Foreign Policy, 1865- 1914

By acole15

  • Johnson's Presidency

  • Purchase of Alaska

  • Grant's Presidency

  • Hayes' Presidency

  • Garfield's Presidency

  • Arthur's Presidency

  • Our Country: It's Possible Future and Present Crisis

    written by Reverend Josiah Strong and expressed the think that many Protestant congregations believed, which was that westerners of the Christian faith had a duty to bring benefits of their 'superior' civilization (medicine, science, and technology) to less fortunate peoples of the world.

  • Cleveland's Presidency

  • Blaine and the Pan- American Conference

    Secretary of Sate James Blaine made efforts to establish closer ties between the U,S, and Latin America. Representatives from various nations in the Western Hemisphere decided to create a permanent organization for international cooperation on trade and other issues.

  • Harrison's Presidency

  • Influence of Sea Powe Upon History

    written by U.S. Navy Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, in which he argued that a strong navy was crucial to a country's ambitions of securing foreign markets and becoming a world power. By 1900, the U.S. had the third largest navy in the world.

  • Cleveland's Presidency

  • Cuban Revolt

    Bands of Cuban nationalist adopted the strategy of sabotaging Cuban plantations in order either to forceSpain's withdrawal or involve the U.S. in their revolution. Spain responded by sending General Valeriano Weyler and 100,000 troops to supress the revolt.

  • McKinley's Presidency

  • De Lome letter

    A Spanish diplomat's letter was leaked to the press and printed on the front page of Heart's New York Journal. The letter was very critical of President McKinley and it was considered an official Spanish insult against the U.S. national honor.

  • Sinking of the Maine

    U.S. battleship Maine was at anchor in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, when it suddenly exploded, killing 260 Americans on board. Spain was blamed for the explosion even though experts later concluded that it was probably an accident.

  • Teller Amendment

    After McKinley demonstrated his war message, Congress authorized war. The Teller Amendment declarded that the U.S. had no intention of taking political control of Cuba and that, once peace was restored, the Cuban people would control their own government.

  • Annexation of Hawaii

    U.S. expansionists had long coveted the islands of Hawaii and, in 1893, American settlers had aided in the overtrow of the Hawaiian monarch. Then the outbreak of war and fright for the Philippines gave Congress and President McKinley the pretext to complete annexation in July 1898.

  • End of Spanish- American War

  • Treaty of Peace

    Cuba gained independence, U.S. gained Puerto Rico and Guam territories, U.S. asked the Philippines in return for payment to Spain of $20 million.

  • The Philippine Question

    The imperialist prevailed and the Treaty of Paris and the Philippine annexation were ratified by a close vote of 57 to 27.

  • Boxer Rebelllion

    Nationalism and xenophobia were on the rise in China, and Boxers murdered dozens of Christian missionaries. To protect American lives and property, U.S. troops participated in an international force that marched to Beijing and quickly crushed the rebellion of the Boxers.

  • Cuba and the Platt Amendment

    The Platt Amendment required Cuba to agree to never sign a treaty with a foreign power that impairs it independence, never build up an excessive public debt, to permit the U.S. to intervene in Cuban affairs and maintain naval bases in Cuba, including Guantanamo Bay.

  • Roosevelt's Presidency

  • Begining Construction on the Panama Canal

  • Great White Fleet cruise

    to demonstrate the naval power of America to Japan and other nations, Roosevelt sent the fleet of battleships on an around the world war cruise.

  • Root- Takahira Agreement

    Secretary of State Elihu Root and Japanese Ambassador Takashira exchanged notes pledging mutual respect for each nation's Pacific possessions and support for the Open Door policy in China.

  • Taft's Presidency

  • Intervention in Nicaragua

    To protect American investments, the United States intervened in Nicaragua's financial affairs in 1911, and sent in marines when a civil war broke out in 1912.

  • Wilson's Presidency