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alfred thayer mahan
-Mahan stressed the independence of the military & control of the sea
-Mahan greatly influenced the buildup years prior to wwi.
-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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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 . He also found 230 million acres of public land he helped establish during his presidency Much of that land 150 million acres was set aside as national forests. The idea was to converse forests for continued use. -
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sanford b. DOIE as president of the republic of hawaii
-1890'S, Queen Liliuokalani native ruler , tried take political power from american land owners .AL overthrew queen In 1893 Sanford B DOIE led provisional gov.. While worked out plans for the u.s to annex the island pole worked to limit native rights in 1887 8 helped to overthrow the queen .When pres Cleveland refused to annex HI BC of the planters actions in setting power , doie served as hi pres . After the outbreak of the SA war , congress voted to annex hi in 1898 -
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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 -
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 & embarrased spain.
-this technique became known as yellow journalism -
open door policy
theopen doorpolicy 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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panama canal
was created so Americans & business man could ship cargo quickly & cheap between the Atlantic & pacific coasts. Teddy r. made a deal w the Panamanian rebels to make them an independent country asked in return for a lo mile strip of rain forest. Construction took 10 years to complete costing 400 million . Also thousands of lives were lost due to many illnesses including yellow fever -
roosevelt corollary
-the roosevelt corollary changed the monroe doctrine
-the monroe doctrine blocked further expansiion of Europe in thewestern hemisphere, the Roosevelt corollary went one step further
-renounced intervention and established his good neighbor policyfor the western hemisphere -
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dollar diplomacy
purpose was form against american foreign policy to further its aims in Latin america &east Asia trough use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries . One of its advantages would be to encourage u.s investments in south & central american , the Caribbean , &far east -
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Spanish american war
-cause was the mysterious explosion of the battleship uss Maine
-location of military action were havana harbor , philippines & puerto rico , guam
-philippines & guam became theres
-us became world power