1. War-prosperity-Depression
Historical Period 7:
War-prosperity-Depression

2. US Imperialism Geographical expansion throughout Progressive Era
The Influence of Sea Power
Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, 1890
w/in a decade, 3rd largest navy in the world
1898, annexed Hawaii & Puerto Rico
Assumed control of Samoa, Philippines, Cuba

4. American Influence Grows
Mid 1800s – Early 1900s, Age of Imperialism
Europeans wanted resources
Extractive economies
US wanted to be a part
Didn’t need resources, needed buyers

5. American Expansionism
“Giant dragons puffing smoke”
1853, Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay
Japan had denied rest of the world access
… within a year, Perry negotiated & open trade
Precedent for US in Pacific

6. Great White Fleet TR December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909
16 battleships

8. Big Stick Diplomacy
“Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far.”

9. Klondike Gold Rush
1867, William Seward (Sec of State) bought Alaska from Russia
$7.2 million
Seward’s Folly/Icebox
… full of timber, oil, gold
mid 1880s

11. Hawaii

12. Spanish-American War

15. Rough Riders
First volunteer calvary

17. Treaty of Paris, 1898
$20 million
Spain ceded control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam

19. Added to anti-Americanism
Panama Canal
Opened 1914
Yankee Imperialism
Added to anti-Americanism

20. Roosevelt Corollary:
Monroe Doctrine wanted to prevent European intervention in Western Hemisphere
RC justified US intervention in W. hemisphere
Dollar Diplomacy:
Taft, use private investment to promote American goals
Moral Diplomacy:
Wilson, US would not use force but promote human rights