1. 1865 TO 1920 SAW AMERICA EXPAND BEYOND THE BORDERS OF NORTH AMERICA AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY

2. The late 1800s saw America resume expansion that was halted by the Civil War Several factors led us to greater global involvement

3. US FOREIGN INVESTMENT INCREASES

4. AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY 1. New manufactured goods which saw a desire for raw materials 2. Racial superiority - duty to Christianize the “inferior people of the world” 3. Increased military strength (Navy) 4. Manifest Destiny

5. AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY Earliest United States

6. AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY US in 1803 after the Louisiana Purchase

9. AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY US after the Mexican American War

10. AMERICA AND FOREIGN POLICY Read Washington’s Farwell Address and Monroe Doctrine, answer questions.

11. AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY The US expanded around the world including the Far East, South Pacific, Caribbean, and Latin America In each case the US was looking out for its best interests

12. AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY A revolution in 1893 in independent Hawaii gains the United States’ attention (Read Expansion and Foreign Policy – “New Policy of Expansion”)

13. AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY 1899 the US asks for an “ Open Door Policy ” with Chinese markets 1900 there is a “ Boxer Rebellion ” of Chinese against the gov’t The US sent troops to restore order

14. AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY Boxer Rebellion of 1900

15. AMERICA ITS FOREIGN POLICY The biggest case of US imperialism was the Spanish- American War of 1898 Imperialism : Policy by which one country takes control of another directly or through political dominance

16. AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLICY The Spanish-American War, known as “The Splendid Little War” was short, successful, and set off debate in America on whether we should be expanding or not Interventionists vs. Isolationists