apush 6 Flashcards
Seward 1850-60 repub
secreatary of state: lincoln and johnson.
civil war: prevent EU from helpong confed
lead to annex midway island, got rights to build canal in nicaragua and purchased alaska
failed:
annex hawaii n purchase danish west indies
french in mexico
during civil warcnaopoleon3 send troops to occupy mexico. seward-monroe doctrine and threat military action. french left
alaskan purchase 1867
russia n brit controlled then only russia-colony hunt seal. was burden bc threat brit takeover. russia wanted to sell to seward 7.2 mil, has no value to Americans (seward’s folly/icebox)
new imperialism
^ foreign involv bc wanted raw n market for products. conserv hoped oversea advent offer safety value for sadness at home after panic 1893. worried about ^violence of labor managment disput/farmers. advocates for expansionist used econ n diplo means
internation darwinism
darwin applied to business and nations and races for milit, colonies/spheres of influence. strenth=territories oversrea (manifest) to caribbean,central america n pacific
imperialism
getting territory/gaining control over politic/ecn life of other countries/possesing weaker coutnries. some US advocate for expansions
missionaries advocate imperialism
rever Strong: anglo-saxon were fittest. protestant had duty to colonize other land to spread christiamitu and their tech/sci to poor. missionaries blieved in racial superiority n white supremacy. encourage gov involv in foreign affairs
politician for imperialism
repub allies with bussines leaders and suppport foreign affair for new market. Lodge (MA) and theodore roosevelt (repub NY)
naval power for imperialism
Captain Mahan: strong navay crucial to country’s ambition of securing foreign markets n being world power (book) naval strateigist got congess to finance production of steel ship and acquisition overseas island for supply station to spread power (samoa)
1900 Us 3rd largest navy
popular press for imperialism
increase circulation by print adventure stories about distant places. ^demand for foreign affair involvement
latin america
protector from EU. Secerary state Blaine wanted US and south to have stronger ties
Pan-American conference (1889)
Washington. representative from western hemisphere created permanent organization for cooperation on trade/others. blaine hoped for ! in tarriff (not achieved)
venezuela and guiana (brit) boundary dispute
P.Cleveland and SecState Olney wanted Brit to resolve issue. brit said its non of US’ business. US threat military bc Monroe Doctrine. Brit wanted US friendship so resolve but brit got better deal.
cuba carribean target of american imperialism
south wanted cuba since 1850
90- us invested in cuban sugar
spanis misrule it
causes of spanish american war
jingoism
expansionist wanted to b imperialist like europe. not everyone favored it. P.Cleveland n McKinley believed military actions abroad was wrong.
jingoism
intense form of nationalism; agressive foregin policy
causes of spanish american war
cuban revolt 1868-1878
cubans fail to overthrow spanish, renewed struggle in 1895. stragtegy: sabotage and laying waste to plantation
SP send Weyler and troops to stop revolt. forced ppl to armed camps (died of starvndsease) called the butcher
causes of spanish american war
yellow press
war enthuisiansimjournalism reporting bold crime/scandal/disaster
NY newspaper
-Joseph Pulitzer’s world
-william randolph hearst’s journal
printed exaggerate/false of spanish actions in cuba.
us wanted congress to stop spanish
causes of spanish american war
de lome letter 1898
spanish diplomat letter leaked to press n printed on JOURNAL. written by SP minister to US highly critical of P.McKineley
Cause of SP war
sinking of the maine 1898
after de lome letter. us battleship MAINE was on harbor of Cuba exploded klling amricans. press accused spanish but expert: accident
McKinley
after MAINE issued ultamatum to spain demanding to stop troop in cuba. spain agree but uspress n congress wanted war. mckineley yield and declared war
mckinley reason for war
intervene to help cuban rebels -stop barbarities n bad stuff protect lives n property of us citiz in cuba end injury to commerce/business end menance to peace bc disorfder cuba
teller admendment
congress passed joint resolution authorizing war. admendment declared that US had no intention of taking control of cuba n after winning, cuban can self govern
war starts
at manila bay in philippines. short war
philippines
roosevelt theo expansionest order navy under dewey to philip (under spainish control) fired at spainish ship n won. filipino allied with us. ustroop captured minila city
invasion of cuba
us troop: illprepated n voluterred. diseases killed (malaria,typhod, dysentery) more than battles
spanish larger but fought poorly.
usnavy destroyed spanish at santiago bay
rough riders
troop lead by theodre roos took san juan hill
annexation of hawaii
US missionaries/entreoreneurs settle in Hawaii. expansionist wanted it 1893 US settler wanted to overthrow hawaii monarch Queen liliuokalani. P. CLeveland oppose it. Philipenes war- McKinley annex 1898. official in 1900
treaty of peace in paris
1898
- recognize cuba indep
- US aquisistion of 2 spanish island (puerto rico n Guam
- US paid 20mil to spain for philipines
philipines
divided opinion: imperialist for annex and
antiimperialist/against treaty of pace/bc against decalrateindep n depriving life liberty etc n conflict in asia
treaty of paris 1899
imperialist won
Aguinaldo fought w/us in psainsh war n now fought against US. ended 1902
Anti imperialist league
jennings oppose expanision in pacific
porblems with us colony
did constitution apply. antiimperialist says yes. insular cases resolve prob n favored imperialist
cuba b platt amendment 1901
us troop in cuba from 1898-1901. will leave cuba if they acceot okatt admendment which reqouired cuba to never sign a treaty with foreign powerthat impaired independce n allowed US to intervence in cuban affair n bases there. cuban accepted and was part of their constitution
election of 1900
P. mckinely won again repub
us power
recognized after spanis war n south attached to union, involve in international affairs
open door policy chuba
Secstate notice that china was corrupt/weak/not modernize and is under other’s control (sphere of influence in china operated by EU) Hay gave diplomate note to EU prevent US from losing access to china trade. asked to accep OPENDOOR concept: all nation have equal trading priviliides in china n all accepts (evasive)
boxer rebellion 1900
nationalist and xenophobia on rise in china. Society of Harmonious fist/Boxers attacked foreign setlemet and muder christmissionaries. us troops participated in crushing them to proctect UScitiz n china forced to pay
xenophobia
hatred and fear of foreigners
hay second round of notes
hay afraid china loose its independence. 1900 wrotee a note to imperialistic power stating US will perserve china territyory n protect trade but did not do anything
theo roosevelt
imperialistic, aggresive forieg
canal
latin america resentful. congress paided colombia for panama n later returned the canal zone to panama
Roosevelt corollary to the monroe doctrine
helped latin america in debt to EU.
1902 brut dispatched warship to venez to force pay
1904 santo domingo n roose declared US intervention rather than EU. Us send boats to make latin countr pay for EU. justification and resulted in poor relationship
russo japan war
Russia vs Japan. J winning. roos end conflict by conference at portsmouth, NH 1905 (Treaty of Portsmouth). japan hated US
gentlemen’s agreement
CA law discriminated against Japanese. SF got them to go to segregrated school. roos compromise: informal understanding. J secretly restrict emmingration of Jworkers to US inexchange for repel of law
great white fllet
roos send a fleet of battleships on an around the world cruise 1907-09 to show naval power was welcomed at tokyo bay
root-takahira agreement
1908
secstate Root and Jambassador Takahira exchanged notes pledge mutual respect for each pacific possesion n support open door policy
roosevelt
big stick promote peaceful solution and was award nobel peace prize 1906 n directed algeciras conference in Spain (fraxgerman over morocco,
directed us in seconf interational peace conference (hague 190) discuss rules for limiting warfare
after roose: Will Taft 1909-1913
mild expanisionist foreign policty, investor’s dollar not navy battleship
^antiimperialism in US and oversea
privateUS investment in china n central america: stability
dolllar diplomacy
promte US trade by support US enterprises abroad
railroads in china
bankers in EU plan to invest n secure US particip agreeement: 1911
ManchuriaL US excluded bc itsan Russ n ja sphere of influence
intervention in nicaragua
US intervent with its financial affairs in 1911 to protect US investment n marines send in when civil war 1912
lodge corollary
ja wanted to buy Mexico baja peninsula. Senat repub Losge n senate 1912 passed collary to monroe doctrine
nonEU powers excluded from owning territory in west hemist
P. Tarf oppose n Latin america did too
New freedom
woodrow wilson: moral approach to foreign affairs. oppose imperialism 1912
wilson’s moral diplomacy
1st term: low sucess: respect other’s right n spread demo n corrected ‘wrongful policies’
anticolonialism
philippines
Jones Act 1916
granted full territorial staus to them
guarenteed bill of rights n male suffrage to filip cittiz
promise indept for them as soon: stable president
pueto rico
1917 granted us citizenship to all inhabit n limit self gov
panama canal
repelaed act that granted us ship exemption from paying toools
conciliation treaties
secstate wilson: bryannegotiated treaties nations
submit disputes to internati commision
obseve 1 year cooling off period b4 milit action
military under wild on
usue marines to straignten out financial political troubles in mexico n central am n carribean n order troops stationed in some places to maintain n protect canal
revolution n civil war in mexico
rused to recognize dicataor ship of General Huerta who killed former presigent
tampico incident
embargo against mexican gov to help revolt against huerta. send fleet to block port vera cruz. ussailors went ashore tampico and was arrested by mexi n released. huerta not apologize. wilson order moer troops. war averted by abc powers to mediate
abc powers
argen brax chile