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Without the approval of Congress, President Harry Truman sends troops to fight in Korea, asserting an inherent right to do so as Commander-in-Chief.
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Polk reasserts in Oregon and Texas; O’Sullivan coins “Manifest Destiny”
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As the result the U.S. gains control of Colorado, Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and New Mexico.
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Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy sails into Tokyo Harbor aboard the frigate "Susquehanna", forcing Japan to sign a treaty permitting trade, and the opening of Japanese ports to U.S. merchant s
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US control of various Pacific islands
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The U.S. acquires Alaska from Russia, thanks to deft negotiations by Secretary of State Seward.
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The U.S. annexes the Midway Islands.
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US attempts to buy Dominican Republic from Spain
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Under Adm. Mahan US fleet is third largest in the world: protects markets, requires coaling stationsand ports
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On February 15, the battleship USS Maine was attacked by the Spanish. Started the war.
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Stated that once Cuba won its independence from Spain, the US would “leave the government and control of the Island to its people.”
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The revolutionaries established a new government with Sanford B Dole as president. Proclaimed Hawaii to be under US protection on February 1, 1893.
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The last chief of Somoa before U.S. rule, the Tui Manu'a Elisala, is forced to sign a deed of cession following a series of U.S. naval trials.
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We anexed Philippines for economic but mostly we wanted to " Americanize" the Philippines.
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Undermine European spheres of influence in China in favor of Chinese governmentand other powers without such spheres (McKinley and Hay)
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The Boxers attacked western missionaries and foreigner traders. They were Chinese and did not support other nation have a share of China.
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Annexation does not bestow citizenshipHay-Paunceforte Treaty: British permission to build a canal connecting Gulf and Pacific
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Agreement that gave the US sovereignty over a 10-mile-wide canal zone across the Isthmus of Panama
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Roosevelt CorollaryPresident Theodore Roosevelt’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine; stated that the US would police affairs in the Western Hemisphere to keep European away.
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In 1901 Secretary of State John Hay began negotiations with the Republic of Columbia, which then included Panama. A treaty was drafted in 1903. In return for a 99-year lease on a six-mile strip of land
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The United States assumes temporary military control of Cuba under the Platt Amendment, following the reelection of an American puppet government which caused a nationalist uprising.
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Concerned by Japan’s growing power, Roosevelt decided to remind the Japanese of US military might. In late 1907 he sent a fleet of four destroyers and 16 battleships, painted a dazzling white, on a 46
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The U.S. seeks to establish a canal through Nicaragua, but instead chooses Panama. When Nicaraguan President José Santos Zelaya solicits funds to build a second inter-oceanic canal for Germany and Jap
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Promote US $ interests abroad, Influence thru economic strengthTaft-Katsura agreement (Japan gets Korea; US gets Philippines and South Pacific
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President William Howard Taft’s policy of influencing Latin American affairs through economic influence rather than military force.
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The United States claims to be neutral as Germany, France, and Britain engage in conflict; however, U.S. banks and weapons manufacturers continue selling to France and Britain.
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Panama Canal opens. Wilson pays Colombia according to Hay-Herran.
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Civil war breaks out after liberal president Rafael Lopez Gutierrez establishes a dictatorship. The U.S. lands Marines in the country to "protect its interests". Gutierrez is killed in March.
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Without the approval of Congress, President Harry Truman sends troops to fight in Korea, asserting an inherent right to do so as Commander-in-Chief.
