AMERICA AS A WORLD POWER (1865

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AMERICA AS A WORLD POWER(18651914)
Chapter 10

• Section 1 The United States Gains Overseas
  Territories
• Section 2 The Spanish-American War
• Section 3 The United States and Latin America
• Section 4 The United States and Mexico

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OBJECTIVES
Section 1 The United StatesGains Overseas
Territories

• Why did some people favor expansion over
  isolationism?
• What events led to the U.S. annexation of Hawaii?
• What was the goal of U.S. foreign policy in Japan
  and China?

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Favoring Expansion Over Isolationism
Section 1 The United StatesGains Overseas
Territories

• wanted to extend the economic influence of the
  United States into new markets
• wanted to expand the power of the U.S. military
  to protect these new foreign markets

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Events Leading to the U.S. Annexation of Hawaii
Section 1 The United StatesGains Overseas
Territories

• Sugar prices dropped causing the economy to
  collapse.
• In 1893 the planters revolted against Queen
  Liliuokalanis constitutional monarchy.
• Planters revolt was successful and they formed a
  new government with Sanford B. Dole serving as
  president.

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Events Leading to the U.S. Annexation of Hawaii
Section 1 The United StatesGains Overseas
Territories
(continued)

• U.S. Minister John L. Stevens declared Hawaii to
  be under U.S. control on February 1, 1893.

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Goal of U.S. Foreign Policyin Japan and China
Section 1 The United StatesGains Overseas
Territories

• Hoping to find new markets, American traders in
  the 1800s looked to Asian markets, particularly
  China and Japan.
• U.S. announced the Open Door Policy a policy of
  preserving equal access for all nations to trade
  in China to protect American trade.

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Goal of U.S. Foreign Policyin Japan and China
Section 1 The United StatesGains Overseas
Territories
(continued)

• U.S. wanted to prevent any European colonization
  of China that would limit U.S. influence there.

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OBJECTIVES
Section 2The Spanish-American War

• How did the press affect U.S. involvement in the
  conflict between Spain and Cuba?
• What enabled the United States to win the war
  against Spain?
• How did the Spanish-American War affect the
  Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico?

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The Press and Its Effect on U.S. Involvementin
the Conflict Between Spain and Cuba
Section 2The Spanish-American War

• The press exaggerated the Cuban conflict further
  increasing American support for the Cubans.
• In their competition for readers, Joseph Pulitzer
  of the New York World and William Randolph Hearst
  printed sensational, often exaggerated, stories
  in order to sell newspapers in what became known
  as yellow journalism.

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Reasons for U.S. Victory Over Spain
Section 2The Spanish-American War

• The U.S. had a more powerful navy.
• The U.S. had a larger army.
• The U.S. had the support of local rebels.

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The Spanish-American War and the Philippines,
Cuba, and Puerto Rico
Section 2The Spanish-American War

• The peace treaty placed Cuba, Puerto Rico, the
  Philippines under U.S. control.
• President McKinley set up a military government
  in Cuba.
• The Platt Amendment allowed the U.S. to intervene
  in Cuban affairs.
• Puerto Rico became a commonwealth.
• The Philippines became a U.S. colony.

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OBJECTIVES
Section 3 The United Statesand Latin America

• What steps did the United States take to build a
  canal across Panama?
• How did U.S. involvement in Latin America change
  under President Theodore Roosevelt?
• How did Presidents Taft and Wilson enforce the
  Monroe Doctrine?

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Steps Taken to Build the Panama Canal Four
Treaties
Section 3 The United Statesand Latin America

• Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850) U.S. and Great
  Britain agreed to jointly build and maintain a
  canal
• Hay-Pauncefote Treaty (1901) the British gave
  up their interest the Central American canal in
  return for the U.S. agreeing to keep the canal
  open to all vessels at all times

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Steps Taken to Build the Panama Canal Four
Treaties
Section 3 The United Statesand Latin America
(continued)

• Hay-Herran Treaty (1903) proposed agreement
  between Colombia and the U.S. to allow the U.S.
  to build a transatlantic canal in Colombia
• Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (1903) agreement that
  gave the U.S. a 99 year lease to build a canal on
  a 10-mile wide strip of land across the Isthmus
  of Panama

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Changes in Latin America Under Roosevelt
Section 3 The United Statesand Latin America

• U.S. became more involved in Latin American
  affairs.
• Roosevelt issued the Roosevelt Corollary to the
  Monroe Doctrine making the U.S. the police
  officer of the Western Hemisphere.

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Ways Taft and Wilson Enforced the Monroe Doctrine
Section 3 The United Statesand Latin America

• Taft used dollar diplomacy. Dollar diplomacy was
  Tafts plan of influencing Latin American
  governments through economic rather than military
  intervention.

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Ways Taft and Wilson Enforced the Monroe Doctrine
Section 3 The United Statesand Latin America
(continued)

• Wilson believed that the United States had a
  moral obligation to promote democracy in Latin
  America. He wanted to protect U.S. interests in
  the area by backing a democratic government.
  Wilson sent more troops into Latin America than
  any president before him.

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OBJECTIVES
Section 4 The United States and Mexico

• Why did the Mexican people revolt against their
  government in 1910?
• What caused Mexican immigration to the United
  States to increase in the early 1900s?
• Why did President Woodrow Wilson intervene in the
  Mexican Revolution?

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Mexican Revolution
Section 4 The United States and Mexico

• The Mexican people revolted against President
  Porfirio Diaz and the role of foreign companies
  in Mexico resulting in the Mexican Revolution in
  1911.

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Mexican immigrated to the U.S. in the early
1800s to
Section 4 The United States and Mexico

• escape violence
• avoid political persecution
• find jobs

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Wilsons Reaction
Section 4 The United States and Mexico

• Wilson intervened in Mexico to protect American
  investments in that country.
• Mexican rebels began to attack cities in the U.S.
  and Wilson responded by sending troops led by
  John J. Pershing into Mexico.