1. American Imperialism
Asia & Latin America

2. Japan
1854
Adm. Matthew Perry
Forced opening of Japan’s markets

3. Midway Islands 1859 Western most Hawaiian island Uninhabited atoll
Coaling station

4. Alaska & Hawaii William Seward Expansion in the Pacific Alaska (1867)
Seward’s Folly/ Seward’s Ice box
Expansion in the Pacific
Hawaii
Queen Lililuokalani
1898

5. China & the Open Door Policy
Spheres of Influence

6. China
John Hay: Open Door Policy
The Boxer Rebellion
Agreement?

7. Panama 1902…TR purchased the French owned Panama Canal Company
Colombia rejected the plan
TR’s “Big Stick” policy… help the Panamanians get independence from Colombia
Panama-US Protectorate

9. Presidential Policies
Roosevelt Corollary:
US is an “international police power” in Latin America

10. Dollar Diplomacy Wm. Howard Taft “substituting dollars for bullets”
Encourage US investment in Latin America
Encourage economic and banking stability
Actually, used force more often than TR

11. Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy
To promote “human rights, national integrity, and opportunity”
Extremely paternalistic toward LA
Intervened in Haiti, Dominican Republic, Mexico