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1 America Expands Overseas The United States began to abandon its Isolationist foreign policy created by Monroe Doctrine

2 Reasons For Expansion US companies needed new markets to sell their products US wanted to create an overseas empire

3 Creating An International Market

4 True “Global Economy” Growth in international trade that occurred from the late 1800s to World War I Led by US

5 Open Door Policy Secretary of State John Hay policy that would give all nations equal trading rights in China

6 Open Door Policy Urged all foreigners to obey Chinese laws and customs

7 Dollar diplomacy President Taft urged American banks and businesses to invest in Latin America.

8 Dollar diplomacy He promised that the US military would step in if political unrest threatened their investments.

9 US Expansion – Latin America

10 Spanish-American War 1898-1900 US went to war with Spain for control of Cuba War easily won by US

11 Results of Spanish- American War Cuba became a free independent nation with alliances to US US annexed Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam (Asia) from Spain

12 Panama Canal President Theodore Roosevelt wanted a shorter route around the world “Encouraged” Panama’s independence from Colombia

13 Panama Canal Made a deal to build a canal through Panama Cut travel time around South America in half

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16 US Expansion – Asia & Pacific

17 Alaska Bought from Russia in 1867

18 Acquisition of Hawaii US needed a re- fueling station and military base in the Pacific Ocean Wanted to protect trading ships in Pacific

19 Acquisition of Hawaii US Supported a revolution to get rid of Hawaiian Monarchy US annexed Hawaii in 1898

20 Purpose Of Expansionism US wanted to sell all their technology and products around the world US wanted to establish an empire in the Western Hemisphere


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