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| CHAPTER 23 | AN AMERICAN EMPIRE | OVERVIEW |
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CHAPTER TIMELINE |
| 1850 |
Clayton-Bulwar Treaty |
| 1867 |
United States purchased Alaska |
| 1890 |
Alfred Thayer Mahan’s The Influence of Seapower
upon History, 1660–1783 |
| 1894 |
Wilson-Gorman Tariff |
| February 9, 1898 |
de Lôme letter made public |
| February 15, 1898 |
Sinking of the Maine |
| April 1898 |
Teller Amendment |
| April 25, 1898 |
Declaration of war against Spain |
| 1898 |
Hawaii annexed |
| December 10, 1898 |
Treaty of Paris |
| February 1899 |
Rudyard Kipling’s “The White Man’s Burden” |
| 1900 |
Foraker Act |
| 1900 |
Boxer Rebellion |
| 1901 |
Hay Pauncefote Treaty |
| 1901 |
Platt Amendment |
| September 6, 1901 |
William McKinley assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt
became president |
| 1903 |
Hay-Herran Treaty |
| 1904 |
Roosevelt Corollary |
| 1904–1905 |
Russo-Japanese War |
| 1905 |
Treaty of Portsmouth |
| 1907 |
Gentlemen’s Agreement |
| 1907–1909 |
Great White Fleet |
| August 15, 1914 |
Panama Canal opened |
| 1917 |
Jones Act |
| 1934 |
Tydings-McDuffie Act |
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES |
After you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to: |
- Explain why the United States pursued a policy of imperialism.
- Account for the outbreak of the Spanish-American War.
- Explain the course of United States relations with Latin America during the
late nineteenth century and its impact on later relations with Latin America.
- Contrast the arguments for and against imperialism in 1899.
- Explain the development of America’s policy to deal with its imperial possessions.
- Account for the acquisition of the Panama Canal.
- Assess the foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt.
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