Show full overview. Subjects US History. Cite this set. Chicago citation style Albert Robertson. Accessed November 12, Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete. An illustration of the destruction of the battleship Maine , circa An illustration of the Spanish-American War in Cuba, circa Immigration through Angel Island.
Beginnings of the American Red Cross. Fake News in the s: Yellow Journalism. The doctrine asserted that the New World and the Old World were to remain distinctly separate spheres of influence, for they were composed of entirely separate and independent nations. Inherent in the Monroe Doctrine are the themes of American exceptionalism and Manifest Destiny, two ideas that refer to the right of the United States to exert its influence over the rest of the world.
Under these conditions, the Monroe Doctrine was used to justify American intervention abroad multiple times throughout the nineteenth century, most notably in the Spanish-American War and with the annexation of Hawaii.
The Philippine-American War was an armed conflict that resulted in American colonial rule of the Philippines until Fighting erupted between U. The war officially ended on July 2, , with a victory for the United States. However, some Philippine groups led by veterans of the Katipunan continued to battle the American forces. Other groups, including the Moro people and Pulahanes people, continued hostilities in remote areas and islands until their final defeat a decade later at the Battle of Bud Bagsak on June 15, Filipino soldiers : Filipino soldiers outside Manila in The war with and occupation by the United States would change the cultural landscape of the islands.
The war resulted in an estimated 34, to , Philippine casualties with more civilians dying from disease and hunger brought about by war ; the disestablishment of the Roman Catholic Church as the state religion; and the introduction of the English language in the islands as the primary language of government, education, business, and industry, and increasingly in future decades, of families and educated individuals.
Congress, Filipinos initially were given very limited self-government, including the right to vote for some elected officials such as a Philippine Assembly. The Philippine Independence Act created in the following year the Commonwealth of the Philippines, a limited form of independence, and established a process ending in Philippine independence originally scheduled for , but interrupted and delayed by World War II.
Anti-imperialist movements claimed that the United States had become a colonial power by replacing Spain as the colonial power in the Philippines. Other anti-imperialists opposed annexation on racist grounds. Among these was Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina, who feared that annexation of the Philippines would lead to an influx of nonwhite immigrants into the United States.
As news of atrocities committed in subduing the Philippines arrived in the United States, support for the war flagged.
The Banana Wars were a series of U. The series of conflicts ended with the withdrawal of troops from Haiti in under President Franklin D.
Reasons for these conflicts were varied but were largely economic in nature. Most prominently, the United Fruit Company had significant financial stakes in the production of bananas, tobacco, sugar cane, and various other products throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America.
The United States also was advancing its political interests, maintaining a sphere of influence and controlling the Panama Canal, which it had recently built and which was critically important to global trade and naval power. In , Ferdinand de Lesseps started work on a canal, but by , the effort had experienced engineering challenges caused by frequent landslides, slippage of equipment, and mud, and resulted in bankruptcy.
During the war, Panamanian Liberals made at least three attempts to seize control of Panama and potentially achieve full autonomy. Liberal guerrillas such as Belisario Porras and Victoriano Lorenzo were suppressed by a collaboration between conservative Colombian and U.
The Roosevelt administration proposed to Colombia that the United States should control the canal, but by mid, the Colombian government refused.
The United States then changed tactics. Secretary of State John Hay. The treaty allowed for the construction of a canal and U. The writer O. Indeed, the political context gave way to armed conflicts between independence and the rise to power of the Carias government. This instability was due in part to American involvement in the country. The Cuyamel Fruit Company then followed that lead. Different avenues led to the signature of a contract between the Honduras government and the American companies.
The most popular avenue was to obtain a grab on a piece of land in exchange for the completion of railroads in Honduras; this explains why a railroad company conducted the agreement between the United Fruit Company and Honduras. The ultimate goal in the acquisition of a contract was to control the bananas, from production to distribution. Therefore, the American companies would finance guerrilla fighters, presidential campaigns, and governments. The U. The Americans conducted the Border War with Mexico from to for additional reasons: to control the flow of immigrants and refugees from revolutionary Mexico pacificos , and to counter rebel raids into U.
President Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize. In the years prior to World War I, the United States also was sensitive to the regional balance of power against Germany. Only twice during the Mexican Revolution did the U. Theodore Roosevelt declared the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine in , asserting the right of the United States to intervene to stabilize the economic affairs of states in the Caribbean and Central America if they were unable to pay their international debts. Marine Corps most often carried out these military interventions.
On occasion, U. Naval gunfire and U. Army troops were also used. Privacy Policy. Skip to main content. The Gilded Age: — Search for:. American Imperialism. Learning Objectives Define American imperialism. American imperialism is partly based on American exceptionalism, the idea that the United States is different from other countries because of its specific world mission to spread liberty and democracy. One of the most notable instances of American imperialism was the annexation of Hawaii in , which allowed the United States to gain possession and control of all ports, buildings, harbors, military equipment, and public property that had belonged to the Government of the Hawaiian Islands.
American Exceptionalism : A belief, central to American political culture since the Revolution, that Americans have a unique mission among nations to spread freedom and democracy. American Imperialism : A term that refers to the economic, military, and cultural influence of the United States on other countries. Opposition to Imperialism The American Anti-Imperialist League was an organization established in the United States on June 15, , to battle the American annexation of the Philippines as an insular area.
The war served to further repair relations between the American North and South. Following the successful conclusion of the Spanish-American War in , the United States gained control of territories that could serve as the coaling stations and naval bases that Mahan had discussed, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
Five years later, the United States obtained a perpetual lease for a naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Menu Menu. Milestones: —
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