American Imperialism

  • Monroe Doctrine

    USA would not allow any more colonization in the Western Hemisphere
  • Seward's Folly

    The USA bought Alaska for $7 million
  • McKinley Tariff

    McKinley increased or decreases rates of some goods to protect the American manufacturing interests
  • The Venezuelan crisis of 1895

    Venezuela vs Britain argument over territory
  • Teller Amendment

    Amendment the USA pass saying they wouldn't annex Cuba
  • Spanish American War

    The USA vs Spain because of an explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor
  • Annexation of Hawaii

    Hawaii got annexed by the USA
  • Annexation of the Philippines

    The USA also got the Philippines at the end of the Spanish-American War
  • Treaty of Paris of 1898

    Ended the Spanish-American War and gave Cuba their independence
  • The Boxer Rebellion

    The USA Marines helped out in defeating the boxers
  • Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

    A treaty between United States and Panama to make the Panama Canal
  • US and the Panama Canal

    The USA made the Panama Canal after Spain's attempt to do it
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    An addition to the Monroe Doctrine that says that the USA will be the last resort in the Western Hemisphere
  • The Great White Fleet

    The USA Navy completed a full route around the globe and was nicknamed "Great White Fleet"
  • Dollar Diplomacy

    President William Howard used financial power to make their international influence better