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1865 the United States had just concluded a devastating Civil War by the dawn of the 20th century American but first ushering in a period of confidence and optimism US territories filled out in the Caribbean and Pacific Intimate Treasures in the UFC of course this time America in the 20th century European nations had warmer Camp least Imperial colonies the British India French in Indochina the Spanish in the Pacific and the Caribbean 19th century Russia said even crossed the Bering Strait and established a foothold on the North American continent it was in this competitive quiet FaceTime to self it would lose out what was the interest expense they were swingers  the most important lucica.  During the Civil War do you winter greatly increases rough for the Benya Frankford products dictating desire to find new markets abroad handful more raw materials military some believe it is to us last horrible farming forces it would not be able to defend its economic interest the third reason belief in the racial superiority of anglo-saxon white people of English descent especially the British in the 1800 British and Americans believe it was the white race is god-given duty to civilize World British writer Richard Kipling's poem The White Man's Burden appeared in McClure's magazine romanticizing this idea what's The White Man's Burden send for the best degree go find your son's to Exile to serve your captives need to wait in heavy find a song flooded folk and wild your new car selling people has devil child the expansionist philosophy who is far from Universal a group of Educators writer and social activist who called themselves the imperialist imperialism the American system of democracy should not keep other countries has always been excuse of ruler and text gatherer the chief the king the baron and now off of the white man the Anti-Imperialist also highlighted practical issues the huge cost of maintaining Army and Navy and the fear that expansion would take jobs away from us workers the late 19th century Saturn imperialist mood for the 20th century among the strongest Advocates of expansionism was Matthew Perry career recommended that the United States take measures to secure a number reports in the Pacific where they could refuel their coal-burning steamship hibernation until there was one major problem Japan have been closed to foreigners over 200 years in the summer of 1853 loaded with Commodore Matthew Perry's flotilla in the arrow Harbor the gateway to Japan's Imperial City in a Rosewood box wrapped in trouble Harry delivered a letter from President Fillmore asking the Japanese to open trade brakes Taylors one of the large ships of War destined to visit Japan not yet arrived from you see those they are hourly expected series Expedition wizard on the China Coast then returned in February with a heavily armed Battleship the threat of force proved to be enough to persuade the Japanese  March 31st 1854 a treaty was signed for granted Fillmore's request opening the ports of Japan for trade with the US  Matthew Perry's gunboat diplomacy sounded a wake-up call for Japan spring them can strengthen their Navy and modernize their Nation another method of attaining territory was to buy it in debt from the disastrous Crimean War Ariel Russia was open to selling their territory across the Bering Strait Russian Alaska its vast Untamed Wilderness was ridiculed Drury waste of glaciers ice wife bears and walruses but you are Secretary of State William H Seward had his eye on this Grand Prix since 1860  Seward Alaska strategic value for trade or in the event of War he also fix your potential Alaska's resources especially Timber and Ferb Seward was so eager to secure Alaska he entered into negotiations with the rush turn on the light the villain in War II to go ahead of the president or congress on March 30th 1867 Circle signed the Treaty of profession the US agreed to purchase Alaska from the Russians for 7.2 million dollars only two and a half no Congress had yet to approve a single shot for the deal few Americans the purchase as Folly and Seward's icebox but nearly one year later and after much political wrangling the US Treasury finally how to check and Alaska what was proved more troubling Hawaii  give me early 1800s missionaries from New England the arduous journey to Hawaii to spread Christianity play misinterpreted the Hawaiian Culture Paradise Peter Vives with his neighbor and confidently expects his neighbor to divide with him well the need of Hawaiians work attempt to live in their traditional waste a growing influx of Americans with visually building huge plantations Railways. In hotels they soon dominated the Island's economy and me your influence self in government  in January 1891 who won the native game guide Mr liliuokalani ascended to the throne although she was educated in the u.s. sheet against us rule Hawaii for Hawaiians in 1893 American plantation owners plotter to revolt with the help of US ambassador John L Stevens who was Battleship Boston arrived envel their own government has the US ambassador John L Stevens reported to Washington  the 10 pair is now fully ripe and this is the golden hour for the United States to pluck it  president Grover Cleveland however opposed the annexation never Sovereign Nation and tried in vain to the Frog after William McKinley became president why was annexed in a 98 meaning thank you to watch the influential Alfred T Mohan became a military advisor to President McKinley was best known for his book who was the sea power upon history 1660 and 1783 he advocated updating the u.s. Navy free establishing Caribbean Naval bases increasing us possessions in the Pacific the second half of the nineteenth Century from Spain holding tenuously to their empire Cuba and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean the Philippines and Guam in the Pacific meanwhile in the US the expansionist mood was that a fever pitch with us investments in Cuban sugar and Mining Industries 1870 young Cuban Jose Marti had his first success of the Rebel he penned the Patriotic poem again the poem angered the Spanish government in Cuba so much they jailed Marty for 4 months and send him into exile are to continue is political writing for Cuban Independence  it is terrible to speak of university for one who lives without you the wild beast does not send it to me before this payment with greater series  Houston Isha Spirit provided the Cuban people a national hero and hope of ending Colonial rule in 1894 plantations to crush the Rebellion Jose Marti was killed but his Revolution later  cursory buy Rebel successors General weyler ordered 300,000 Cuban civilians into concentration camps  sandwiches guide and the road who's the Boss but in for Cuba arrive from some unlikely allies rival newspaper publishers William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer stories about the butcher Winer not out of any democratic they trying to each other by printing Sensational pictures and stories that said that hysteria against pain in belly stories like became known as yellow journalism Peter Frederic Remington was among the many reporters to cover the war in 1897 Verizon her battles no Camry charges and no artillery barrage with no story to cover everything is quiet there is no problem there will be no more I wish to return feyhurst replied true mate you furnish the pictures and I will furnish the war and War Kids, January 24th 1898 the USS Maine steamed and Havana Harbor awkwardly its mission was to help quell the conflict between the Cubans and Spanish Cory 15th 1898 underestimate became a rallying cry has the American public was whipped into a frenzy witches were deployed to the Caribbean and the Pacific  Earth expansionists protested loudly they believe the US was in danger of becoming imperialist Nation 125000 volunteers infuriated Spain declare war on the US two days later on April 25th you asked reciprocated on the other side of the world in the Pacific Commodore George Dewey receive orders to seek the Spanish flea or destroy it the US declared war on Spain Filipino Rebels price of Spanish Fleet in Manila Bay and spring foam pan Spanish ship  during the next three months some 11,000 US troops number to Filipino Rebels I do now though declare independence on June 12th sing me under control u.s. troops moved on  meanwhile back of the Caribbean the 9th Cavalry a unit of African soldiers arrived at the Army Quartermasters totally unprepared for the thousands of troops pouring in equipment was disorganized they were Eastern woman uniforms in the tropical heat both black and white soldiers were forced to live in unsanitary conditions with for rations search yellow fever broke out and thousands were hospitalized of the 5400 get in the Cuban campaign 379 where the result is Comcast Secretary of the Navy your regiment called the Rough Riders they were a Motley Crew of some 1,200 neck including socially prominent Cowboys musicians critical battle Teddy Roosevelt Rough Riders on the charger until they came under heavy fire two regiments of African American soldiers faced cattle hill the dead and wounded soldier it was indescribable  in short order the u.s. concert San Juan Hill and sees the Spanish for destroying Cuban ships in the Straits of Havana  with the situation in hand in Cuba and Pacific us down turn 18000 proof and the naval escort on another Spanish colony in the Caribbean Puerto Rico they landed it want a cab but before they can reach the capital city of lead to sign a peace treaty with United States military hostilities the war was over in just four months the truce with Spain's was signed on August 12th 1898 it was her Splendid little war commented soon-to-be Secretary of State John Hay  it may have been a wonderful The Wharf but it left a distasteful Legacy on December 10th 1898 the Treaty of Paris was signed giving the United States the right to occupy Cuba with full control over Puerto Rico Guam and the Philippines  dim the Philippines Emilio aguinaldo and his supporters were angry as one colonial power was replay another on February 4th 1899 would you ask for a she's taking on an ugly roll forcing Filipino civilians to live in areas where disease hunger and for sanitation killed much as the Spanish under butcher Winery did in Cuba in the end more than 20,000 Filipino Rebels and Sons Forest American Dad  at home Anti-Imperialist complained that the war's purpose was to freeze things, but the results did you ask becoming an imperial power just seemed American writer Mark Twain sarcastically noted the captive free and one that takes them once Captain New Freedom away  ultimately the US Supreme Court decided how new territory would be handled Puerto Rico became Incorporated territory allowing Puerto Ricans to become US citizens and the right to vote on the other hand the Philippines remained unincorporated In 1902 Philippine election for their House of Representatives step on their long journey toward Independence  one of the Filipinos were struggling to gain independence in the Pacific being waged in the Caribbean in 1900 the Cubans wrote a constitution fearful that another country would dominate to Menifee the US Congress insisted the Cubans are Provisions known as the Platt Amendment which limited Cuba's wife to make fries and formative the US send troops into Cuba turkey border  Cuba became a protectorate of the United States has the 20th century opened China was in turmoil widespread opium Addiction in Chinese inside image of the empire into Spears and for one country had exclusive rights to trade weather cooling base in the Philippines just 400 mi from China American businesses hope to take advantage of China's that resources and she'll do her best market then US Secretary of State suggesting an open door policy in China this policy would help us businesses by guaranteeing equal trading rights for all forgetting from discriminating against another at the same time open an imperialistic Hall other powers politely put hey off open door policy is a good idea they had no way of enforcing it  however hey despite the debate boldly announced that everyone had agreed to the policy every that is except China  Sushi Empress Dowager of the Ching dynasty was he going to win her Empire of these in Northern Shandong Province a secret society known as the fists of righteous Harmony at Ransom selling his followers they what is a real china foreign influences but they also sought to throw off the yoke Berkshires because they practiced martial arts boxers believe that through meditation and discipline they could put themselves in a mystical Shield show p*** bullets the in the boxers and turn their Furious Ginger 1900 the foxes begin their bloody campaign been murdered hundreds of foreign missionaries and Chinese Christian Conference destroying is worth of property  about 900 foreigners blockaded themselves in their embassies for nearly two months repelling way for boxers ammunition food and medical supplies were almost gone controlled explosions from certificate really Defenders magazine airfare departing final overpowering BoxRec  but instead relief had arrived troops from Britain friend Germany Japan and the US fought their way into three kings to free their countrymen and put down the Rebellion the boxers believing when proving the boys were cut down by the Falcons  on September 7th 1901 China and 11 other nations sign the Bronx snuffing out the Rebellion foreign policy at the turn of the century was characterized by three vastly different philosophies big stick diplomacy William Taft's Dollar Diplomacy and Woodrow Wilson's moral diplomacy African Proverbs speak softly and carry a big strike he applied this big stick Theory to American foreign policy but leaving the US should take a strong role in Asia 1905 Roosevelt intervened between Russia and Japan over Korea when Japan was angry by racist settlement in the US Roosevelt Range Hudson ended what did turn Japan would have to limit Japanese immigration to the US get a show of growing u.s. Naval might Roosevelt launch 6 who worships on a world tour faded brilliant white the full till I was known as The Great White Fleet the tour was a tramp Lance was regarded as the most potent Naval power after the British in the interest of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Roosevelt turn attention to a narrow strip of land in Columbia of Panama in 1903 of State John Hay Yoshi the treaty with Columbia for the land but you must interest were not to be denied Roosevelt active and negotiated for the turn my Canal Zone  what to get  Master locks for designs of a ship through the mouth and then lowered them on the other side 1.53 million cubic meters of concrete with 70,000 Woodbridge recruited at four hundred million dollars was fast a Marvel of engineering achievement the Camaro was finally completed in 1914 just in time for World War 1 in 9 fourth wizard wielded in this big stick again how much the policy to limit European expansion into the Western Hemisphere Roosevelt Corollary went further it stated that the u.s. have the intervene militarily to keep European powers out of the Western Hemisphere the Roosevelt Corollary actually drive the very next year in 1905 in order to relieve the Dominican Republic's death to threatening foreign creditors  in 1909 when William Howard Taft news about his president established the foreign policy encouraging us investment in Latin America and China in contrast Roosevelt's big stick policy came to dominate the economy play music but they were powerless in the face of the US Military  in 1913 Woodrow Wilson succeeded to his present Wilson offered yet another approach to foreign policy big stick and Dollar Diplomacy sing a moral standard and not recognizing any government that is undemocratic for hostile to us interest to protect us business enter Wilson rally troops to stabilize Haiti the Dominican Republic and Cuba failure in his dealings with Mexico in the late 19th century corrupted in Mexico was probably escalating with the assassination of Mexico's Francisco Madero in 1913 and the Assumption of Power by victoriano Huerta  not wanting to support a government by Wilson refuse to dignify huerta's government I am going to teach the South American republics to elect food man did Wilson mobilize US Marine to cancel the port of Veracruz in Mexico all those Mexicans in their opposition to US invasion and War was between the two countries play the u.s. Watertown MN send Mexico to Hartford via after a year-long Pursuit pershing's expedition was called off but the affair increase and the Americans US troops withdrew in 1917 and tensions eventually Eve between Mexico and the US United States forcibly entered the new century ends in Imperial power it little more than a century our nation founded on freedom discovered itself Royal and troubling relationships with the people that it's new territories and protectorates the spice of turmoil play newborn world power

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