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Benjamin Harrison Inaugaration
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Harrison
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Grover Cleveland Inaugaration
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NO INVOLVEMENT IN IMPERIALISM. -
TERRITORY CARTOON
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William McKinley Inaugaration
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McKinley
McKinley originiated the "Open door" policy stating that countries trading with China should not exclude other countries from commerce. McKinley aimed to maintain peace with France Germany and Britain or any other country interested in trading; which he belived should be undisturbed, meaning no military involvement to exclude other countries. Also stating that China is big enough to share with everybody but China would greatly benefit from trading with America. -
Treaty of Paris
This treaty ended the Spanish American War, the US received the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Cuba from Spain. -
De Lome Letter
This letter, written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd. Publication of the letter helped generate public support for a war with Spain over the issue of independence for the Spanish colony of Cuba. -
USS Maine Explosion
A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor, killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard. The explosion of this ship is the immediate cause of the Spanish American War. In 1976, a team of American naval investigators concluded that the Maine explosion was likely caused by a fire that ignited its ammunition stocks, not by a Spanish mine or act of sabotage. -
Spanish American War Site Link
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Anti-Imperialist League Document Link
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Theodore Roosevelt Inaugaration
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Roosevelt
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." Roosevelt worked on American strategic security also called "strategic imperialism" when Roosevelt was in office America was a big influence around the world, the navy sailed the sea, and American economic interests spanned the globe. In Roosevelt's corollary to the Monroe Doctrine he was forced an arbitration settlement because Germany was threatening to invade Venezuela. -
BIG STICK POLICY CARTOON
Roosevelt's "Big Stick" diplomacy refers to negotiating peaceably with other nations while simultaneously displaying military might. -
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Willliam H. Taft Inaugaration
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"Dollar Diplomacy" Taft and Wilson used the United States power to promote business, specifically toward Asial and Latin America. Adapated dollar diplomacy which is advising government department heads were told to find new markets and ways to increase profits for American businesses. Dollar diplomacy in Central America and the Caribbean. American companies that operated in the region wanted governments in place throughout the region to guarantee their assets, keep political order and more. -
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Woodrow Wilson
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When the Haitian president went into dept and the mass killings with the revolt began the US came in to control the revolt and Wilson sent the Marines to Haiti to help. The US later organized a government for Haiti and signed the treaty that gave the US the power to control foreign policy. -
