AMERICA’S EMERGENCE AS A POWER 1890S-1920
IMPERIALISM Accidental or Planned? Accidental or Planned? Spanish-American War Spanish-American War –Teller Amendment –Platt Amendment Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico –Philippine War Hawaii (1898) Hawaii (1898) Samoa (1898) Samoa (1898) Panama Canal Zone (1905) Panama Canal Zone (1905)
Leaders in Imperialism Alfred Thayer Mahan Alfred Thayer Mahan Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge
Intervention Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt –Moroccan Crisis –Russo-Japanese War William Taft William Taft –“Dollar Diplomacy” Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson –Mexico –Nicaragua
World War I Causes Causes Central Powers Central Powers Entente Entente War up to U.S. involvement War up to U.S. involvement oolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm oolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm oolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm oolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm rdh/wwi/ rdh/wwi/ rdh/wwi/ rdh/wwi/
U.S. ENTERS WAR GERMAN THREATS GERMAN THREATS –ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM –SUBMARINE WARFARE WILSON’ SENSE OF MISSION WILSON’ SENSE OF MISSION –SUPPORT DEMOCRACY –DEFEND AGAINST AGGRESSION –MAINTAIN FREEDOM OF THE SEAS –ANGER AT ATROCITIES BIAS IN LEADERSHIP BIAS IN LEADERSHIP –GROWING SENSE OF ANGLO- AMERICAN UNITY –FEAR OF COMMUNISM
AMERICA IN WORLD WAR I ST. MIHIEL OFFENSIVE (SEPT 12-16, 1918) ST. MIHIEL OFFENSIVE (SEPT 12-16, 1918) –300,000 US TROOPS AND AIRCRAFT ATTACK RETREATING GERMANS MEUSSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE (SEPT 26-30, OCT 10-NOV 10, 1918) MEUSSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE (SEPT 26-30, OCT 10-NOV 10, 1918) –400,000 AMERICANS, 300 TANKS, 500 AIRCRAFT c/ghq1arm.htm c/ghq1arm.htm c/ghq1arm.htm c/ghq1arm.htm ww1/ ww1/ ww1/ ww1/
WILSON’S14 POINTS NO SECRET TREATIES NO SECRET TREATIES FREEDOM OF THE SEAS FREEDOM OF THE SEAS AUTONOMY FOR NATIONALITIES AUTONOMY FOR NATIONALITIES REMOVAL OF TRADE BARRIERS REMOVAL OF TRADE BARRIERS REDESIGN OF BOUNDARIES REDESIGN OF BOUNDARIES ARMS REDUCTION ARMS REDUCTION INTERNATIONAL ARBITTRATION INTERNATIONAL ARBITTRATION wwi/1918/14points.html wwi/1918/14points.html wwi/1918/14points.html wwi/1918/14points.html
TREATIES AND OUTCOME 57% OF TOTAL MANPOWER MOBILIZED BECAME CASUALTIES INCLUDING OVER 8 MILLION DEAD (76% OF RUSSIANS AND FRENCH WERE CASUALTIES) 57% OF TOTAL MANPOWER MOBILIZED BECAME CASUALTIES INCLUDING OVER 8 MILLION DEAD (76% OF RUSSIANS AND FRENCH WERE CASUALTIES) TREATY OF VERSAILLES TREATY OF VERSAILLES gen/text/versaillestreaty/ vercontents.html gen/text/versaillestreaty/ vercontents.html gen/text/versaillestreaty/ vercontents.html gen/text/versaillestreaty/ vercontents.html