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Imperialism The U.S. and the World at the turn of the 20 th Century. Motives :. Economic Strategic Colonizing Aggressive Missionary Leadership. The U.S. purchases Alaska from Russia in 1867. Alaska becomes the 49 th U.S. state in 1959. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Causes of the Spanish American War
• Jingoism• Economic concerns in Cuba• Yellow Journalism• The DeLome Letter• The Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine• The “White man’s
burden”/Humanitarian concerns for the Cubans
The Teller Amendment 1898proposed by Colorado Sen. Henry
Teller promises that the U.S. has no designs on annexing Cuba
The Platt Amendment 1903Connecticut Rep. Sen. Orville Platt
• Cuba was an independent nation• The U.S. reserved the right to
intervene in Cuban affairs if deemed necessary
• Cuba had limited rights to conduct foreign and debt policies, subject to U.S. approval
• The U.S. would maintain a military base on Cuba at Guantanamo Bay
• The Foraker Act (1900) establishes civil government in Puerto Rico
• Organizes the island as a U.S. Territory• Makes its residents citizens of Puerto
Rico• U.S. citizenship comes in 1917 (“does
the Constitution follow the flag?” Insular Cases as decided by the Supreme Court said not automatically
• Hay-Buanau-Varilla Treaty 1903 w/ Panama The U.S. Under T.R. would recognize Panama as an independent country from Columbia in exchange the right to build a canal.
“Dollar Diplomacy” of William Howard Taft
Promotion of American financial and business interests abroad.
The policy had profit seeking motives, but it also aimed to substitute economic ties for military alliances with the idea of increasing American influence and bringing lasting peace.
TR runs as a “third party” candidate from the Progressive or “Bull Moose” party in
1912The result is a split within the Republican party partially allowing for the Democrat
Woodrow Wilson to win
Wilson’s “Moral Diplomacy”• “The force of America is the force of moral
principle.” Designed to bring right to the world , preserve peace and extend to other peoples the blessings of democracy.