Spanish American War

Justify expansion overseas, especially to areas of Asia, Latin American, and the Pacific. In 1898 two distinct phases of expansion occurred.

• The Monroe Doctrine

• Imperialism

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Industrialization

It stated that European countries would no longer be allowed to create new colonies or interfere with the affairs of independent nations in the Western Hemisphere.

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt Corallary

• Big Stick Policy

U.S. expansion of its influence into the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam (GAINED TERRITORIES and became a world power after defeating a major European colonial power)

• Reasons for the Spanish American War

• Results of the Spanish American War

• Reasons for WWI

• Results of WWI

Was the president of the U.S. Naval War College. wrote The Influence of Sea Power Upon History-argument that a country needed a strong navy to be powerful & the U.S. need overseas bases for trade and defense.

• Sanford B Dole

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

• William McKinley

In addition to the Monroe Doctrine, the U.S. would intervene in finances of smaller countries in the Western Hemisphere. U.S. wanted to help these countries and prevent Europeans from taking them over.

• Monroe Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny

• Open Door Policy

• Roosevelt Corollary

What justified America becoming an "international police force in Latin America

• Big Stick Policy

• Manifest Destiny

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

Shortened travel from 16,000 miles to 6,500 miles, Construction took 10 years to complete and cost $400 million and thousands of lives. (used for trade, transportation & quick water route during war)

• Suez Canal

• Hoover Dam

• Panama Canal

• That one thing

Sugar cane plantation in this region supported being annexed in 1898. In 1900, became a U.S. territory, & all became U.S. citizens. first territory the U.S. acquired in Pacific Ocean & would later become the 50th U.S. state in 1959.

• Cuba

• Hawaii

• Puerto Rico

• Guam

American newspapers slanted the news to create more public support for the Cubans. (sensationalized and exaggerated the news)

• Fake News

• Investigating Reporting Commission

• Muckrakers

• Yellow Journalism

It stated that the U.S. would not annex Cuba after it had gained independence from Spain.

• Platt Amendment

• Treaty of Paris 1898

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Teller Amendment