🐰us gov venn diagram & american imperialism Flashcards
(25 cards)
3 goals of Wilson
Tariffs
Trusts
Banking
3 goals of Teddy
Corporation
Conservation
Consumer health
Teddy
Environmentalist
Stressed food safety
Wilson
Tariffs
Banking
Teddy & Wilson
- progressive
- wanted to break up trusts
- wanted to break up corporations
- didn’t do anything about racial tension because of reelection
Square deal
Teddy
New freedom
Wilson
Which had longer lasting effects
Debatable
America trying to Gail territory all over the world for strategic benefits (looking for the weaker)
Imperialism
3 motivating factors of American imperialism
Military +:naval bases
Economic +:protect their business interests, gain new markets & raw materials
White man’s burden:white men civilize & christianize all people
Alaska
- we buy Alaska from Russia in 1867
- Alaska had raw materials & minerals
- Alaska becomes a state in 1959
Causes of the Spanish American war (1898)
- USS Maine explodes, we blame Spain
- we have business interests in Cuba
- yellow journalists show how Spain treats Cuba
- De Lome letter criticized McKinley, we were shocked
Effects of Spanish American war (1898)
- US gains Puerto Rico, Guam, and buys Philippines for $20 mil
- Cuba achieves independence
Hawaii becomes US territory in
1898
Hawaii becomes a state in
1959
What movements did US have to annex Hawaii
-military interest at Pearl Harbor
-economic interest in sugar
(queen lili didn’t want annexation; business owners & Hawaiians did)
What did the US do that resulted in it building and controlling the Panama Canal
-support rebellion in Panama
Art of dealing with people usually in a sensitive and effective way
Presidential diplomacies
Roosevelt corollary
Roosevelt will interfere in Latin American countries when necessary
Big stick diplomacy
Uses force if necessary
Dollar diplomacy
Use money in terms of making deals in Latin America
Moral diplomacy
Use moral guidance (is it the right thing to do)
Roosevelt
Force
Taft
Money
