Effect: USA gained more land and resources

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Cause: USA gained Hawaii as a territory

Effect: The USA gained power by farming sugar cane

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Cause: United States wanted trade with China and Japan

Effect: The Open Door Policy was passed and resources from China

and Japan were open to the U.S. and many other countries; China slowly lost power

What: USA bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million

When: 1867

Where: Alaska, US

Why: To gain land and resources

1858: The U.S. and Japan signed a trade agreement

1864 - 1894: Japan grew to become a major imperial power

1867: Alaska and the Midway Islands were bought from Russia for 7.2 million dollars

1887: The Bayonet Constitution was signed

1890's: Gold and other resources were found in Alaska

1894 - 1895: Japan defeated China in the Sino- Japanese War

1898: Hawaii was annexed

1899: United States and Germany divided Samoa's land, the Open Door Policy was announced; the Boxer Rebellion Started

1900: Boxer's attacked Beijing, China's capital

1904: Japan attacked Russia

What: american planters signed constitution with king to gain control

When: 1867

Where: Hawaii

Why: to gain control of Hawaii, better land opportunities, and to make a planter economy

What: Japan became a very powerful country,

China became weaker, and the Boxer Rebellion

started

When: 1853 - 1900

Where: Japan, Beijing, the U.S.

Why: The U.S. wanted to open trade markets

and secure them so Europeans wouldn't hold

them

1. Samoa | Gained more land and resources

2. Hawaii | Made a powerful planter economy

3. Alaska | Gained valuable resources and land

4. China | Gained better trading options and resources

5. Japan | Gained better trading options and resources

6. open door policy | Opened up trading to all countries, including the US

Cause : Spanish taking rule

Effect : dewy sends warships over and captures capitol of the phillipenens

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Guam

Cause: spain was ruling guam

Effect: the us wanted guam as a territory and got rid of the spanish

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Cuba

Cause : sympathy, DE LOME LETTER, cuban independence etc.

Effect :t he USA Declares war on Spain

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Puerto Rico

Cause : spanish fleet tries to break through american blockade and fail.

Effect : then THE USA invades spanish held Puerto Rico.

What: captured manila

When: may 1st 1898

Where: manila Philippines

Why: to rid the spanish away

What : the usa captured guam from the spanish

When 1898

Where Guam

Why : to gain guam as a territory

What: spanish fleet tries to break through american blockade and fail. then THE USA invades spanish held Puerto Rico.

When :1898

Where: Puerto Rico

Why: sapin tried to break through blockade

What: declares war on Spain

When: April 20, 1898

Where: Cuba, USA

Why : sinking of U.S.S  Maine 

• yellow journalism
• roots of imperialism
• cuban independence
• sympathy
• DE LOME LETTER

what: The U.S.A. bought the unfinished Panama Canal and wanted to finish it themselves along with Panamanian support

when: 1904

where: panama

why: to shorten travel between atlantic and pacific oceans

What: Used military force to tell european countries no to mess with latin america

Effect:

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Taft

What: Used economic means to aid its interests in Latin America

Effect:

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Wilson

What: He believed the United States had a moral obligation to promote democracy in Latin America. Like Roosevelt, Wilson was willing to use military force to protect U. S. interests in the region.

Effect:

losses : ships and lives AND MONEY

gains : territories', economy, trade, land, and crops, and recources