America Becomes a World Power Chapter 27 America Becomes a World Power

27.2 America stretches its wings * America purchases Alaska from Russia (2 cents per acre) Rise of Expansionism: America wanted to go through the world and get more land This would give new opportunities and money ½ the country approved ½ did not Expansion in Asia and the Pacific: America wanted to have free trade with Asia They took over the Midway Islands as a port for refueling

Annexing Hawaii: Hawaii was ran by its own King and Queen Sugar plantations were created by Americans who came there US agreed to let Hawaii sugar to import into the US US opened naval bases on Hawaii (Pearl Harbor) US forced Queen Liliuokalani to step down US claimed Hawaii

27.3 a splendid little war Cubans Struggle for Independence: Cubans were being mistreated by Spain when they tried to get their independence US sent a naval ship to fight Spain (Maine) The Spanish-American War: The Maine was sunk by an explosion and 260 soldiers were killed US sent more troops to fight Spain They were going to get rid of Spain and let the people of Cuba run their country when it was over (Iraq War of Today) US fought and captured San Juan Hill and after that the war was over War lasted 4 months 345 soldiers died in the war 5,500 died of disease US gave full control of Cuba to the people US took Puerto Rico

27.4 the philippines Battle at Manila Bay: Spain used the Philippines as a base for war The Natives wanted them out US destroyed the Spanish wooden ships One US soldier died Defeating the Spanish: Spanish gave up after the rest of the US troops arrived Fighting the Filipinos: Filipinos were mad because US took over after the war with Spain A new war started against the US The war was a cruel and harmed civilians US helped the Philippines to become its own country and gave them all of their power back in 1947

27.5 panama and the canal Dreaming of a Canal: President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt took over Wanted to connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans by a Canal Wanted to purchase land in Panama (owned by Columbia) to do so The Columbian Senate refused to sell US sent warships and got Columbia out and gave Panama its independence Panama sold the canal area to the US Building “The Big Ditch” US had to dig up areas of mountains to make a waterway US gave the land back in 2000

27.6 outbreak of world war 1 * Germany went into France and declared War Tensions in Europe: Armies were getting bigger Each country had to keep up with the others in the size and power Secret Alliances were made to help in case of war Assassination Leads to War: Austria-Hungary’s King to be was assassinated by Serbia Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia Russia came to help Serbia Germans came to help Austria-Hungary France then was ready to help Russia The war involved more than a 12 countries US stayed out

27.7 a new kind of warfare Trench Warfare: Both sides dug up trenches with barbed wire and booby traps outside of them Between was no mans land Trenches were full of disease, rats, lice Soldiers rarely moved from those areas unless they tried to advance New Weapons: Machine guns claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers All sides were using chemical warfare to kill each other

War at Sea: Germany built U-Boats (Underwater Boats or Submarines) They started blowing up ALL ships caring supplies that came in its area Germany Sinks the Lusitania: German U-boats blew up a passenger ship with US citizens in it German said that they did not know Paid the US for damages so US would not join the war US helped out Germans enemies to get back at them

27.8 make the world safe for democracy America Enters the War: Germany continued to kill US citizens on ships US was angry and declared war and fought with its allies (Britain, Russia and France) Americans Prepare to Fight: When entering the war US only had 200,000 soldiers They made a draft They then had 5.2 million soldiers  Fighting and Winning: Russia dropped out of the war Now more German soldiers could make it to the war front (3.5 million) US did not want to fight in trenches US brought tanks and airplanes to bomb and destroy the German forces Germany stopped fighting 9 Million people died in the war

27.9 struggle for peace Fourteen Points for World Peace: Wilson came up with 14 things that would bring peace to the world Some countries were not happy with peace The Treaty of Versailles: It was created to punish Germany Germany had to give up its army, loose land and pay money to countries that it fought League of Nations was also created to fix problems

Struggling for Senate Ratification: Senate did not want to pass the Treaty because they did not want to be in European affairs Treaty never passed The Legacy of Versailles: The Treaty angered Germany because they felt betrayed A former corporal Adolf Hitler said that he wanted revenge!