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Alfred T Mahan "The Importance of Sea Power"
Mahan believed in foreign commerce, navy & colonies, and pacific bases. He said the only way you will become a global power is if you own the sea. -
"Scramble for Africa"
The scramble for Africa was an invasion, occupation, division, colonization, and annexation of African territory. In 1870, only 10% of Africa was owned by Europe and by 1914, Europe owned 90% of Africa. The Berlin conference is considered the starting point for the scramble for Africa. -
Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani
The reason for wanting Hawaii was to have a naval base in the pacific. They also overthrow the queen because of the need of the sugar plantations. -
Venezuela Border Dispute
The secretary of state James Blaine sought Latin American markets for excess goods. The US organized the pan-American congress and this caused the border dispute. The US tries to use the Monroe doctrine. -
Annexation of Hawaii
The US was spurred by the nationalism and of the Spanish-American war and annexed Hawaii. The US wanted Hawaii for a naval base and sugar. -
Spanish-American War
America had a big interest in Cuba. When the Spanish abolished slavery in Cuba in 1886, Americans invested millions in Cuban sugar. The newspapers in the US made the Spanish atrocities and brutality seem worse than what it was. -
De Lome Letter
The letter written by the Spanish criticized president McKinley. They said the president is weak and he doesn't have no backbone. -
Sinking of the USS Maine
President McKinley ordered the ship to go to Cuba and bring home Americans citizens in danger. on February 15, the ship blew up in the Havana harbor. More than 260 men were killed. -
Teller Amendment
The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition on the United States military's presence in Cuba. -
Rough riders charge up San Juan Hill
Also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights, this was a decisive battle of the Spanish–American War. Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, outnumbered Spanish forces at San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill near the Spanish stronghold of Santiago de Cuba. -
Treaty of Paris (1898)
The treaty ended the Spanish–American War. The cession of the Philippines involved a payment of $20 million from the United States to Spain. The Treaty of Paris came into effect on April 11, 1899, when the documents of ratification were exchanged. -
Annexation of Samoan Islands
The US shared the islands with Germany and Great Britain. In 1899, the US buys out Great Britain and splits the island with Germany. -
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxers called themselves "I Ho Ch'uan," and their goal was the removal of foreign influence from China. At the beginning of that year, the Boxers began to attack and kill foreigners throughout China. In June, foreign troops captured the Chinese coastal port at Taku. -
Foraker Act
The first civil governor of the island under the Foraker Act was Charles H. Allen, inaugurated on May 1, 1900 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The purpose of the Foraker Act was to establish a limited government in the recently acquired territory of Puerto Rico. The act also outlawed cockfighting in the territory.This law was superseded in 1917 by the Jones–Shafroth Act. -
Insular Cases
The Insular Cases are a series of opinions by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1901, about the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish–American War. The Supreme Court held that full constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all places under American control. -
Platt Amendment
The Platt Amendment was passed as part of the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill. It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish American War, and an eighth condition that Cuba sign a treaty accepting these seven conditions. -
Building of the Panama Canal
President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. -
The Roosevelt Corollary
The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03. While the Monroe Doctrine blocked further expansion of Europe in the Western Hemisphere, the Roosevelt Corollary went one step further. -
Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a journey around the globe from December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909, by order of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two squadrons, along with various escorts.
