immigrants he join the us military
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    Open Door Policy

    The open door policy gave all nations equal
    rights when trading with china .The boxer
    Rebellion threatend the lives of foreigners living in china an international army crushed the rebellion
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    The panama canal

    American and businemen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the atlantic and pacific coasts it was a built to shorten the ocean journey from the east coast to west coast
    The construction of its 51-mile length took 10 years (1903-1914)
    at the a cost thousands of lives and 400 million
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    Roosevelt corellary

    the roosevelt corellary changed the monroe
    the monroe doctine blocked futhr expansion of europe
    renewed intervantion and established his good neigbor policy for the western hemisphere
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    Roosevelt Corollary

    The Roosevelt corollary changed the monroe doctrine
    the monroe doctrine blocked futher expaansion of europe
    in the western hemisphere , the roosevelt corollary went one step futher .
    renouced intervaention and established his good neighbor policy for the western hemisphere
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    dollar cliplomacy

    purpose of dollar clipmacy was a form against american foreign policy to futher its ams in latin america & east asia though use of its economic power by gy guaranteing loans nade to foreign countries one of its advanteges
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    expanding world power

    they had a vision to make peace but it failed the battle started in the U.S between idealist and realist continues to to this day