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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 noe begin to look outwards". the growing production of the century demands it. -
sanford b dole
dole served as the first 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 the doles cousins later became the attorney general of hawaii & another one of his cousins founded the dole food company in hawaii -
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 -
USS main
the uss maine was sent to cuba to protect american citizens while cuba revolutionaries were fighting to win independence from spain publishers dulitzer & heart newspaper deliberately sensationalized the news depiciting the spaniards as murderous & brutes in order to sell newspaper , having medias reaction outraged Americans & embarrased spain - this technique became known as yellow journalism -
theodore roosevelt
on july 1,1998 us forces including teddy rossevelt rough riders defeated greatly outnumbered spanish forces at san juan hill and kettle hill near the spanish stronghold of santiago de cuba theodore roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy he resigned in 1898 to organize the rough riders the first voluntary cavalry in the spanish american war -
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 gained the Philippians guam and all spains colonies and puerto rico w/ exception cuba do to us win they become known as a world power -
open door policy
the open door policy gave all nations equal rights when trading with china the boxer rebellion threatened the lives pf foreigners living in china an international army crushed the rebellion -
presidency of theodore rossevelt
roosevelt was a governor of ny before becoming vice-pres at the age of 42 became pres roosevelt once said "speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far" and established a foreign diplomacy ideology nicknamed "big stick diplomacy" the meaning of the phrase advises a tactic of caution and non aggression backed by the ability to do violence if required roosevelt was a patron of nat parks-wanted to protect nat parks and forest like the grand canyon -
panama canal by us
american and british leaders as well as businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the atlantic pacific coasts the 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 dollars -
roosevelt corollary
the rossevelt 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 -
dollar diplomacy
the goal was to create stability aboard and promote and promote american commercial interests another goal was to use private capital to further us interest overseas the policy evident in extensive use interventions in venezuela cuba and central america