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Alfred Thayer Mahan
American naval officer and historian who was a highly influential exponent of sea power in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. published his college lectures as The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783. In this book he argued for the paramount importance of sea power in national historical supremacy. -
Mexico
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, forced onto the remnant Mexican government, ended the war and enforced the Mexican Cession of the northern territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo México to the United States. -
Japan
American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world. -
Alaska
the addition of this land would increase the size of the U.S. by nearly 20 percent. Seen as an increase in imperialism for America in a certain way. -
Hawaii
American businessmen basically overthrew Queen Lili'uokalani and established their own government. The Cleveland administration said the actions were illegal, but Hawaii was annexed by the U.S. under President McKinley. -
Hawaii
The Republic of Hawaii was officially established Sanford B. Dole was the first president. The President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, and his administration, researched and found that the overthrowing of Queen Lili'uokalani was illegal, and actually wanted the Queen returned to power. -
Hawaii
Hawaii became a protectorate of the United States under President McKinley, was made an American Territory. -
Philippine-American War
the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish–American War was signed. The treaty transferred control of the Philippines from Spain to the United States. This agreement was not recognized by the Philippine revolutionaries, who declared war against the United States on June 2, 1899. -
China
The U.S. began to worry that their financial interests were in jeopardy. So, the U.S. Secretary of State, John Hay, contacted the nations involved and asked for an agreement that all these powers have equal access to China. This is known as the Open Door Policy. Notice in all of this, the party that was not engaged was the Chinese. There were pro-Western Chinese, but many were not happy about these foreign powers doing as they wished in their home country. -
China
A group of Chinese nationalists, the Righteous Harmony Society, fed up with foreign imperialists and Christianity encroaching on their homeland, began to grow! At first the Dowager Empress who ruled China did not back the Boxers, but in time the Chinese government basically secretly worked with the Boxers in an attempt to oust the foreign invaders. The Society members were referred to as Boxers because of their vigorous physical and martial arts training. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
a group of American warships that toured the world in a show of peaceful strength, is the leading example of Big Stick diplomacy during Roosevelt's presidency. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
designed to showcase America's naval strength, make diplomatic contact, establish goodwill, and to perform humanitarian roles where possible. -
Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal; a trans-isthmian canal. American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. -
Panama Canal
in building a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans before the Spanish-American war in 1898. He wanted a shorter route for naval ships needing to pass between the two oceans. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Policy aimed at furthering the interests of the United States abroad by encouraging the investment of U.S. capital in foreign countries -
Red Scare
significantly affected American domestic policy with regard to both immigration policy and workers' rights. -
Philippine-American War
After its defeat in the Spanish-American War , Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris.
