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America gets involved with: Venezuela, Nicaragua, Panama
Monroe Doctrine, which began the United States' policy of isolationism, deemed it necessary for the United States to refrain from entering into European affairs but to protect Western hemisphere nations from foreign military intervention. The Monroe Doctrine maintained the autonomy of Latin American nations, thereby allowing the United States to impose its economic policies at will. -
America claims Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico
The U.S. had no unincorporated territories (also called "overseas possessions" or "insular areas") until 1856 but continues to control several of them today. By Act of Congress, the term ‘United States,’ when used in a geographical sense, means “the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States. -
Purchase of Alaska
Russia offered to sell Alaska to the United States. Alaska was wanted for its hunt and fur. -
Purchase of Alaska
United States takes over the Russian Empire. Russian allowed the British to seize Alaska. Alaska was sold for $7.2 million. -
The Mexican Revloution
Diaz became the president. Profrio Diaz had a very strich "no reelection" policy. -
Open Door Policy in China
Open door policy was recognized at the Berlin Conference, John Hay sent notes to many major powers so that they would help China. -
Takeover in Hawaii
The United States attack. The United States need lands for stronger Navy, trade, and religion. -
Yellow Journalism
The battle between Pulitzer versus Hearst began. They expanded yellow journalism from the Spanish America War. -
Yellow Journalism
Hearst began looking for a New York newspaper to purchase, and acquired the New York Journal in 1895, a penny paper which Pulitzer's brother Albert had sold to a Cincinnati publisher the year before. -
Takeover in Hawaii
The queen surrendered thrown and finally a "hands off policy" was created. Hawaii was then a republic and United States hoped for annexation, which happened in 1896 -
Teddy Roosevelt & the Rough Riders
This group helped capture Kettle Hill and San Juan Ridge. To create this group Roosevelt resigned from being Assistant Secetary of the Navy. -
America claims Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico
These territories were created to govern newly acquired land while the borders of the United States were still evolving; many of the boundaries of territories changed over time, when territories were subdivided or shifted, as when a portion of a territory was admitted as a state. -
Spanish American War
"Remember the Maine to hell with Spain." Was the slogan the United States ship went by. The United States wanted the Phillipines to gain territory, religion, and where destined to invade. -
Spanish American War
Spain controlled Cuba, but that wasn't enough for them. The United States sent a ship to Spain that pushed for war. The U.S. was sucessful and the Spanish surrerndered 20 miles for Philliphes. -
Anti-Imperialisy Leauge
Retired Massachusetts banker James e. McCormick published a letter in the Boston Evening Transcript in which he looked for assistance gaining access to historic Faneuil Hall to hold a public meeting to organize opponents of American colonial expansion. An opponent of the Spanish-American War, Bradford decried what he saw as an "insane and wicked" colonial ambition among some American decision-makers which was "driving the country to moral ruin. -
Anti-Imperialist Leauge
An organization established on June 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines as an insular area. The anti-imperialists opposed expansion they believed imperialism violated the fundamental principle that just republican government must derive from "consent of the governed." -
Teddy Roosevelt & the Rough Riders
Roosevelt created a group of people that consitied of cowboys, miners, and law officals. -
The Boxer Rebellion
The seziure of Beijing. To get support for wars and authorizing foregin powers through out the nation. -
Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy
Roosevelt first used the phrase in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair on September 2, 1901, twelve days before the assassination of President William McKinley, which subsequently thrust him into the presidency. As president, Roosevelt described his style of foreign policy as "the exercise of intelligent forethought and of decisive action sufficiently far in advance of any likely crisis." -
Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy
Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy: "speak softly, and carry a big stick." Roosevelt attributed the term to a West African proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far," but the claim that it originated in West Africa has been disputed. -
The Boxer Rebellion
September 7, 1901 was the day of the execution of government officials. -
America gets involved with: Venezuela, Nicaragua, Panama
Panama (with the support of the United States Navy) revolted against Colombia and declared itself a republic, receiving $10 million from the U.S. for the canal project. With little diplomatic recourse possible and no match for United States military strength, Colombia was forced to concede to Panama's independence. -
The Mexican Revolution
In 1910 the Mexican Revolution began. around 1917 there was the Mexican Constontian. -
America Claims Neutrality at the start of WWI
The US Senate voted to declare war on Germany. 14,000 soilders were sent to France and became the turning point of the war. It finally ended on November 11, 1918. -
America Joins WWI
Disagreements in Europe over territory and boundaries, among other issues, came to a head with the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria by a Serbian zealot on June 28, 1914. Exactly one month later, war broke out. -
America Claims Neutrality at the start of WW1
Once Germany struck our ships they should have known that they would have been done for. The US was trying to stay out of things but once you attack upon us then you can expect that we will come at you fighting like maniacks. Maybe Germany would have won the war if we they didnt make us want to join the war and destroy them. -
America Joins WWI
In 1917 the German Ambassador Berstorff announced the continuation of submarine warfare and ended diplomatic relations with the United States. Which made the US mad when Germany started to strike at our ships. People predicted certain defeat for the Germans if America entered the war. -
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
The points were based on American ideals and set up peace. In November of 1918, Germany and the Allies agreed to the 14 points that Wilson outlined. -
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
The 14 points was a statement made up by the United States President Woodrow Wilson about how the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe. -
Open Door Policy in China
The open door policy started with the Japanize seizure.
