CHAPTER 5 – Becoming a World Power
Time Period:________________________________________________________
Lesson 1 – The Imperialist Vision
Building Support for Imperialism
Imperialism
1.
A Desire for New Markets
 Reasons why European countries turned to imperialism
 Reasons the US turned to imperialism.
2. A Feeling of Superiority
 John Fiske and “Anglo-Saxonism”
 Imperial Manifest Destiny
Tariff
 Josiah Strong
3. Building a Modern Navy
 Conflict with Germany over Samoa
 Alfred T. Mayhan
Protectorate
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The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
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Support to Mayhan’s Ideas?
Answer: Why did Americans’ attitudes toward overseas expansion change?
American Expansion in the Pacific
 Which direction has the US continually expanded?
Expansion
1.
Perry Opens Japan
 Commodore Matthew C. Perry
 Treaty of Kanagawa
2. Annexing Samoa and Hawaii
 Pago Pago
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 Hawaii and Sugarcane
 Sanford Dole
 Queen Liliuokalani
 President McKinley
Answer: How did the search for new overseas markets push the US to become a world power?
Yellow Journalism
Intervene
Lesson 2 – The Spanish American War
The Coming of War
What is Cuba’s relationship to Spain?

Autonomy
Jose Marti
Reason’s for Cuban rebellion in 1895.
Jingoism
1.
America Supports Cuba

American’s Support for the Intervening in Cuba?

Reconcentration Camps
2. Calls for War

McKinley and the Battleship Maine
Answer: What events lead to the war with Spain in 1898?
Volunteer
A War on Two Fronts
 George Dewey
1.
The Battle of Manila Bay

Rough Riders
Emilio Aguinaldo
2. American Forces in Cuba
 Theodore Roosevelt

9th and 10th Cavalry

Kettle Hill and San Juan Hill
Answer: On what two fronts was the Spanish-American War fought?
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An American Empire

1.
Territories the US Received from Spain
The Debate Over Annexation
 Supposed benefits of taking the Philippines

Other Support for Annexation

People/Reasons Against Annexation

Treaty of Paris (1898)
2. 1898: A Turning Point

Reasons why the year 1898 was a turning point in US History
3. The Platt Amendment
 Sen. Orville Platt

Stipulations of the Platt Amendment
4. Governing Puerto Rico
 Foraker Act (1900)
5. Rebellion in the Philippines
 Emilio Aguinaldo

William Howard Taft
6. Economic Effects of the War
 Cuba

Hawaii

Puerto Rico

Philippines

United States
Answer: What did the US need now to protect its overseas colonies?
Answer: What did the US do to expand it territorial interests?
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Sphere of Influence
Open Door Policy
Access
Lesson 3 – New American Diplomacy
American Diplomacy in Asia
 US Trade with China
1.
The Open Door Policy
 China v. Japan (1894)
“Leasholds”
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Manchuria
 Russian Involvement
Tension
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Manchuria
 Secretary of State John Hay
2. The Boxer Rebellion
 Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (Boxers)
 Boxer Rebellion
 Second set of Open Door Notes
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Hay:
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US Retained:
Answer: What was the importance of the Open Door policy to the United States?
Roosevelt and Taft’s Diplomacy
 Theodore Roosevelt Beliefs as President
1.
Balancing Power in East Asia
 Roosevelt Assistance between Russia and Japan
2. The Panama Canal
 Explain “speak softly and carry a big stick”
 Significance of Panama Canal
 Columbia v. Panama
3. Geography and the Canal
 How did Panama’s Geography Effect the Canal’s Construction?
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4. The Roosevelt Corollary
Dollar Diplomacy
 Define Roosevelt Corollary
 Goal of Roosevelt Corollary

First Use of Roosevelt Corollary
5. Dollar Diplomacy
 Differences Between Roosevelt and Taft as President
Answer: Why was it important for the US to influence Latin American nations?
Guerrillas
Moral Imperialism
Woodrow Wilson’s Diplomacy in Mexico
 What did Wilson want to focus on during his presidency?

Views on Imperialism?
1.
The Mexican Revolution
 Porfirio Diaz

Mexico Under Diaz

Francisco Madero

Victoriano Huerta
2. Wilson Sends Troops Into Mexico
 Pancho Villa

General John J. Pershing
Answer: Why did President Wilson’s “moral diplomacy” not accomplish its intended purpose?
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