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Alfred Thayer Mahan
United states navy admiral; His concept of "sea power" was based on the idea that countries with greater naval power will have greater worldwide impact; it was most famously presented in The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890) -
Alaska
The purchase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America, and became an important step in the United States rise as a great power in the Asia-Pacific region -
Japan
By the 1890s, with Russian expansion in mind, Japan's military strategists were looking upon Korea as a zone of defense. In 1894, a war was approaching between Japan and China regarding Korea. Korea had xenophobes as did Japan, and in July in southern Korea a peasant and anti-foreign rebellion, the Tong-hak rising, occurred. -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence; sparked by the bombing of the U.S.S. Maine -
Hawai'i
U.S.S. Maine in February of 1898 exploded, causing the U. S. to start the Spanish-American War. A need for a mid-Pacific fueling location to be critical, the Hawaiian Islands were the optimum choice. On July 21, 1898 the resolution had passed and the Hawaiian Islands were officially annexed by the United States. -
China
In 1899 Secretary of State John Hay sent the European powers and Japan a series of “Open Door Notes,” requesting agreement on three points. First, each power would respect the trading rights of the others within each nation's sphere of influence; second, Chinese officials would collect import duties; and third, no nation would discriminate against the others in matters of harbor duties or railroad rates within each sphere of influence. Hay declared the principles accepted, inaccurately, since Ru -
Philippine American War
Fighting erupted between United States and the Philippine Republic forces on February 4, 1899, and quickly escalated into the 1899 Second Battle of Manila. On June 2, 1899, the First Philippine Republic officially declared war against the United States.[17] The war officially ended on July 4, 1902,[18] with a victory for the United States -
Big Stick Diplomacy
International negotiations backed by the threat of force. The phrase comes from a proverb quoted by Theodore Roosevelt, who said that the United States should “ Speak softly and carry a big stick.” -
Panama Canal
Roosevelt sought to control the building of a trans-isthmus canal across Central America. The reasoning behind Roosevelt’s desire to direct the construction of a canal included:
The goal of increasing the speed of shipping of commerce across the Americas as businesses sought to import and export goods more efficiently.
The goal of increasing security. Many American officials believed that a canal would speed the navy from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. American military planners ci -
Dollar Diplomacy
The use of a nations financial power to Increase its international affairs -
Mexico
Opposing dollar diplomacy as a bullying tactic and unfairly supporting American businesses, Wilson insisted U.S. foreign policy should follow democratic principles 1) Following the overthrow of Mexico’s dictator (Diaz) by Madero, who was murdered by Huerta in 1913, Wilson refused to recognize Huerta’s government
2) The U.S. began to support Huerta’s opponent, Carranza, and occupied Veracruz.
3) Carranza’s rival, Pancho Villa, raided across the New Mexico border, causing Wilson to send -
Red Scare
A "Red Scare" is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism -
World War One
During WW1 the U.S. had extended itself to Cuba, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Alaska, the Philippines, the Panama Canal Zone, and the Midway and Wake islands
