Causes of American Imperialism
What is Imperialism?
Practice of extending the power of a nation especially by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas.
What was the Platt Amendment?
Amendment letting US intervene in Cuban affairs.
What is this? The economic, political, and military domination of strong nations over weak nations.
Imperialism.
What was the Zimmerman Note?
Coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States.
Women, African Americans.
Economic reasons for Imperialism?
Looking for new places, customers to invest, and for new sources of raw material.
What did the Foraker Act do?
Established a government for Puerto Rico.
What are alliances?
When 2 countries have a mutual interest and agree to protect each other.
What event name caused Russia to leave WW1 and turn communist?
The Russian Revolution.
How were women affected?
Limited voting rights, more jobs but low pay and hazardous working conditions.
Political reasons?
Wanted prospect of new markets, European imperial had taken over vast territories.
Who were the rough riders?
Men from Cuba that got enlisted to fight.
What is nationalism?
Extreme pride in one's people or nation.
What was the Lusitania?
Passenger boat sunk by a German Submarine.
Which group of people was this? Moved south to North, Moved to Philly, NYC, Chicago.
African Americans.
Strategic/Naval reasons?
Needed bases where ships could refuel and make repairs.
What did yellow journalism help with.
Pushed America to the Philippines.
What is this? Belief or desire of a government, that a country should maintain a strong military capacity.
Militarism.
What did the Germans use Unrestricted Submarine Warfare specifically for?
Combat Great Britian's superior navy.
How were all Americans affected?
People's freedom of speech and thought taken away.
Racial/Cultural reasons?
Christian missionaries felt they had to convert other to their beliefs.
(Philippines 1935) Archipelago became an __________ ______ ______.
Autonomous common wealth.
Who won the war?
The Allies.
What was Wilson's goal when he got re-elected during 1916?
Keep the USA out of war.
How were German Immigrants affected?
German culture was suppressed and there was violence towards Germans.