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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 yrs prior to ww1.
-Alfred phrase was "weather 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. DOLE 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 A.L overthrew the queen in1893. sanford b. dole led the provisional gov. while it worked out plans for the us to annex the island.dole worked to limit native rights in1887&helped to overthrow the queen.when pres cleveland refused to annex HI b/c of the planters actions in seizing power,dole served as HI pres.after the outbreak of the SA war,congress voted to annex HI IN 1898. -
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Spanish American War
-cause was the mysterious explosion of the battle ship USS Maine.
-location of military action were Havana harbor , Philippines & Puerto Rico,Guam
-Philippines & Guam became theirs.
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Expanding World Power
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Theodore Roosevelt -battle of San Juan hill "rough riders"
assistant secretary of the navy Theodore Roosevelt raised a volunteer for force, known as the "rough riders" . acting with other army regiments they defeated Spanish forces at San Juan hill in Cuba. -
USS Maine
-The USS Maine was sent to Cuba to protect american citizens while Cuba revolutionaries were fighting to win independence from Spain.
-Publishers Pulitzer & heart newspaper deliberately sensationalized the news , depicting the Spaniards as murderous & brutes in order to sell newspaper , having medias reaction outraged Americans & embarrassed Spain.
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Open door policy
-the open door policy gave all nations equal rights when trading with china . the boxer rebellion threatened the lives of foreigners living in china . an international army crushed the rebellion. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
he became governor of N.Y with the republican party. in 1901, teddy became William McKinley vice president when McKinley was assassinated. he became the youngest man to become president . he also won a second term in 1904 teddys foreign policy was to "speak softly,and carry a big stick " on the other hand , he also feared giving to much power to labor unions and big businesses .his square deal policies attempted to strike a balance between labor unions and big businesses. -
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Panama Canal
- the panama canal was created so Americans and business men could ship conga quickly and cheap between the Atlantic and pacific coasts -teddy r. made a deal with the Panamanian rebels to make them an independent country asked in return for a lo mile strip of rain forest. construction took 10 yrs to complete costing 400 million. also thousands of lives were lost due to many illnesses including yellow fever
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Passage of the 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
-purpose of dollar diplomacy was a form against american foreign policy to further its aims in Latin america & east Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries. one of its advantages would be to encourage us investments in south & central american, the Caribbean ,& far east .