HIST 2057 Chapter : American Foreign Policy
Document Summary
Creation of the american empire : exploration and foreign policy. 1867 russia offered the us alaska for 7. 5 billion. Gold was found and everyone took the idea seriously. French were threatening to take over mexico, us troops came in and stopped it. China was weak, and had many other countries (european) controlling it. American got involved in it too: japan. Us wanted to make sure everyone got the same influence in china. Notes from us secretary of state to countries involved in china open door notes. Chinese workers revolted against the other countries killed people. Box rebellion was brutally put down with the other nations. They were at a disadvantage industrially did a crash course of. 1855 us navy sailed into tokyo, they said tokyo could trade with them or they could control their cities industrialization in 50 years. Defeated russians in a naval war: pacific islands, hawaii.
