ISN pg 168 title: Imperialism in the Americas

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• ISN pg 168 title Imperialism in the Americas
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The Age of Imperialism What about the USA
Latin America?
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Imperialism in America
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The Expansion of the USA
This is the USA after America won its
independence from England in 1783
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The Expansion of the USA
This is the USA after the acquisition of
Louisiana from France Florida from Spain
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The Expansion of the USA
The USA began its Industrial Revolution in the
1840s
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The Expansion of the USA
This is the USA after the gaining Oregon from
England the independent Texas Republic
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The Expansion of the USA
This is the USA after defeating Mexico in the
Mexican-American War in 1848
This westward expansion was called Manifest
Destiny Americans believed that had the
God-given right to expand from the Atlantic to
Pacific in the 1830s 1840s
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The Expansion of the USA
The USA continued its Industrial Revolution from
1870 to 1910
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American Imperialism

• The USA was growing in size, wealth, power, but
  most of the world was already imperialized
• By the 1890s, Americans looked to gain more naval
  bases markets in major trade routes
• So, the USA tried to
• Increase its access in Asia
• Protect its economic political interests in
  Latin America

Like Matthew Perrys unequal trade treaty with
Japan in 1853
and the Open Door Policy in China in 1900
The newly independent Latin American countries
were vulnerable to conquest by stronger European
countries
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The US as a World Power
The US used the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America
but viewed the Caribbean as an American Lake
Latin America as a vast potential market for US
goods
The US coveted Hawaii control of the sea lanes
to China
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The US as a World Power Alaska
In 1867, the USA bought Alaska from Russia for
7.2 million
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American Imperialism

• In order to protect Latin America
• The USA issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823
  Latin America is
  off limits!
• The USA issued the
  Roosevelt Corollary in
  1903 the U.S. will
  keep law order in

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The US as a World Power Latin America
The USA had a Good Neighbor Policy in Latin
America
The US flooded Latin America with goods, bought
raw materials, but this hurt local businesses
The US used the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europeans
nations businesses out of Latin America
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American Imperialism

• In 1895, the US went to war to help Cuba get its
  independence from Spain
• When the USS Maine
  exploded in Cuba,
  the US media blamed Spain
  war was declared

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• After winning the Spanish-American War, the USA
  gained Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico

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The US as a World Power Hawaii
US missionaries businessmen 1st arrived in
Hawaii in the 1820s By the 1870s, Hawaii was
dominated by sugar fruit plantation owners
In 1888, the queen of Hawaii was overthrown in
1898 Hawaii became a US territory
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Why did America want Hawaii?
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American Imperialism

• The USA bought the rights to build the Panama
  Canal the canal
  linked the Pacific
  Atlantic Oceans Gave the US
  great influence in
  Latin America

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