American Imperialism From Isolationism to Expansionism Why? Examples: Military Annexation of Hawaii Alfred T. Mahan argued for a strong Sandford B. Dole Navy Missionaries in his book of Sea “Influence Military Port Power Upon History” Protection of territories Commodore opens Japan to trade Refueling Increase trade Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt pushed for expansionism— Economic/Political what is that? Need for raw materials and Desire to expand territory for markets. economic, social, or political gain Open Door Policy— U.S. declares continued with China. How was this different from previous U.S. Boxer Rebellion foreign policy? Dollar Diplomacy— Taft’s idea to Isolationism was original foreign give economic support to policy (neutrality) countries. Roosevelt Corollary of the Monroe Panama Canal Doctrine— justified sending U.S. Huge undertaking that Theodore troops to intervene in Central Roosevelt oversaw America. Improved trade and military movement Social Malaria/challenges of geography Spread of American institutions Missionary zeal White Man’s Burden
American Imperialism From Isolationism to Expansionism Why? Examples: Military Alfred T. Mahan argued for a strong Navy in his book “Influence of Sea Power Upon History” Protection of territories Refueling Increase trade Economic/Political Need for raw materials and markets. Open Door Policy— U.S. declares continued with China. Boxer Rebellion Dollar Diplomacy— Taft’s idea to give economic support to countries. Roosevelt Corollary of the Monroe Doctrine— justified sending U.S. troops to intervene in Central America. Social Spread of American institutions Missionary zeal White Man’s Burden Annexation of Hawaii Sandford B. Dole Missionaries Military Port Commodore opens Japan to trade Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt pushed for expansionism— what is that? Desire to expand territory for economic, social, or political gain How was this different from previous U.S. foreign policy? Isolationism was original foreign policy (neutrality) Panama Canal Huge undertaking that Theodore Roosevelt oversaw Improved trade and military movement Malaria/challenges of geography
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