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1959 BCE
Annexation of Alaska and Hawaii
Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867, and the annexation of Hawaii took place in 1898. Both of the Annexations were a result of American Imperialism. The Americans took interest in Alaska because of manifest destiny in the 1840’s, they also had interest in other natural resources. The Americans were interested in Hawaii because of the Naval advantages. A“Committee of Safety,” organized by Sanford B. Dole, staged an attack against Queen Liliuokalani forcing her to sign the “Bayonet treaty”. -
1917 BCE
Zimmerman Telegram
Internal communication in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I. -
1916 BCE
Sussex Pledge
Promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States saying Germany would alter their naval and submarine policy of unrestricted submarine warfare to stop the indiscriminate sinking of non-military ships. -
1912 BCE
Moral Diplomacy
A form of diplomacy proposed by president Woodrow Wilson in 1912. This plays a role in American Imperialism because Wilson opposed it. Wilson ultimately created moral diplomacy to replace dollar diplomacy. -
1909 BCE
Dollar Diplomacy
President William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox followed a foreign policy characterized as “dollar diplomacy.” to create stability and order abroad that would best promote American commercial interests. -
1904 BCE
Rooselvelt Corollary
addition to Monroe doctrine by Theodore Roosevelt. Corollary states that the U.S will interfere with and conflict between European countries and Latin American countries to enforce the claim of European power -
1901 BCE
Platt amendment
U.S withdrawals troops remaining in Cuba at end of Spanish-American war. Cuba will sign a treaty accepting this decision. -
1899 BCE
Rudyard Kipling - White Man’s Burden
Poem written in February 1899, saying that the white man has a moral obligation to rule the non-white peoples of the Earth -
1899 BCE
Open Door Policy
Hay’s proposal for an Open Door Policy called for the establishment of equal trading rights to all nations in all parts of China and for recognition of Chinese territorial integrity (meaning that the country should not be carved up) -
1898 BCE
Teller amendment
It was in reply to president William Mckinley's war message. The amendment stated that America could not annex Cuba but only leave "control of the island to its people", which meant that we
would help them gain independence, then take out all of our troops. -
1898 BCE
Treaty of Paris 1898- Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba
This treaty ended the war and ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines to the U.S. In return, we would give Spain 20 million dollars. -
1898 BCE
Spanish American Start and Finish
The war started in April 1898 and ended in August 1898. This played a role in American imperialism because with the fear of another empire coming and controlling America. Because of this America went to war with the Spanish in search of new military bases. -
1898 BCE
Philippine annexation
After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris. Arguments made for the annexation of Philippines in 1898 represent some of the most racist and paternalistic strains in American thought. -
1898 BCE
De Lome Letter
a letter from Spanish minister to US Enrique de Lome. called McKinley a weak leader. Spain apologized, minister resigned, US insulted -
1890 BCE
Alfred Thayer Mahan – Influence of Sea Power on History
A book that was published in 1890. Mahan explains about the history of naval warefare throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. -
1885 BCE
Josiah Strong - Our Country
Strong was a clergy man and writer who preached of the saving power of Protestant religious values, Best known for his book 'OUr Country" it's possible future and its present crisis, in which he urged Anglo Saxons to "civilize and christanize" the American west and argued that the United States had the obligation to spread our superior way of life or civilization to Latin America and Asia. -
Anti-Imperialist League
Established on June 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines as an insular area. -
Boxer Rebellion
a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence -
Big Stick Policy
refers to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy: "speak softly, and carry a big stick." -
Panama Canal – Great White Fleet
the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from December 16, 1907 to February 22, 1909 by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two squadrons, along with various escorts. -
Sinking of Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner, killing more than 1,100 passengers, including more than 120 Americans, contributing to reasons why America would enter WWI.
