3. Why did America become Imperial? America wanted to expand worldwide because… 1.Needed Markets for Industrial Goods 2.Wanted to demonstrate naval power 3.Felt the need to civilize the “inferior”

4. Early American Expansions 1.US Annexes Hawaii 2.US Seeks Influence in Asia 3.US Purchases Alaska $7.2 million

5. U. S. Annexes Hawaii How do Americans view Hawaiian natives?

6. Commodore Matthew Perry Opens Up Trade with Japan (1853)

7. China & The Open Door Policy China was divided into Sphere of Influences US Purposes an Open Door Policy in order to share in the resources and market of China

8. China & The Open Door Policy We can’t allow one country to dominate the trade in China Give all nations equal trade rights so it can’t be dominated by just one

9. The Spanish-American War (1898) America’s biggest imperial play was when it went to war with Spain to take its colonial empire. 1.Yellow Journalism: US media exaggerated atrocities to turn US Against Spain 2.USS Maine: US Ship explodes- blame on Spain

10. What is the impact of the Spanish American War? US Becomes a WORLD POWER! US gains Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam

11. Presidential Imperialism The same progressive presidents also outlined aggressive Imperial Foreign Policy 1.Theodore Roosevelt: Big Stick Policy 2.William H. Taft: Dollar Diplomacy 3.Woodrow Wilson: Promote Democracy in World

12. Theodore Roosevelt: ‘Big Stick’ Foreign Policy Display and use military strength to protect US interests in Latin America

13. Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine US become the police of the western hemisphere

14. Panama Canal Theodore Roosevelt promotes the construction of the Panama Canal through Central America. 1.Helps Panama declare independence from Columbia 2.Allows faster access from Atlantic to pacific oceans

15. **Why did the US want a canal in Panama? US needs a quick route to new Pacific colonies US Navy and Trade Ships

16. US Aids Panamanian Independence from Colombia

17. Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy” Use American corporations to influence Latin America ‘Dollars for Bullets’