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AlfredThayerMahan
Mahan stressed the independence of the military and control of the sea./Mahan greatly influenced the bulldup of naval forces in the years prior to world war 1./Alfred's phrase was "whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the century demands it." -
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SanfordB.Dole
Dole served as the first and only president of Hawaii after he and the others overthrew Queen Liliuokalani./Grover Cleveland was the president of the U.S. that annexed Hawaii as a state in 1898./One of Dole's cousins later became the attorney general of Hawaii & another one of his cousins founded the Dole food company in Hawaii. -
USS Maine
The USS Maine was sent to Cuba to protect American citizens while Cuban revolutionaries were fighting to achieve independence from Spain./Publishers Dulitzer & Heart newspaper deliberately sensationalized the news depicting the Spaniards as murderous & brutes in order to sell newspaper, having media's reaction outraged outraged American's & embarrassed Spain./This technique became known as Yellow Journalism. -
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SpanishAmericanWar
After the explosion of the USS Maine and U.S. 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, the U.S. gained the Philippines, Guam, and all Spain's colonies and Puerto Rico with exception of Cuba. Due to the U.S. winning they became known as world power. -
C.TheodoreRoosevelt
Battle of San Juan Hill "Rough Riders" Assistant secretary of the navy Theodore 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. -
OpenDoorPolicy
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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PresidencyOfTheodoreRoosevelt
Roosevelt was governor of New York before becoming Vice President at the age of 42. Roosevelt once said "Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far." The meaning of the phrase advises a tactic of caution and non-aggression backed up by the ability to be violent when it's required. Roosevelt was a patron of national parks, he wanted the protect the national parks like the grand canyon. -
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PanamaCanal
American and British leaders as well as businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coast./The Panama Canal symbolized U.S. technological process and economic power./The U.S. protected the rebals when they took action in return the U.S. got control of a 10 mile strip./51 mile length took 10 years to complete, at a cost of thousands of lives and $400 million -
RooseveltCorollary
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 futher./ Renounced interventionism and established his good neighbor policy for the western hemisphere -
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DollarDiplomacy
The goal was to create stability abroad and promote American commercial interests./Another goal was to use Private capital to further U.S. interests overseas./The policy was evident in extensive U.S. interventions in Venezuela, Cuba, and Central America.