American foreign policiys
Monroe doctrine
Prevented European intervention in latin america
isolationism
avoiding economic and political affairs with other countries
Sanford Dole
1st president of republic of hawaii
Protectorate
country that is considered independent but ruled by another country
Mexico
economic benefits because they had invesment opportunities
Roosevelt Corollary
U.S claimed the right to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations whenever those nations seemed unstable
Imperialism
taking over other nations to get more power and building an empire
Queen Liliuokalani
nationalist, got rid of sugar cane farms, wanted to regain hawaiian economic control
Yellow Journalism
exaggerated, bias, sometimes false stories
Philippines
national suppriority because they converted catholics to protestant christianity
Open Door Policy
Gave each foreign nations in china rights to trade freely in the other nations spheres of influence
3 factors of imperialism
Economic benefits, military strength, national superiority
Economic Benefits
grew sugar cane there and made money off it
Attack on the Maine
it blows up and 266 are dead, they accuse spain, think it was a mine
Puerto Rico
natural superiority because they basically have the us government
Big stick
U.S should respond to foreign crises not with threats but with military actions
expansionism
expanding a nations boundaries
William McKinley
signed treaty and the senate agreed and hawaii became a territoty
territory
a area of land owned by a country
China
national supperiority because the missionaries wanted to convert chinese to christian
economic benefits allowing them to trade
dollar diplomacy
This policy made it so he was willing to intervene in other mations affairs if they threatened american business interests
Purchase of Alaska
for the land, and resources such as oil and timber
Grover Cleveland
didnt want to sign the treaty and actually wanted to bring the queen back
Impacts of the War
New territories and protectorates
Dominican Republic
economic benefits because they sent military to collect money from there taxes