1 U.S. Imperialism Era *American Expansionism & The Panama Canal “Speak softly and carry a big stick. You will go far.” - Teddy Roosevelt Political Cartoon: American Imperialism The cartoon displays Uncle Sam showing off in front of other world powers, while balancing the “primitives” of its newly acquired territories. ..Notice the racial tone and arrogance of the political cartoon.
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U.S. Imperialism Era
*American Expansionism & The Panama Canal
“Speak softly and carry a big stick. You will go far.”
- Teddy Roosevelt
Political Cartoon:American Imperialism
The cartoon displays Uncle Sam showing off in front of other world powers, while balancing the “primitives” of its newly acquired territories. ..Notice the racial tone andarrogance of the political cartoon.
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Land base conquered1890-1897
Wounded Knee massacre
Chicago Pullman rail strike
Nicaragua
After the Spanish-American War, the United States emerges in possession of
an overseas empire.
Presidential Campaign Poster for Mckinley-Roosevelt
National HeroAfter the war with Spain, Roosevelt returned a hero and was soon elected governor of New York and then later
The U.S. announced the Open Door Policy, favoring equal trading rights for all foreign nations in China. In 1900, the Box Rebellion threatened foreigners in
China. An international army, with U.S. participation, crushed the rebellion, but Americans opposed any
attempt by other nations to use the rebellion to dismember China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Boxer1900.jpg
Boxer Rebel
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In the early 20th century, the U.S. government extended the Monroe
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was used to justify sending troops into Haiti, Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. In this way,
the United States protected its interests in the Panama Canal. Later, President Wilson intervened in
both the Caribbean region and Mexico.
www.csub.edu/~gsantos/jpgs/img0099.jpg
“Dollar Diplomacy” 1903-1912
Nicaragua landings
China interventions begin
“GunboatDiplomacy”
in Cuba
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In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt declared that the U.S. would act as an “international police power” in Latin
America. Rather than let European nations intervene to collect their debts, the U.S.
would act for them.
Some advocates argued that since the United States was now an industrial power, colonies
could provide needed raw materials for American factories and a guaranteed market
of U.S. manufacturers.
Others saw colonial expansion as a way of
showing that the United States was a great nation,
arguing the country should grab a few colonies
before nothing was left. Inspired by Manifest
Destiny.
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In particular, these voices favored American control of the Caribbean, building a canal through Panama, and the acquisition of
islands in the Pacific as coaling stations for ships trading with Asia.
Opponents felt that imperialism violated America’s democratic principles. They
reminded citizens that America was also once a colony and had fought a war with
Great Britain to break the chains of imperialism.
To sail from Atlantic to Pacific, ships navigated around Cape Horn, the treacherous southern extremity of South America. A New York to San Francisco journey measured some 13,000 miles and took months.
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Military importance: Naval strategists believed that the United States needed a large navy
and a canal through Central America to establish itself as a world sea power.
President Roosevelt took steps to build a canal that would allow ships to cross between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans without circling South America. The Isthmus of Panama, the narrowest point in Central America, was a natural place to build the canal,
They built a series of locks that raised shops to an artificial lake, across the central highland, and then lowered them back to sea level on the other
side.
It took the Army Corps of Engineers ten years to build the enormous locks and to remove millions of tons of earth to
complete the canal.
http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/joining.html
U.S President Theodore Roosevelt
Visiting the canal construction site.
It is estimated that over 80,000 persons took part in the construction and that over 30,000 lives were lost in both French and American efforts.
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Dr. William Gorgas, was hired to eradicate yellow fever , like he had in Havana years before. He was able to accomplish his goal by killing the mosquitoes that carried the diseases. Workers:1. Drained swamps, swept
drainage ditches, paved roads and installed plumbing.
2. Sprayed pesticides by the ton.
3. Entire towns rose from the jungle, complete with housing, schools, churches, commissaries, and social halls.
1909 Lock Construction
The American expenditures from 1904 to 1914 totaled $352,000,000, far more than the cost of anything built by the United States Government up to that time. In today’s money it would cost $7,448,028,707.72
At the Gatun Locks on the Atlantic side, workers poured enough concrete to build a wall 8' wide, 12' high, and 133 miles long. They built culverts the size of railroad tunnels to channel water from Gatun Lake into the locks.
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By August 15, 1914 the Panama Canal was officially opened by the passing of the SS Ancon.