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1 LATE 19 TH CENTURY U.S. FOREIGN POLICY & IMPERIALISM Unit VD AP United States History

2 Fundamental Question  To what extent was the American public supportive of increased foreign involvement?

3 U.S. Foreign Policy (1789-1850)  Washington’s Farewell Address  Avoid permanent alliances, but defend American interests  Jefferson’s Empire of Liberty  Model of republicanism and democracy  Louisiana Purchase (1803)  Monroe Doctrine  Prevention of European intervention in Western Hemisphere  Manifest Destiny  Adams-Onis Treaty  Webster-Ashburton Treaty  Oregon Territory  Texas  Mexican-American War – Mexican Cession  Limited Involvement  Domestic economic expansion  Protective tariffs  Economic dependency on European powers  Immigration  Mass wave during 1830s-1840s

4 U.S. Foreign Policy During Sectionalism (1850-1860)  Zachary Taylor (W)  Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850)  Neutrality of possible Nicaragua canal  Millard Fillmore (W)  Pursued Asian markets  Franklin Pierce (D)  Gadsden Purchase (1853)  Perry Expedition (1853-1854)  Encourage trade and diplomatic relations with Japan  Convention of Kanagawa (1854)  James Buchanan (D)  Limited foreign affairs due to onset of Civil War

5 William Seward  Secretary of State (1861-1869)  Under Lincoln and Johnson  Trent Affair (1861)  France and Mexico  Alaska Purchase (1867)  $7.2 million (2 cents per acre) to Russia for 586,412 sq. mi.  “Seward’s Folly” or “Seward’s Icebox”  Eventual discovery of gold and oil reserves  Burlingame Treaty (1868)  Most favored nation status with China

6 James G. Blaine   Secretary of State (1881, 1889-1892)   Under Garfield and Harrison   Expansionist   Latin America   Pan-American Conference (1889)   Assert American influence and free trade   Limit or prevent European intervention

7 Hawaii  White Intrusion  Sugar Plantation Owners  Queen Liliuokalani  Attempted to reassert native authority and drive out foreigners  Overthrow of Hawaii (1893)  Sanford Dole  Republic of Hawaii (1894- 1898)  Annexation by U.S. (1898)  Strategic commercial and military location

8 Why Hawaii?

9 Spanish-American War (1898)   Origins and Causes   Cuba   Jose Marti   Reconcentrado   DeLome Letter   Spanish diplomat ridicules McKinley   U.S.S. Maine (Feb. 15)   266 deaths   “Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!”   Yellow Journalism   Joseph Pulitzer   William Randolph Hearst   Declaration of War (Apr. 21)   Teller Amendment   U.S. promise Cuban independence, not annexation

10 Spanish-American War (1898) Caribbean Theater   Cuba   Battle of San Juan Hill   Significant American victory   Battle of Santiago de Cuba   Destruction of Spanish fleet   Puerto Rico   Rough Riders   Volunteers led by Theodore Roosevelt   Earned fame from Battle of San Juan Hill   Yellow Fever   75% of American forces affected   Walter Reed proves mosquito transmission

11 Spanish-American War (1898) Pacific Theater   Philippines   Battle of Manila Bay   Destruction of Spanish fleet   Emilio Aguinaldo   Led rebellion forces against Spanish rule   Declared independence

12 Spanish-American War (1898)   “A splendid little war.”   Treaty of Paris   American Acquisitions   Puerto Rico   Guam   Philippines   Cuba   American military occupation (1898- 1902)   Platt Amendment (1901)   Treaties required American approval   Guantanamo Bay

13 Imperialists and Anti-Imperialists  Proponents  Most from GOP  Theodore Roosevelt (R)  John Hay (R)  James G. Blaine (R)  Reasons  Economic expansion  Political security  International prestige  Humanitarian efforts  Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan  The Influence of Sea Power upon History (1890)  Social Darwinism  Jingoism  “White Man’s Burden”  Insular Cases (1901-1903)  Supreme Court ruled constitutional guarantees granted only by Congress to U.S. territories  “Constitution does not necessarily follow the flag”  Opponents  Mostly from Democratic Party  Anti-Imperialist League  Grover Cleveland (D)  William Jennings Bryan (D)  Senator Ben Tillman (D-SC)  Samuel Gompers (AFL)  Mark Twain  Andrew Carnegie  Jane Addams  Reasons  Undemocratic  Violated republicanism  “consent of the governed”  Prevent influx of “inferior races”

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17 The Philippines   Philippine-American War (1899-1902)   Atrocities   Torture by both sides   Concentration camps   Casualties   12,000-20,000 Filipinos   4,165 Americans   200,000-1,000,000 Filipino civilians   Americanization   Freedom of religion   English as official language

18 China   Open Door Policy   Secretary of State John Hay   Spheres of influence   Mutual economic policies among foreign powers   Boxer Rebellion (1899- 1901)   Eight-Nation Alliance against Chinese nationalists   Severely weakened Qing Dynasty

19 Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) Big Stick Policy  The Americas  Roosevelt Corollary  U.S. right to intervene if:  Incapable of protecting American interests  Stabilize economies to prevent European influence  Panama Canal  Hay-Pauncefote Treaty (1901)  Panamanian Revolution (1903)  Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (1903)  Panama Canal opened 1914  Asian Policy  Treaty of Portsmouth (1904)  “Gentleman’s Agreement” (1907)  Great White Fleet (1907-1909)  Demonstrate U.S. naval power and prestige

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21 William Howard Taft (1909-1913) Dollar Diplomacy  Encourage economic development infrastructure in Latin America and abroad  Administration of loans and financing  Railroad investments in China  Lodge Corollary (1912)  Henry Cabot Lodge  Forbade any foreign acquisition in Western Hemisphere

22 Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) Moral Diplomacy  Pursuit of non-expansionist policies and promote democratic governments  Despite military intervention in Haiti, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, and Mexico  Mexico  Tampico Affair (1914)  Pancho Villa Expedition (1916-1917)  General John J. Pershing  Jones Act of 1916  Democratic policies for Philippines  Jones Act of 1917  U.S. citizenship to Puerto Rico  World War I  Fourteen Points

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