IMPERIALISM

the act of a stronger nation taking over a weaker nation by asserting economic, political, and/or military power

• Alaska Purchase

• Imperialism

• Yellow Journalism

• Boxer Rebellion

They were sections of China that imperialist nations created and them alone could trade exclusively

• Rough Riders

• Monroe Doctrine

• Sphere of Influence

• Dollar Diplomacy

A revolution started by Chinese Nationalists that tried to kick the foreigners out of China.

• Boxer Rebellion

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Imperialism

• Open Door Policy

A policy set up by the US that recognized China's sovereignty so they couldn't be colonized (they could also have fair and equal trade with all imperialist nations)

• Big Stick Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Annexation of Hawaii

• Open Door Policy

This happened in 1898, directed by McKinley, after a revolution was led by American businessmen in the region.

• Spanish American War

• Panama Canal

• Annexation of Hawaii

• Alaska Purchase

Sold to the US from Russia; William Seward made the decision to buy the land recognizing its many natural resources.

• Alaska Purchase

• Annexation of Hawaii

• Monroe Doctrine

• Dollar Diplomacy

Yellow Journalism, Cuban Rebellion, US business interest, and the explosion of the USS Maine

• Results of the Spanish American War

• Causes of the Spanish American War

US won and emerged as a world superpower; Spain gives up Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Phillipines to the US; Cuba became an independent nation

• Results of the Spanish American War

• Causes of the Spanish American War

US Cavalry led by Theodore Roosevelt-victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill

• Imperialism

• Open Door Policy

• Rough Riders

• Yellow Journalism

the truth is exaggerated with the goal of swaying the readers opinions and grabbing their attention

• Sphere of Influence

• Monroe Doctrine

• Alaska Purchase

• Yellow Journalism