Chapter 14
Words
Speaking softly, But carrying a big stick, by Jingo! The US expanded again And helped Open Doors in Asia To emerge as a world power. |
Gestures
Finger to lips, Hand up Swing arm Hands out, swell chest Open door Superman pose. |
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Notes
Time frame 1880s --> 1917 Expansionism and/or Imperialism (economic or colonial?)
Alfred T. Mahan- US needed a strong merchant marine and a Navy to protect it.
Social Darwinism (Anglo-American ideal—survival of the fittest?)
Alaska purchased 1867 Hawaii “annexed” 1898
Jingoism and yellow journalism helped bring USA into a war with Spain over Cuba and Philippines.
(“To hell with Spain remember the Maine”)
US also “takes over” Puerto Rico, Guam, Wake
US a world power but divided at home.
Expansionists vs. Anti-Imperialist
Multi-year rebellion in Philippines, PR becomes a US “Commonwealth”
Cuba a US “protectorate”
Teddy Roosevelt’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: US alone to intervene in Latin America. Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama Canal.
Taft “Dollar Diplomacy”/Wilson “Moral Diplomacy”
(though Wilson invaded Mexico after Pancho Villa)
China “spheres of influence” forces to open door to Western trade
Japan- trade and “Westernized”
TR sent the “Great White Fleet” around the world on a goodwill tour (and to show US power.)
Time frame 1880s --> 1917 Expansionism and/or Imperialism (economic or colonial?)
Alfred T. Mahan- US needed a strong merchant marine and a Navy to protect it.
Social Darwinism (Anglo-American ideal—survival of the fittest?)
Alaska purchased 1867 Hawaii “annexed” 1898
Jingoism and yellow journalism helped bring USA into a war with Spain over Cuba and Philippines.
(“To hell with Spain remember the Maine”)
US also “takes over” Puerto Rico, Guam, Wake
US a world power but divided at home.
Expansionists vs. Anti-Imperialist
Multi-year rebellion in Philippines, PR becomes a US “Commonwealth”
Cuba a US “protectorate”
Teddy Roosevelt’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: US alone to intervene in Latin America. Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama Canal.
Taft “Dollar Diplomacy”/Wilson “Moral Diplomacy”
(though Wilson invaded Mexico after Pancho Villa)
China “spheres of influence” forces to open door to Western trade
Japan- trade and “Westernized”
TR sent the “Great White Fleet” around the world on a goodwill tour (and to show US power.)