Zusammenfassung der Ressource
American Imperialism
- Causes:
- Economic- we need somewhere to sell surplus of goods (new markets)
- Panama Canal
- by Roosevelt - cut through SA for trade
- problems: disease, swampy, mts., hard soil
- shortest distance (bought from already started French route)
- Colonizing:
- Alaska
- "Seward's Folly" why need this ice box? --- later
realized many resources (coal)
- Hawaii
- Sugar, Pearl Harbor,
- Yellow Journalism - writing that exaggerates news to lure in
readers
- Fighting
- Spanish American War
- Cause: US blamed Spain for sinking USS Maine, Yellow Journalism, Da Lome
Letter (insulted President)
- Spain holding onto Cuba as last colony but Cuba wanted independece (Teller Amendment said US not
interested in buying Cuba
- few battles but famous ones- San Juan Hill- Roosevelt gained poularity
- Results:
- Roosevelt popular war
hero
- Cuba freed but became US protectorate
(Platt Amendment allowed US
intervention)
- New Colonies: Guam + Puerto Rico to US, bought
Phillipines
- Phillipines
- Manila Bay- George Dewey
- White Man's Burden- US duty to civilize and Christianize Phillipines
- gateway to China
- Philipinos revolt (Let by Aguinaldo)
very costly to US- finally gain
independence
- Roosevelt Corollary
- US could use force to protect its economic interests in SA
- China
- John Hay Open Door Notes
- letters to other imperialist nations saying US wnated involmenent in China market