American Imperialism

The age of American imperialism is often referred to as...

• American peace of mind and to end economic uncertainty

• Trade

• New Imperialism

• gold and oil

What is nationalism? how does this play a role into American Imperialism?

• -Identification with ones own country and to have pride in it.-Pledge of allegiance and celebrate flag day

• To be a great power like Great Britain, the US needed to control the seas and dominate international comerse

• American peace of mind and to end economic uncertainty

What did we get out of purchasing Alaska?

• gold and oil

• pineapple sugar and naval base

• Philippine, Puerto Rico, Guam

• Big population of white settlers

What was an argument against imperialism?

• People who objected on racial grounds, argued that it might lead to diversity

• Big population of white settlers

• Trade

• purchasing Hawaii

What warship sank in Cuba's harbor? Who did America's blame?

• USS Maine

• Titanic

• Spanish

• Great Britain

What US president fought in the Spanish-Am war?

• George Washington

• William McKinley

• Donald Trump

• Theodore Roosevelt

Where was the first battle of the Spanish American war fought? What did they suggest about our reason for going to war?

• Philippines

• war that was allegedly supporting human independence and was actually about territorial empire.

• Cuba

• Americans coming in and trying to gain control while the Philippine leader wanted independence

What new territories did the US get out of the war?

• Philippine, Puerto Rico, Guam

• Philadelphia, Miami, San Francisco

• Puerto Rico, Texas, Japan

• Guam, Haiti, Santo Domingo

Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Rough Riders

Monroe's declaration that the Western Hemisphere was no longer open to European colonization

• Monroe Doctrine

• Colonization

• Western Hemisphere

• Isolationism