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1865 TO 1920 SAW AMERICA EXPAND BEYOND THE BORDERS OF NORTH AMERICA
AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY
AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY
• The late 1800s saw America resume expansion that was halted by the Civil War
• Several factors led us to greater global involvement
US FOREIGN INVESTMENT INCREASES
AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY
• 1. New manufactured goods which saw a desire for raw materials
• 2. Racial superiority - duty to Christianize the “inferior people of the world”
• 3. Increased military strength (Navy)
• 4. Manifest Destiny
AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY
• Earliest United States
AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY
• US in 1803 after the Louisiana Purchase
AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY
• US after the Mexican American War
AMERICA AND FOREIGN POLICY
• Read Washington’s Farwell Address and Monroe Doctrine, answer questions.
AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY
• The US expanded around the world including the Far East, South Pacific, Caribbean, and Latin America
• In each case the US was looking out for its best interests
AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY
• A revolution in 1893 in independent Hawaii gains the United States’ attention
(Read Expansion and Foreign Policy – “New Policy of Expansion”)
AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY
• 1899 the US asks for an “Open Door Policy” with Chinese markets
• 1900 there is a “Boxer Rebellion” of Chinese against the gov’t
• The US sent troops to restore order
AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY
• Boxer Rebellion of 1900
AMERICA ITS FOREIGN POLICY
• The biggest case of US imperialism was the Spanish-American War of 1898
• Imperialism: Policy by which one country takes control of another directly or through political dominance
AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY
• The Spanish-American War, known as “The Splendid Little War” was short, successful, and set off debate in America on whether we should be expanding or not
• Interventionists vs. Isolationists