1. Isolationism to Imperialism
Seward’s Folly
Spanish American War
Theodore Roosevelt
Big Stick Diplomacy

2. Questions to be Answered?
What was the result of the Spanish American War?
What was the Open Door Policy and the Dollar Diplomacy?
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?

3. American Imperialism and World War I

4. Define Isolationism
The United States should stay out of world affairs

5. What set precedent for Isolationism?
Washington’s Farewell Address

6. What was the basis of U.S. foreign policy from President Washington until World War I?
Isolationism

7. Define the Monroe Doctrine.
The U.S. policy that European countries should stay out of the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.

8. Define imperialism
One country gaining political or economic control over another country

9. Alaska and Hawaii Seward’s Folly- Seward’s Icebox
Acquisition of Alaska
Alaska purchased from Russia after Civil War
Hawaii eventually annexed after U.S. effort to dispose of Hawaii’s monarchy. served as a naval base (Pearl Harbor)

10. Spanish American War War between Cubans and the Spanish government
U.S. stays neutral until a U.S. battleship, the Maine, exploded
Secretary of State, John Hay, calls it“a splendid little war”
Teddy Roosevelt and his regiment the Rough Riders led fighting in Cuba

11. Result of Spanish American War
U.S. annexed Puerto Rico
The U.S. asserted the right to intervene in Cuban affairs
Philippines annexed shortly after the Spanish American War

12. Theodore Roosevelt Big Stick Diplomacy
Motto – “Speak softly and carry a big stick”

13. Panama Canal U.S. encouraged Panama’s independence from Colombia
U.S. and Panama negotiate a treaty to build the canal

14. Roosevelt Corollary
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine stating that if an American republic were guilty of wrongdoing, the U.S. would have to intervene.

15. Global Economy
Open Door policy – Give all nations equal trading rights in China
Dollar Diplomacy – Taft encourages American banks and businesses to invest in Latin America