1. How did the U.S.’s foreign policy change in the 1890’s?

2. President George Washington President James Monroe
Throughout most of the 1800’s, the U.S.’s foreign policy was based on non-involvement.
President George Washington
President James Monroe

3. American Samoa, acquired in 1899
By the 1890’s, the U.S. shifted to a foreign policy of imperialism in order to acquire overseas lands.
Wake Island, annexed in 1899
American Samoa, acquired in 1899
from Britain

4. The U.S. acquired these overseas lands mainly due to its need for raw materials and new markets.

5. In 1898, the U.S. annexed the island chain of Hawaii.

6. The U.S. acquired more overseas lands (from Spain) in 1898 when it defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War.
Won from Spain
the Philippine
Islands
Guam
Puerto Rico
exclusive rights
to Cuba X X X X
X = Won from Spain in 1898.

7. This war occurred due to the U. S
This war occurred due to the U.S. supporting Cuba’s fight for independence from Spain.
President William
McKinley
(1897 – 1901)
Col. Theodore
Roosevelt
of the Rough Riders

8. U.S. journalists used yellow journalism to generate public support for U.S. involvement in the war.
Joseph Pulitzer
William Randolph
Hearst

9. As a result of winning the war, the U.S. was viewed as a world power.