I.     American Expansionism

A. Tradition of Isolationism

B. Seward’s Folly

C. Attitude to Expansionism

D. Hawaii

E.  Asia

1.             Open Door Policy

2.             Boxer Rebellion

II.  Spanish American War

A. Cuba

B. Advantages and Disadvantages

C. A Splendid Little War (1898)

1.             “Remember the Maine!”

2.             Yellow Journalism

a)            William Randolph Hearst

b)            Joseph Pulitzer

3.             War Resolution

D. Fighting

1.             Battle of Manila Bay – Admiral Dewey

2.             Battle of Santiago – General Joseph Wheeler

3.             Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights – Col. Theodore Roosevelt

E.  Treaty of Paris (1898)

1.             Spain gave the US: Puerto Rico, Guam, Wake Island and the Philippines

2.             We gave Spain $20,000

3.             Cuba got its independence

F.  Philippines revolt

G. Cuba and Puerto Rico

III.          Foreign Policy of Teddy Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson

A. Panama Canal

B. Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine

C. Great White Fleet

D. Dollar Diplomacy

E.  Mexico and Pancho Villa

IV.         Wilson and World War I

A.  The Road to World War I

1.             Nationalism and Militarism

2.             Alliance System

3.             Crisis in the Balkans

a)            June 28, 1914 Archduke Francis Ferdinand killed by Gavrillo Princip

b)            July 28 Austria declares war on Serbia

c)            July 29 Russia mobilizes

d)            July 31 German ultimatum to Russia

e)            August 1 Germany declares war on Russia

f)              August 3 Germany declares war on France

g)            August 4 Germany invades Belgium

h)            August 4 Great Britain declares war on Germany

B. 1914 – 1917

1.             War in the West

2.             War in the East

3.             Widening of the War

C. Entry of the US into the War

1.             Lusitania

2.             Election of 1916

3.             Zimmermann telegram

4.             Declaration of War

D. America at War

1.             Propaganda

2.             Increase Federal Government

3.             Curtail National Liberties

a)            Sedition Act (1918)

b)            Selective Service Act

4.             Massive Intervention in Conflict

a)            Army goes from 200,000 to 4 million

b)            US war deaths – 112,432

E.  Wilson’s Ideas for Peace

1.             Fourteen Points

a)            1st Five Points: General principles of international order

(1)          Open covenants, openly arrived at
(2)          Freedom of seas in peace and war
(3)          Lift barriers to international trade
(4)          Reduce armaments
(5)          Self-Determination

b)            Next 8 points – specific territories

c)            14th Point – League of Nations

2.             Change in Goals

3.             Paris Peace Talks

F.  Senate’s Reaction

1.             Henry Cabot Lodge

2.               Failure

G. 1920 Election – “Return to Normalcy”

V.  The Versailles Treaty and the Origins of World War II

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