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Columbia's refusal to permit the United States to build a canal across its province of Panama
Led President Theodore Roosevelt to encourage a revolt for Panamanian independence
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Economic expansion, the yellow press, and competition with other powers:
turned american away from isolationism and toward international involvements in the 1890s
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McKinley's decision to keep the Philippines:
Set off a bitter debate about imperialism in the Senate and the country
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The Boxer Rebellion that attempted to drive all foreigners out of China:
Brought American armed forces onto the Asian mainland for the first time
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The Cuban revolt against Spain:
Aroused strong sympathy from most Americans
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The Maine explosion:
Created an emotional and irresistible public demand for war with Spain
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The Spanish-American War:
Enhanced American national pride and made the United States an international power in East Asia
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The Venezuelan boundary dispute:
Strengthened the Monroe Doctrine and made Britain more willing to accommodate U.S. intrest
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The white planter revolt against Queen Liliuokalani:
Set off the first debate about the wisdom and rightness of American overseas imperialism
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Theodore Roosevelt's secret orders to Commodore Dewey:
Led to the surprising U.S. victory over Spain at Manila Bay
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Josiah Strong
American clergyman who preached Anglo-Saxon superiority and called for the stronger U.S. missionary efforts overseas
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
American naval officer who wrote influential books emphasizing sea power and advocating a big navy
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Filipino leader of a guerilla war against American rule from 1899 to 1901
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Queen Liliuokalani
Native Hawaiian ruler overthrown in a revolution led by white planter and aided by US troops
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Richard Olney
US secretary of state whose belligerent notes to Britan during the Guiana Boundary crisis nearly caused a war
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"Butcher" Weyler
Spanish General whose brutal tactics against Cuban rebels outraged American Public opinion
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William Randolph Hearst
Vigorous promoter of sesationalisitc anti-Spanish propaganda and eager advocate of imperialistic war
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William McKinley
President who initally opposed war with Spain but eventually supported the US accquistition of the Philippines
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George E. Dewey
Naval commander whose spetacular May Day victory in 1898 opened the doors to American imperialism in Asia
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Theodore Roosevelt
Imperialist advocate, aggressive assistant navy secretary, Rough Rider, vice president, and president
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John Hay
American secretary of state who attempted to preserve chinese independence and protect American interests in China
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Phillippe Bunau-Varilla
Scheming engineer who helped stage a revolution in Panama and then became the new country's instant foreign minister
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William James
Harvard philosopher and one of the leading anti-imperialists opposing US acquisition of the Philippines
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William Jennings Bryan
Democrtic party nominee who campaigned and lost on a platform opposing imperialism in the presidential election of 1900
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George Washington Goethals
American military engineer who built the Panama Canal
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