1. World Power

2. Foreign Policy Isolationism Expansionism
Non-involvement in world affairs
Advocated by George Washington in Farewell Address
Expansionism
Adding territories to the nation
Advocated by Alfred Thayer Mahan
& Theodore Roosevelt

3. Age of Imperialism a. Why did nations form empires?
To gain raw materials and markets for their industrial economies
b. What reasons did Americans use to justify their mission and empire?
“lift up the world” with Western civilization
spread Christianity

4. Alaska In 1867, US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
“Seward’s Folly”

5. Pacific Islands

6. Pacific Empire Hawaii Samoa
8 “large” islands that are 2,000 miles west of California
American planters lead revolt against island’s ruler
1900 U.S. annexes Hawaii as a territory
Samoa
Islands are 3,000 miles south of Hawaii
U.S. competes with Germany and Britain for islands
In 1899, three powers agree to deal that splits up Pacific islands

7. China divided up by European “sphere of influence”

8. The Boxer Rebellion

9. Pacific Empire China Japan
European powers have divided China into “spheres of influence”
U.S. wants a part of China & proposes Open Door Policy
Chinese rebel but U.S. and other powers defeat “the Boxers” in 1899
Japan
In 1905, Russia and Japan fight a war
Treaty of Portsmouth (NH) ends war
Japan and U.S. become rivals for power in the Pacific Ocean

10. U.S.S. Maine

12. Spanish-American War 4. Spanish-American War
a. What reason did Americans use to declare war on Spain?
The explosion on the battleship U.S.S. Maine was blamed on the Spanish
President W. McKinley asks Congress for war

13. War in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

14. Battle of Manila Bay

15. American Empire after Spanish American War

16. b. What territories did we gain after the war?
Cuba as a protectorate (sphere of influence)
Puerto Rico
Guam
Philippines
Spain was given $20 million for territories

20. c. What territory soon rebelled against American rule? Why?
Emilio Aquinaldo led a rebellion in the Philippines against American “invaders”
200,000 Filipinos are killed
4,000 Americans
Island becomes independent in 1946

22. Latin America Panama Canal
– Did the U.S. have the right to build the Panama Canal? (p )