AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

PUERTO RICO

• FORAKER ACT: ENDED military rule
• Set up civil govt
• US still in control
• Puerto Rico valuable to US interests
• Puerto Rico is a commonwealth

CUBA AND US

• US insisted on the Platt Amendmemt
• US reserved the right to intervene
• Naval base was set up in Cuba
• Cuba became a protectorate:
• A country whose affairs are partially controlled by another country

THE PHILLIPINES

FILIPINOS REBEL

• Took 3 years for the us to put down the rebellion
• 20,000 Filipinos died fighting for independence
• Cost 400 million dollars
• We're placed under US govt similar to PR
• Became a republic in 1946

CHINA

OPEN DOOR POLICY

• No single nation could have a monopoly
• On trade within China
• The US did not want other countries to be
• TOO POWERFUL
• China felt the weight of European influence

BOXER REBELLION

• Boxers in china rebelled against Euro influence
• Killed hundreds of Christians, missionaries, foreigners
• US needed China for exports and influence
• Needed security for the US empire

AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL POLICY

ROOSEVELT

• The Roosevelt Corollary=
• Addition to Monroe Doctrine
• US can use force to intervene
• To protect US interests in Latin America
• Speak softly, carry a big stick

PANAMA CANAL

DOLLAR DIPLOMACY

• Foreign policy of Howard Taft
• Ensure financial stability in a region
• To extend American commercial
• And financial interests there.

MISSIONARY DIPLOMACY

• Policy of Woodrow Wilson
• US had a moral responsibility to deny
• Recognition of a government that was
• Oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile
• To US INTERESTS- we needed to establish Democracies