Imperialism
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Imperialism
Imperialism is a course of actions made through a countries power to influence a nation through diplomacy or military force
Latin America was a target of imperialism because it had rich land
Also because of the agricultural involvements going on
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Causes of Imperialism:
The U.S. desired oversea markets
They believed that their culture was the supreme culture
The U.S. wanted to be asserted as a world power
The U.S. was very confident that they could obtain whatever they wanted
They wanted a large navy and oversea bases
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Effects of imperialism:
There was an income gap which meant the rich were richer and the poor were poorer
Afterwords they caused many countries to have rivalries
Many civilians lost the right in the say of their country, it was now being run by larger dominant countries
Education was improved, along with sanitation and medical care
Cultural exchange took place
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Teddy Roosevelt
26th president of the U.S.
Wanted to establish the U.S. as a world power and used the new concept of imperialism
He believed imperialism was meant to secure trade ports and colonies to establish the U.S. as a global power
Puerto Rico was effortlessly conquered and made a U.S. territory
Teddy's actions had a lasting impact; global dominance expanded and military power as well
This led to involvement of foreign affairs, and involvement in preferable trade regulations.
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Roosevelt Corollary
The Roosevelt Corollary was issued by the president and was very similar to the Monroe Doctrine
The Corollary warned European nations to keep out of the Western Hemisphere
He suggested that the American government would take care of the responsibility of policing the country
Also the United States would come in and take role of collector if one of the Latin American countries failed to pay
The Roosevelt Corollary established a leadership within the Western Hemisphere
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Panama Canal
Teddy wanted to control the construction of a canal across Central America
He desired this because he wanted to guide the construction of the canal
The goal was to increase the speed of shipping across America as businesses imported efficiently
Many Americans believed that a canal would speed the route for the navy
During the Spanish American War, the trail took two months to travel from California around South America to Cuba to be a part of the problem against Admiral Cervera.
The goal was to increase the financial profit because the United States charged foreign customers to travel on the route
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Nicaragua
American businesses were active in Nicaragua since the 1850's
The country was used for American fruit growers and mining companies
They believed Nicaragua had the best land for a canal to be built so they were trying to make it possible
The jungle was used when a company invested in transportation using it
Vanderbilt plotted to take over Nicaragua
An explorer named William Walker was sent on a journey to conquer Nicaragua
He convinced some locals to form an alliance and then he defeated them
After the defeat many Americans started coming to Nicaragua
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William Howard Taft
He was the 27th president of the United States
Also the tenth Chief Justice of the United States
He was committed to the expansion of U.S. foreign trade
Wanted the economy to expand so he created the Dollar Diplomacy policy
This policy was to encourage U.S. businesses in Central America
He used government officials to promote business overseas
Sent marines to protect American run Nicaragua from rebels who threatened to overthrow it
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William Walker
He was a lawyer, journalist and adventurer
He also organized private military expeditions into Latin America
He wanted to establish American colonies
He was sent into Nicaragua to take over
He became friends with some locals and defeated the Nicaraguan army
He claimed he was chief
He encouraged the Americans to come to Nicaragua
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Puerto Rico
General Nelson A. Miles and a group of soldiers worked their way into Puerto Rico and were fighting against the disapproval and conquered the land
Negotiations were debated for two weeks until a treaty was signed August 12th
The U.S. was annexed from Puerto Rico
The United States occupied the city, bay, and harbor of Manila
About 274,000 soldiers from the U.S served in the Spanish-American war
There were 5,462 dead but only 379 from battle
In total there were 1,704 men wounded
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