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Philippine Insurrection
Was an armed conflict between Filipino revolutionaries and the goverment of the United States. This caused conflict for the Philippine Republic. They gained new territory and established its imperial power. This is US imperialism because the US was trying to get control from other countries -
The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Was a treaty signed by the United States and Panama, which established the Panama Canal Zone. It was named after its two primary negotiators, The United States had many offers that they had given to the colombians to control panama. -
The Roosevelt Corollary
Is the Monroe Doctrine that was made by President Theodore Roosevelt when he was president of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis. The corollary states that the United States will have conflicts between European countries and Latin American countries to enforce claims of the European powers, rather than having the Europeans press their claims directly. They were making a document to get along with other countries -
The first American occupation of the Dominican Republic
The US government occupied the Dominican Republic, mostly because a chaotic and unstable political situation there was preventing the Dominican Republic from paying back debts owed to the USA and other foreign countries. The US military easily subdued any Dominican resistance and occupied the nation for eight years. -
Cuban Intervention
A major American military operation that began in September 1906. It is not an example of US imperialism. -
Great White Fleet
It was named The Atlantic Fleet battleships only later it came to be known as the great white fleet. The fourteen-month long voyage was a pageant of American sea power. They had about 14,000 sailors. They covered some 43,000 miles and made twenty port calls on six continents. They were fighting in what they believed was right for them even if they were lossing some of there people. -
The Panama Canal
Is a canal that connects to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. It was constructed by the United States in order to find a water route between the two oceans.The Panama Canal represents many things to the United States. It represents the best system for getting between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. But at the same time, it highlights a negative period in American foreign policy in which the United States bullied around the countries of Latin America.
