| American Imperialism | Was partly rooted in American exceptionalism the idea that the United States was different from other countries due to its specific world mission to spread liberty and democracy |
| Alaska aquisition | Purchased from Russia; provide the United States with fish, furs and coaling stations for merchant ships in the Pacific |
| Hawaii acquisition | Became a Republic after Queen Lilliuokalani was forced to surrender her throne by American forces; annexed in 1898; a vital port for whaling and merchant ships as well as providing a strategic military base in the Pacific |
| Spanish-American War | USS Maine (a U.S navy ship) exploded in Havana Harbor (an accident) and DeLome Letter contributed to the US declaring hostilities with Spain |
| Yellow journalism and Propaganda | News outlets printed wildly exaggerated stories and urged for the declaration of war |
| Treaty of Paris (1898) | Three main points - the US gaining territories in Guam & Puerto Rico - Cuba was a US protectorate + the establishment of Guantanamo Bay - The Phillipines was sold to the US for $20 million. the Filipino people revolted but the US put them down. |
| China Open-Door Policy | All nations would have equal trading rights in China, and China's territorial integrity would not be compromised (Ignored by everyone) |
| Progressive Presidents | Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Big Stick Policy turned out to be military intervention.
"Speak softly but carry a big stick" (US Navy) |
| William Howard Taft | Dollar Diplomacy was a plan to “substitute dollars for bullets”, such as in Nicaragua. Forcing these countries to take loans from the U.S. at high rates, to take advantage of these countries when they couldn`t pay the debts. |
| Woodrow Wilson | Moral Diplomacy - support was given to countries whose moral beliefs were similar to that of the U.S.. E.g. US involvement in the Mexican Revolution, between 1913-1917. |
