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Alaska
The U.S. purchased the Alaska territory from Russia in 1867 under the Johnson administration (but was purchased by Sec. of State William Seward) for $7M. -
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History, which basically states that having control of the sea was the key to world dominance. -
Hawaii (2)
Queen Liliuokalani is overthrown by Sanford B. Dole in 1893. -
Hawaii (3)
Grover Cleveland (anti-imperialist) withdrew the annexation treaty from the Senate. -
Hawaii (1)
The U.S. annexes Hawaii so they can get their sugar and sell it in the U.S. duty-free. -
Spanish-American War (1)
The U.S.S. Maine sails to Cuba to protect U.S. interests after a revolt breaks out, but is blown up off the coast of Havana, and Spain is blamed for the incident. This ultimately started the Spanish-American War. -
Spanish-American War (2)
The Depuy de Lome letter was a letter from Spanish minster de Lome, which basically trash-talked President McKinley, and as a result, de Lome resigned. -
Spanish-American War (3)
The Rough Riders were a group of rebels who fought in the war and were led by Theodore Roosevelt. -
Spanish-American War (4)
The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War, and gave the U.S. Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. -
Spanish-American War (5)
The Teller Amendment was a U.S. piece of legislation that stated that the U.S. would not annex Cuba and that it intended to recognize Cuban independence after the war. -
Spanish-American War (6)
Joseph Pulitzer was a yellow journalist and the owner of the New York World. He published papers about Cuba to keep up U.S. resentment towards Cuba and to increase the output of his papers against competition. -
Spanish-American War (7)
William Randolph Hearst was also a yellow journalist and the owner of the New York Journal, and he also wrote about Cuba to increase resentment towards Cuba and to out his papers out to combat competition. -
Philippine-American War (1)
The war was meant to extinguish the resistance of the Filipinos to American control of the Philippines (U.S. imperialism v. Filipino nationalism). -
China (1)
Open Door Policy was a U.S. policy issued by John Hay in 1899 which basically stated that all countries should have equal access to trade in any Chinese port. -
China (2)
Open Door Policy was enacted mainly because the U.S.'s economic power was at stake, with foreign powers having spheres of influence in China, American economic interests in China could have been eliminated. -
Spanish-American War (8)
The Platt Amendment allowed U.S. intervention in Cuba to protect its interests., Cuba pledged not to make treaties with other foreign countries, and the U.S. gained naval bases, the most famous being Guantanamo Bay. -
Big-Stick Diplomacy (1)
Teddy Roosevelt's philosophy regarding the U.S.'s international affairs, the definition being: "International negotiations backed by the threat of force." -
Philippine-American War (2)
The Filipinos ultimately lost the war, when Emilio Aguinaldo, the leader, was captured in 1902. -
Panama Canal (2)
There was some resistance to the building of the canal from the Colombians; however, with the aid of the United States, a Panamanian revolution occurred, and the victors allowed the canal to be built. -
Japan
Teddy Roosevelt was involved in formally ending the Russo-Japanese War with the Treaty of Portsmouth/ Treaty of New Hampshire. He won the Nobel Peace Prize as a result of his efforts -
Big Stick Diplomacy (2)
The Great White Fleet was a United States naval fleet that sailed around the world on the orders of President Roosevelt, and the journey lasted from Dec. 1907 to Feb. 1909. This is a great example of Big Stick Diplomacy because the purpose was to showcase United States naval power (basically "don't mess with us"). -
Dollar Diplomacy
William Howard Taft's philosophy that the US could further its foreign policy through use of economic power by guaranteeing loans to foreign countries. -
Panama Canal (1)
The United States built the Panama Canal to have quicker access to the Pacific from the Atlantic, and it costed roughly $400M to build. -
Mexico (1)
The Tampico Incident occurred when American sailors were arrested and treated poorly by the Mexican government. As a result, Woodrow Wilson dispatched the American navy to seize the port of Veracruz. There was no war, but tensions between Mexico and the U.S. grew stronger. -
WW1 (3)
Wilson saw the U.S.'s involvement in the war as an opportunity to "shape a new international order based on the ideals of democracy." -
WW1 (5)
When the war broke out, the U.S. wanted to remain neutral, but still continued to supply aid to Great Britain and France, so they weren't exactly neutral. -
WWI (1)
The sinking of the British passenger ship, the Lusitania, was one of two main reasons for the U.S. entering the war. The ship was carrying over 100 American passengers who all died. -
Mexico (2)
Pancho Villa's Raid occurred in 1916 when a Mexican Revolutionary, Pancho Villa, raided a train, kidnapped 16 American mining engineers, and killed them. Woodrow Wilson sent the army to look for him, but they were never able to catch him. The search would be called off when the U.S. entered WWI, and subsequently the troops were withdrawn. -
WW1 (6)
American citizens also played a role in the war, where on certain days, they would not eat wheat or meat so that the troops could have some, and they were also encouraged to buy bonds from the government. (date may not be approximate) -
WW1 (2)
The other main reason for the U.S.'s entry into the war was the Zimmermann Telegram, which was a telegram sent by Germany to Mexico to try and influence Mexico to join the war against the U.S. However, the note was intercepted by the British and sent to the U.S. -
WW1 (7)
The Sedition Act was an act that stated that any person who criticized the government or the President could be thrown in jail. -
WW1 (4)
Wilson's Fourteen Points was a speech from the president too Congress to encourage the U.S. to stay in the war and to not give up. Some of the points included (but are not limited to): public negotiations between nations, freedom of navigation, free trade, self-determination for several nations involved in the war, and the establishment of an association of nations (League of Nations) to keep the peace. -
The Red Scare
The Red Scare was a nationwide fear of communists, socialists, anarchists, and other dissidents following multiple anarchist bombings. Innocent people were jailed for expressing their views, and civil liberties were mostly ignored.
