The U. S. Becomes an Empire

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The U. S. Becomes an Empire Hemispheric Hegemony & Pacific Forays, 1865-1914

Why Imperialism Quest for materials and markets as U. S. industrializes “White Man’s Burden” Desire to spread Christianity Global Ethos: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Russia were all imperial powers

Imperial Powers

Apostles of Imperialism A. T. Mahan, Influence of Sea Power upon History (1890) John Fiske, American Political Ideas (1885) Josiah Strong, Our Country ( 1885) “There is no fundamental right to the status of barbarian.”—John W. Burgess

Pacific Forays Purchase of Alaska and Midway (1867) Acquisition of American Samoa (1889) Support of overthrow of Liliuokalani and acquisition of Hawaii (1898) Acquisition of Guam and the Philippines (1898) John Hay and “Open Door Policy” in China (1899) Theodore Roosevelt and Treaty of Portsmouth (1905) Root-Takahira agreement (1908)

Hemispheric Hegemony Monroe Doctrine (1823) Venezuelan Boundary Dispute (1895) Spanish American War (1898) Panama Canal (1904-14) Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

Richard Olney’s Note “Today, the United States is practically sovereign over this continent and its fiat is law on the subjects to which it confines its interposition.”

Altruism, Self-interest, or bullying?

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