U.S Imperialism
What is democracy?
The bombing of this was a huge contributor of the U.S declaring war upon Spain.
What is the U.SS Maine?
What is the Philippines?
The Roosevelt Corollary, summed up in the statement “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick,” meant for the U.S to make agreements while not being afraid to use military force, this defined which Roosevelt philosophy.
What is "Big Stick Diplomacy"?
After dethroning the queen and convincing the people that both their and the American economy would benefit, the U.S successfully annexed this land.
What is Hawaii?
Through sensationalist and eye-catching headlines, this helped convince Americans to want to join the Spanish American war.
Senator Beveridge believed the right to self-governance described in the Declaration of Independence only belonged to people of this nature.
Who are people capable of self-government?
The U.S wished to build a canal through the Isthmus of Panama for this reason.
What is a path to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean?
“The White Man’s Burden” expressed the idea that is was the responsibility of Anglo-Saxons to civilize native peoples who were not capable of self-governance. This belief aligns with this idea.
What is Manifest Destiny?
A big reason for Spain having fought America to hold their power over Cuba was this.
What is Spain having lost most of its South American empire?
The U.S displayed ideas of racism and white supremacy to spread this form of government.
What is democracy?
President Roosevelt originally offered Colombia this for the building of the Panama Canal.
What is $10 million and $250,000 in yearly rent?
The U.S forced the Treaty of Kanagawa with this country allowing the U.S to trade and dock there.
What is Japan?
The end of the Spanish American War led to the U.S gaining control of these lands from Spain.
What is the Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Guam and Wake?
Anti-Imperialists had a variety of reasons for opposing this war, some of which contradicted each other.
What is the Philippine-American War?
In 1903. U.S. gunboats waited in the harbor to provide support for Panamanian rebels. This approach by Theodore Roosevelt was known as this.
What is "gunboat diplomacy"?
After the purchase of Alaska, Americans referred to the purchase as the "Sewards Folly" for it's worthlessness until the discovery of this in Yukon.
What is gold?
The Spanish American War was regarded as a "splendid little war" for this reason.
What is the war not lasting long and costing little lives?
“We do not want the Filipinos for citizens. They cannot share in the government of our nation, and moreover, we cannot afford to add another race question to the race questions we already have.” -William Jennings Bryan. This idea is captured by this philosophy.
What is Anti-Imperialism?
What is following a policy of imperialism?