Section 3 and 4 from Imperialism
Acquiring New Lands
A) Ruling Puerto Rico
a. Many Puerto Ricans had dreams of independence or
statehood; the ___________ had different plans for the
island’s future.
b. Puerto Rico was important to the US because it
maintained a US ________________ in the Caribbean and
for protecting a future ____________ in Panama.
B) Cuba and the United States
a. The US had no intentions of taking over __________.
b. America would not leave Cuba until Cuba had
adopted the ________________________.
c. The US wanted a strong political presence in Cuba to
protect American ______________________.
C) Filipinos Rebel
a. In the Treaty of Paris the US was allowed to annex
___________________________.
b. The US assumed almost the same role that ___________
had played.
c. The US was practicing the same acts they had
condemned ____________ for.
d. The war between the US and the Filipinos cost more
than the US paid for the __________________.
e. The Philippines finally received independence in
_______________.
D) Foreign Influence in China
a. US imperialists saw the Philippines as a gateway to
the rest of ____________, particularly ________________.
b. The US proposed an _______________________ policy with
China hoping that nations would share their trading
rights with the US
c. The _________________________ Policy reflected 3 deeply
held American Beliefs:
i. Americans believed the growth of the US
economy depended on ______________.
ii. They felt the US had a right to __________________
abroad to keep foreign ________________ open
iii. They feared that the closing of an area to
American products, citizens or ideas
threatened US _____________________.
E) Impact of US territorial Gains
a. McKinley, who represented the ___________________,
defeated ___________________, who was against
imperialism
b. People in the Anti-Imperialism movement were
_______________________, Andrew Carnegie and
__________________________.
c. Future President’s _________________________ and
_____________________ would continue to exert power
around the globe.
America as a World Power
A) Teddy Roosevelt and the World
a. A canal was needed cutting across
_______________________.
b. US had to get permission from
_______________________, which controlled Panama
to build the canal
c. Negotiations did not go well so the US backed
an overthrow of the Columbian government
and set up and independent country called
____________________.
B) Roosevelt Corollary
a. Roosevelt was worried Latin American
countries were going to default on _____________
they took from ___________________ countries.
b. Roosevelt reminded the European countries
about the __________________________, which said
European countries stay out of the affairs of
____________________________.
c. Roosevelt based his Latin American policy of
the quote ___________________________________________.
d. Roosevelt added the ____________________________ to
the Monroe Doctrine, which stated that
disorder in Latin America might force the US
to exercise an international
________________________.
C) Dollar Diplomacy
a. During the next decade the US exercised its
_________________ power often.
b. The _________ administration used a policy
called _____________________________, used US
government to guarantee loans made to
foreign countries by American business
people.
D) Woodrow Wilson’s Missionary Diplomacy
a. According to Wilson’s “________________________”
the US had a moral responsibility to deny
recognition to any Latin American
government it viewed as ___________________,
undemocratic, or ________________ to US interests
b. This pressured nations to establish a
________________________ government.
c.