Economic Power
The U.S. had many new inventions. What were the 3 inventions we know about?
Electric lightbulb, telephone & automobile
The U.S. goal was to trade with who?
Japan
The U.S. wanted to protect the countries it traded with so it created a policy called what?
Monroe Doctrine
Panama gave the United States the right to the land to build the Panama Canal by supporting them getting their independence from which country?
Colombia
Alaska was purchased by the United States from which country?
Russia
Money equaled? Government =?
Money= Raw material
U.S. = Government
What did the U.S. do to persuade Japan to trade with them?
Sent 4 battleships to impress Japan.
Spain controlled what two countries?
Puerto Rico & Cuba
What continent needed to be sailed around prior to the Panama Canal to travel by ship from one side of the United States to the other?
South America
Why was the purchase of Alaska by the United States referred to as “Seward’s Folly”?
Americans thought it was a bargin or mistake.
U.S. were making more and better goods. So they started looking for?
Places to ship them around the world.
Who was the president at this time?
What was the name of the U.S. ship that mysteriously sunk?
U.S.S. Maine
U.S. paid how much to build the canal & how many workers?
10 Million & 40,000 workers
What was the main reason the United States wanted to control Hawaii?
To use it as a navy base to refuel ships.
The U.S. was rich in what?
Technology, factories & resources
What was the tour called they went on to persuade other countries?
Great White Fleet
What was yellow journalism?
Newspapers and media printing exaggerated or false news.
Traveling by ship was very long and slow. What oceans did they have to go through?
Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean
Americans used Hawaii fertile land for?
Fruit Plantation
Those rich resources were used needed for what?
To expand its power.
They toured how many ports & continents?
20 Ports; 6 continents
U.S defeated Spain & gained control over what countries?
Puerto Rico, Guam. Phillipeans
The panama canal made the trip how much shorter?
8,000 miles instead of 12,000
Hawaii was used in the Spanish-American war as?
Navy Base