Imperialism

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Imperialism

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extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries. US imperialize certain places for benefition.

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Yellow Journalism

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featuring articles, pictures, or other content that is sensational, especially morblidly or offensively. During the imperialism, the yellow journalist like to writte about tragic things with very descriptive images.

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Roosevelt Corollary

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The corollary states that the United States will intervene in conflicts between European countries and Latin American countries to enforce legitimate claims of the European countries.

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Big Stick Diplomacy

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international negotiations backed by the threat of force. The phrase comes from a proverb quoted by Theodore Roosevelt, who said that the United States should "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

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Dollar Diplomacy

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a government policy of promoting the business interests of its citizens in other countries. US strengthened by the power of the nation's financial resources.

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Moral Diplomacy

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is the system in which support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs are analogous to that of the nation. It was proposed by US President Woodrow Wilson in his 1912 election.

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William McKinley

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25th President of the United States. McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish American War and raised protective tariffs to promote American industry.

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Manifest Destiny

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it was a widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent.

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Monroe Doctrine

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US foreign policy regarding European countries in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with States in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring US intervention.

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Platt Amendment

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it stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish American War, and an eight condition that Cuba sign a treaty accepting these seven conditions.

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Open Door Policy

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a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy establishing in the late 19 century and the early 20 century and outlined in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note, dispatched in 1899 to his European counterparts.

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Alaska

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the purschase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America, and became an important step in the United States rise as a great power in the Asia Pacific region.

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Hawaii

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Hawaii people didnt wanted to get annexed with US, they gather many signatures but even though they didnt achieve it. Everything changed when the U.S.S. Maine exploded and the US enterd the Spanish American War

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Cuba

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Cuba was under the domain of the Spanish, When US sended a boat to rescue their people, the war started. After defeating the Spanish they stay with Cuba, but they did the same as the Spanish.

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Philippines

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June 2 1899 declared war on US but in ended on July 4 1902. US got involved because there was someone in the Philipines government that thought that the Philippines was becoming too good of a country. They associated.

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China

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US involved with china because they were hunting the korean. Causing the Open Door Democracy

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Panama

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great help for their sea trade.