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Sanford B dole as president of the republican of hawaii
1890 queen Liliuokalani the native rule tried to take political power back from american land owners in respond all overthrew the queen in 1893 Sanford B dole led the provisional gov while it worked out plans for the us to annex the island dole worked to limit native rights in 1887 and helped to overthrow the queen when the pres Cleveland refused to annex HI b/c of the planets actions in seating power dole refused as HI's pres after the outbreak of the SA war progress voted to annex HI in 1898 -
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Alfred thayer mahan
mahan stressed the independence of the military and control of the sea mahan greatly influences the build up of naval prior to WW1 Alfred phrase was "weather they will or not american most now begin to look outward .the growing production of the century demands it. -
USS Maine
The USS Maine was sent to cuba to protect america citizens while cuba revolutionaries were fighting to win independence from spain -Publishers dulitzer & heart newspaper deliberately sensationalized the news , depicting Spaniards as murders & brutes in order to sell newspaper , having medias reaction outraged Americans & embarrassed spain-this technique became known as yellow journalism -
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Spanish american war
after the explosion of the uss maine and us wanted european powers to remain out western hemisphere were reason of war military action happened in cuba,puerto rico, and guam the treaty of paris was signed us gain philippines , guam and all spains colonies and puerto rico with expcation cube to us win they became known as world power -
Open door policy
the open door policy gave all nations equal rights when trading with china-the boxer rebellion threaten the lives of foreigners living in china -An International army crushed the rebellion -
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Theodore Roosevelt
became governor of NY with the republication party in 1901 , teddy became William McKinley was assassination Roosevelt became pres he became the youngest man to become pres he also won 2nd term in 1904 teddy s foreign policy was to "speak softly and carry a big stick" on the other hand however he also feared giving to much power to labor unions and big businesses his square deal policies attempted to strike a balance between labor union and big businessses -
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panamal canal by us
the US wanted to build the panamal canal to shorten the ocean journeys from the east coast to the west coast the us entered into negotiations but could not agree in terms president Roosevelt struck a deal with Panamanian rebus who to obtain their independence Roosevelt recognized panama gave the us control of a 10 mile rain forest called panamal canal zone took 10 years to compete cost of thousands of lives and 40million -
Rooselvt Corollary
the Roosevelt corollary changed the Monroe doctrine the Monroe doctrine blocked further expatiation of Europe in the western hemisphere the Roosevelt corollary went one step further respond innervation and established his good neighbor policy for the western -
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dollar diplomacy
the goal was to create stability abroad and promote american commercial interest another goal was to use private capital to further us interests overseas the policy was evident in extensive us interventions in Venezuela cuba and central america -
C. Theodore Roosevelt battle of San Juan hill "rough riders"
assistant secretary of navy Theodore Roosevelt raised a volunteer force as the rough riders acting with other army regiments they defeated Spanish forces at San Juan hill in cuba