The document provides an overview of US imperialism and expansionism between 1890-1914. It discusses key figures like Matthew Perry who opened Japan to Western influence, Anglo-Saxonism which believed English nations were destined to dominate, and the Spanish-American War sparked by yellow journalism. The US acquired colonies like Hawaii and asserted influence through the Platt Amendment. It also summarizes the US pursuing open door policies, building a navy to project power, and intervening in Latin America under the Roosevelt Corollary.

1. Unit 4
Janelle Miller
Us History
Period 2

2. Section 1

3. Vocab
• Imperialism - a policy of extending a country’s
power and influence through diplomacy or
military force
• Protectorate -a state that is controlled and
protected by another
• Technology - the application of the scientific
knowledge for practical purposes
• Publish - prepare and issue for the public sale

4. People and Terms
• Anglo-Saxonism
• Matthew C. Perry
• Queen Liliuokalani
• Pan Americanism
• Alfred T. Mahan
• Henry Cabot Lodge

5. Anglo Saxonism
• The belief English speaking
nations had superior character,
ideas, and systems of government
and were destined to dominate the
planet

6. Matthew C. Perry
• Ordered by President Millard
Fillmore to go to Japan to
negotiate a trade treaty
• He showed up in Japan with 4
warships that the Japanese
had never seen before and
they realized that they need to
step it up if they were going to
compete with the rest of the
world

7. Queen Liliuokalani
• Ascended to the Hawaiian
Throne 1891
• Disliked the American
influences
• In January 1983 she
attempted to impose a new
constitution that would
have put her back in charge
of the Hawaiian people

8. Pan Americanism
• The idea that the United
States and Latin America
should work together

9. Alfred T. Mahan
• Officer in the U.S.
Navy
• In 1980 he Published
his book The Influence
of Sea Power Upon
History 1660-1783

10. Henry Cabot Lodge
• He pushed the
construction of a new
navy along with Albert
J. Beveridge

11. Section 2

12. Vocab
• Yellow Journalism - Journalism that is based
on sensationalism and crude exaggeration
• Jingoism - extreme patriotism in the form of
aggressive or warlike foreign policy
• Resources - a stock of supply of money,
materials, staff, and other assists that can be
drawn by a person or organization in order to
function effectively
• Violated - break or fail to comply with
• Virtually - nearly, almost

13. People and Terms
• José Martí
• William Randolph Hearst
• Joseph Pulitzer
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Platt Amendment

14. José Martí
• A writer and poet who was
passionately committed to the cause
of Cuban independence
• While living in New York City in the
1880s, Martí brought together
different Cuban exile groups living in
the United States
• The groups raised funds from
sympathetic Americans, purchased
weapons, and trained their troops in
preparation for an invasion of Cuba.

15. William Randolph Hearst
• Owned the newspaper the
Journal
• Competed with the World to
increase their circulation
• The Journal reported
outrageous stories of the
Spanish feeding Cuban
prisoners to sharks and dogs

16. • Joseph Pulitzer
• Owned the newspaper the
World
• Competed with the Journal to
increase their circulation
• The World described Cuba as
a place with “blood on the
road- sides, blood in the
fields, blood on the
doorsteps, blood, blood,
blood!”

17. • Theodore Roosevelt
• Assistant Secretary
of the Navy
• raged that
McKinley had “no
more backbone
than a chocolate
éclair”

18. • Platt Amendment
• (1) Cuba could not make any treaty with another
nation that would weaken its independence or
allow another foreign power to gain territory in
Cuba
• (2) Cuba had to allow the United States to buy or
lease naval stations in Cuba
• (3) Cuba’s debts had to be kept low to prevent
foreign countries from landing troops to enforce
payment
• (4) the United States would have the right to
intervene to protect Cuban independence and
keep order

19. Section 3

20. Vocab
• Exploits - make full use of and derive benefit from
• Sphere of influence - a country or area in which another country has
power to affect developments although it has no formal authority
• Open Door policy - a concept in foreign affairs, which usually refers
to the policy around 1900 allowing multiple Imperial powers access to
China, with none of them in control of that country
• Tensions - mental or emotional strain
• Intervene - come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course of
events
• Dollar Diplomacy - the use of a country's financial power to extend its
international influence

21. People and Terms
• Boxer Rebellion
• “Great White Fleet”
• Hay- Pauncefote Treaty
• Roosevelt Corollary

22. • Boxer Rebellion
• “Righteous, harmonious fists.”
• Group members besieged foreign embassies in
Beijing, killing more than 200 foreigners and
taking others prisoners
• In August 1900, an international force
(including U.S. troops) stepped in and
squashed the rebellion

23. • “Great White Fleet”
• 16 battleships of the new United States Navy
• In 1907 President Roosevelt sent it on a voyage
around the world to showcase the nation’s
military might
• The tour made a stop in Japan to demonstrate
that the United States could and would
uphold its interests in Asia

24. • Hay- Pauncefote Treaty
• Gave the United States the
exclusive right to build and
control any proposed canal
through Central America

25. • Roosevelt Corollary
• It was put in place to prevent European
nations from sending troops to the Caribbean
or Central America
• The United States would intervene in Latin
American affairs when necessary to maintain
stability in the Western Hemisphere