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Roosevelt- He forced Latin America to repay their debts and established the Roosevelt Corollary

Taft- He forced them to trade with us.

Wilson- He helped them gain freedom

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Roosevelt- He believed the United States should play a more active role in the Western Hemisphere

Taft- Promoted U.S. interests in Latin America

Wilson- Also promoted U.S. interests in Latin America

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Who- American Commodore George Dewey and Emilio Aguinaldo

What- We were in war

When- August 13

Where- Philippines

Why- Spain declared war

Losses- We got involved in war

Gains- We won battles in war

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Who- McKinley

What- Increase economic activity with the U. S .

When- 1900s

Where- Cuba

Why- Create stability and increase U. S. economic activity there, so he set up a military government

Losses- we lost a lot of men in the war against Spain that we ere fighting for Cuba

Gains- We got to take control of them

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Who- The U.S. Navy

What- to capture Guam from Spain.

When- 20–21 June 1898

Where- Guam, Pacific Ocean

Why- Because it would help them win the war

Losses- We lost a lot of our supports in it

Gains- We gain them.

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Who- Puerto Ricans

What- When America won the war against Spain, Puerto Rico thought they would have freedom but America instead made it one of it's territories.

When- 1900s

Where- Puerto Rico

Why- They wanted independence

Losses- We got invovled in a debate

Gains- We got a new territory

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One reason why we got involved in war was because of Yellow Journalism. We stretched the truth in the newspapers which caused people to dislike Spain. Another reason was the USS Maine. Spain exploded our boat causing two hundred sixty men to die. This made us want to fight back. Last reason was because of the De Lôme Letter. This was written by a Spanish minister and it stated that McKinley was a “weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd.”

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Cause- The Spanish "Exploded" the USS Maine, which made America mad

and they decided to side with Cuba. We felt bad for Cuba. Politics. Yellow Journalism.

De Lôme Letter. Roots of Imperialism.

Effect- We lost a lot of men.

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We got involved in many countries. We got involved with Japan, Hawaii, and Alaska. First, William H. Seward bought Alaska from Russia for seven point two million dollars. Everyone said he shouldn't have done this because it was a "frozen wasteland." Soon, they found important minerals as Seward had hoped for. They found gold, timber, fur, and other minerals. This brought settlers and miners to the area. Next, we took over Hawaii because Americans saw they had good crops to farm like sugarcane. We used our power that we earned by planting sugarcane to force the king of Hawaii to sign a Constitution at gunpoint. Last, we wanted to get in the economic system with Japan. However, the island nation of Japan had isolated itself from the rest of the world for hundreds of years. Perry attempted to make a peace treaty with Japan, but he was unsuccessful. Perry returned later with seven warships and gifts to show the benefits with working with us. Japan finally opened trade with America.

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Washington warned America not to get involved with other countries. At first they tried really hard not to but then they finally gave in. The countries that they did get involved with were Japan, Russia, and Hawaii. All of these deals were made for one thing, trading. Back then and even now, one of the most common things was to trade items. You may not think about it in that way anymore but when you get things made in China or Spain it means that we traded the money for that thing. Also buying food is trading! With Japan, we got spices and cloth and they got new technology. For Russia, we got a giant chunk of land and they got 7 .2 million dollars. For Hawaii we got beautiful islands and they got to be ruled by us. In conclusion all of these deals I would say that America got the better side in all of them.

One of Americas super powers was yellow journalism. Yellow journalism is what started the Spanish~American war. When the USS Maine was sunk, according to yellow journalism "Spain" sunk it. In reality, who knows! For us to declare war against Spain is huge! We have only declared war 5 times in history. Considering how many wars we've been in, that's not a lot at all! Although the Spanish~American war was a bad one, it helped us be the people that we are today.

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When- January 17, 1893.

What- Hawaii was a good place to grow crops there for making it a desirable place.

Where- With in Hawaii

Who- Anti-monarchical insurgents within the Kingdom of Hawaii, composed largely of United States citizens, engineered the overthrow of its native monarch, Queen Lili'uokalani.

Why- Hawaii was a good place to plant crops and get fresh water.

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When- March 30, 1867

What- America was buying Alaska from Russia so they could expand.

Where- By document.

Who- William H. Steward bought Alaska from Russia

Why- Alaska was a big piece of land that some people felt that would improve america.

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When- On July 8, 1853.

What- What america wanted was the spices and cloths that came from Japan and China.

Where- On July 8, 1853, American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world.

Who- Matthew Perry

Why- If Japan signed a treaty with America it would let america acess all of the great things Japan had to offer.

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Cause- Hawaii had lots of good crops and good land for crops, so america thought it would be a good place to have in their society. Slowly they started to take over Hawaii.

Effect- Once America has taken over Hawaii, they had better crops.

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Cause- America wanted trade with Japan and China for all their spices. Then they made a deal with Japan

Effect- Making a deal with Japan helped them in battle and International deals.

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Cause- America wanted to exspand so they bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 mil.

Effect- People thought that america was stupid for doing that but Alaska proved to provide natuaral recorces and gold.

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The Countries that America was Involved with

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The Countries that America was Involved with

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- United States Seeks Trade with Japan, and China Economic interest also drew the United States to Japan and China

- The United States wanted to open and secure trade markets in both Asian countries

- By the mid-1800's European powers had formed strong trade ties with most East Asian countries

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- We bought Alaska for 7.2 million American dollars; that's 2 cents for each acre

- Alaska became a source of valuable natural resources such as fur, timber, and minerals

- Gold was found in Alaska in the 1890s, bringing miners and settlers to the area

- Alaska was thought to be a frozen waste land but ended up being an important part in american socety.