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American imperialism

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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WHAT IS IMPERIALISM?

ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DOMINATION OF A STRONG NATION OBER WEAKER NATION.
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GROWTH OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

  • Causes of the growth
  • Industrialization
  • Devotion to european nation
  • New technology made both U.S and Europe armies stronger.💪
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EFFECTS OF THE GROWTH OF IMPERIALISM

  • Influence of expansion around the globe.
  • U.S became a colonial power due to Spanish-American War.
  • Gaining of Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam
  • Panama Canal ; the annex of Alaska and Hawaii
  • Open door policy with China
This protected any trade with china.

Roosevelt corollary issued this to keep Europe colonizing north and South America.
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ALASKA AND HAWAII

  • 1867 purchased from russia for 2cents an acre
  • Seward's folly; seward had thought that it was a mistake but soon gold, timber , and oil was found.
  • 49 state in 1959
  • Hawaii was full of sugar and pineapp,e plantations.
  • Home of pearl habor US naval base
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HAWAII

  • Queen liliuokalani wanted to keep Hawaii with old traditional ways.
  • In 1893 US planters as well as US marines forced her to give up her powers.
  • Hawaii became annexed in 1995
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SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

  • Causes: publication of the De Lome letter
  • Sinking of the US battleship. The Maine February15 1898
  • Reconcentrado policy
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WHAT WAS THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR?

FIGHTING BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES FOR THE CONTROL OF CUBA .
This was lasted about six months . It ended by the signing of treaty of Paris.
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AMERICAN AND PUERTO RICO

  • Treaty of paris gave the US control of Puerto Rico as well as Cuba, Guam, & the Philippines.
  • Mckinely wanted to restore order and protect American investment
  • Foraker act set up a civil government.
  • Wanted to Americanize the language and political system .
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PUERTO RICO

  • Most of the power still belonged to officials this angered puerto ricans
  • 1917 puerto ricans were made citizens with all citizens rights
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AMERICAN AND CUBA

  • Main goal to modernize education, agriculture, and government
  • Platt amendment embodied provisions defining the future relations
  • With US and cuba.
  • General Leonard Wood.
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AMERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES

  • Philippines was a spanish colony
  • Crying of independence for many decades their
  • Independence was finally granted in 1898
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When the Treaty of Paris was signed there were two battles that broke out between Americans and Filipinos the between the Moros(Muslims)

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"There was nothing left for us to do but to take them all and educate the Filipinos and uplift and civilize and christianize them"

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Roosevelt and foreign affairs;
Sought to assemble carry a reliable defense for the U.S. To try to avoid any conflict with enemies.
Good neighbor policy
Pan-American neutrality act.

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Camila Torres