Understanding American Imperialism in Late 1800s- Early 1900s: US Role in World Affairs, Slides of History

Download Understanding American Imperialism in Late 1800s- Early 1900s: US Role in World Affairs and more Slides History in PDF only on Docsity! American Imperialism American Foreign Policy in the Mid-Late 1800’s ~ Introduction to Imperialism: ENTRY # 25 ® Using the maps on page 457 and 476 in the book ... ® Where and in what ways was the United States active in World Affairs in the late 19 and early 20 Centuries? ® What would have been the purpose of having the US sphere of influence/imperialism extended into those places? ® Finally, based on what you now know, define Imperialism IN YOUR OWN WORDS: SONORA U. S. Expeditionary Force, 1916-1917 : Se ew Orleans Santa Ysabel oo . Revolutions, 1868-1878, 1895-1898 _ es U.S. troops, 1898-1902, 1906-1909, ca ce s “| 1912, 1917-1922 Platt Amendment, 1903-1934 U.S. exports to, 1865-1917 = $1.6 billion MEXICO bo US. attack, 1914 _ Tampico® Mexico Citys BR. HONDURAS. ATLANTIC OCEAN Sinking of || U.S. troops, 1915-1934 Maine, 1898 || Financial supervision, 1916-1941 US. attempted to buy, 1870 : U.S. troops, 1916-1924 Financial supervision, 1905— ‘DOMINICAN U.S. troops, 1924-1925, Revolution, 1910. Americans controlled 43% of Mexican property, 1910 ae EL U.S. exports to, 1865-1917 = $1, iS billion SALVADO IONDUR. United Fruit Co. organized for banana trade, 1899 U.S. troops, 1909-1910, 1912— 1925, 1926-1933 Financial supervision, 1911-1924 Canal option, 1916 fl : PACIFIC OCEAN Canal completed, 1914 U.S. acquired Canal Zone, 1903 PANAMA ecg Curate PUERTO > RICO |. GUADELOUPE * (Fr) VIRGIN IS.” i gy MARTINIQUE (Fr.) BARBADOS (Br.)~ * TRINIDAD (Br.) hie Venezuelan crisis, 1895-1896 VENEZUELA — RRAZIT. erlialism: 1. Economic Benefit: Colonies and spheres of influence are places to extract natural resources and are markets to sell goods. 2. They also serve as refueling stations for ships, and bases for military strength to reach far and wide 3. Political power: every powerful nation is practicing Imperialism - must get a “piece of the pie” in order to be viable. 4. A “moral obligation” ?: American Exceptionalism refers to the theory that the United States occupies a special niche among the nations of the world in terms of its national credo, historical evolution, political and religious institutions and origins. ...Have we seen this type of belief before? Back to Social Darwinism & “White Man’s Burden” White Man’s Burden ® With a single partner, read the passage and try to write down a short summary of each stanza (on the sheet, next to the stanza) ® Then discuss, but individually answer the following Critical Thinking Question as ENTRY # 26 in your Writing Notebook: Putting yourself into the shoes of an American politician around the year 1890... why is it morally acceptable for the United States to be building an e fates woigrragr Penn panpenenggneynnen LAMA CEORL A | merican Imperialism: How? The Key to Imperialism: A Gigantic Navy Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890) Mahan wrote about how influential nations had to have powerful navies in order to project their power around the world. Argued that the US must build a modern fleet (by 1900, US had third largest® Navy in the world). =“Why the ican Imperiati US, & Why at This Time? By 1890 the American Western Frontier had closed Their needed to be a new “safety valve” for US expansionist impulses... Frederick Jackson Turner: argued in his “Frontier Thesis” that the US needs a place for rugged men to prove themselves...that “over multiple generations, the frontier [during westward migration] had produced the characteristics of informality, violence, crudeness, democracy and initiative that the world recognized as ‘American’ ...it is expand or die for Americans eginning of American Imperialism 1853 - Commodore Perry in the “Land of the Shogun”: before the Civil War Commodore Perry drove his fleet into Japan and opened Japan to trade with the apete Ei ee a: AN os oR Gey + CRASSA R Ao mE} 9a Het RASS ela SSR See i Japanese woodblock print of Perry (center) and other high-ranking American seamen