Expansionism, World War I in 1920s

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1. Guam

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the Philippines and Puerto Rico came under the control of the United States because of the

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Spanish - American War

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2. The US for involved in the spanish Amen an War because it wanted to protect is conomic interessin

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because it was angered by the sinking of the

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U.S.S Maine

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Vellow Journalists such as William Randolph Hearst published sensationalist stories

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3

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because

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that inflamed US public opinion against Spain.

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Several different but prominent Americans including Jane Addams

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Mark Twain

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Samuel Gompers and Andrew Carnegie supported the American Anti- Imperialist Act

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because they opposed American annexation of Hawaii and expansion in the

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Philippines and elsewhere because it went against America’s democratic principles.

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Panama Canal

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4. A major reason why the United States conducted the building of the

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was to enable US navy and trade ships to move more easily between the east and west coasts

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The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that allowed the

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USA to use force to keep European nations out of Latin American countries’ affairs.

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6. The cartoon below is referring to President Theodore Roosevelt’s “Big StICK” Policy

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which said the USA should use military strength to intimidate foreign countries into negotiating with the

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United States.