Arguments for Expansion
The US was eager to join in the competition for territories when it saw that several countries from here were doing it.
What was Europe?
The explosion of this vessel killed more than 250 sailors.
What was Big Stick Diplomacy?
He was a key influencer in the journalism world, publishing sensationalist stories in the New York Morning Journal.
Who was William Randolph Hearts?
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
This type of growth was the US's chief argument in favor of expansion.
What was economic growth?
Because the people of this country were rebelling against Spain, the US saw that this was an opportunity to assist, and then use it as a key base from which the US could gain access to Asia.
What was the Philippines?
Taft's main foreign policy focused on maintaining orderly societies abroad through increased foreign economies.
What was the Dollar Diplomacy?
He was the key influencer when pleading with Congress to go to war against Spain.
Who was Pres. McKinley?
He described McKinley as being "weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd."
Who was de Lome?
This social concept was the driving force behind preserving the American spirit.
What was Social Darwinism?
This was a volunteer cavalry led by Roosevelt, which took charge up San Juan Hill.
Who were the Rough Riders?
His foreign policy would apply moral and legalistic standards to foreign policy decisions.
Who was Pres. Wilson?
Who was Pres. Wilson?
Regarding his policy on the Philippines, he said, "We could not leave them to themselves — they were unfit for self-government, and they would soon have anarchy and misrule worse than Spain's was."
Who was McKinley?
To protect this, Congress established the Naval Advisory Board which pushed to increase the navy's budget.
What was American security?
The intense burst of national pride and desire for an aggressive foreign policy became known as this.
What was jingoism?
Roosevelt's policy included this, which was basically denied that the US wanted more territory. It merely wanted to ensure its neighboring countries were stable.
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
He was the main peacemaker between Russia and Japan when both started to disrupt the open-door trade policy with China.
Who was Roosevelt?
Not wanting to resist going to war with Spain, McKinley sent this message to Congress.
What is "Remember the Maine"?
Because US business leaders invested in Central American countries' economies, they gained political influence there, leading those countries to be referred to as these.
What were banana republics?
This treaty forced Spain to recognize Cuba's independence, and gave the US: Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
The building of this was one of Roosevelt's ways of showing how his way of diplomacy got us a shorter way to get from New York to San Francisco.
What was the Panama Canal?
Because Russia, Germany, Britain, France and Japan were seeking the spheres of influence, he ensured the Open Door Policy that ensured the US had equal access to China.
Who was Sec. of State John Hay?
McKinley said we needed to annex this nation, "just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It's Manifest Destiny."
What was Hawaii?