How did the U.S.’s foreign policy change in the 1890’s?

1. How did the U.S.’s foreign policy change in the 1890’s?

2. Throughout most of the 1800’s, the U.S.’s foreign policy was based on non-involvement. President George Washington President James Monroe

3. By the 1890’s, the U.S. shifted to a foreign policy of imperialism in order to acquire overseas lands. Wake Island, annexed in 1899 American Samoa, acquired in 1899 from Britain

4. The U.S. acquired these overseas lands mainly due to its need for raw materials and new markets.

5. In 1898, the U.S. annexed the island chain of Hawaii.

6. The U.S. acquired more overseas lands (from Spain) in 1898 when it defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War. • Won from Spain • the Philippine • Islands • Guam • Puerto Rico • exclusive rights • to Cuba X X X X X = Won from Spain in 1898.

7. This war occurred due to the U.S. supporting Cuba’s fight for independence from Spain. President William McKinley (1897 – 1901) Col. Theodore Roosevelt of the Rough Riders

8. U.S. journalists used yellow journalism to generate public support for U.S. involvement in the war. Joseph Pulitzer William Randolph Hearst

9. As a result of winning the war, the U.S. was viewed as a world power.