HIST 2057 : History 2057 Notes Test 2
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Spain: cuba looked to us for help because they wanted to be more democratic and the. Us was formed from a revolution: president mckinley does not want to get involved because he fought in civil. We want to be a player in asia were we can gain the chinese market. Ships ran on coal and this is the perfect coaling station to make it to china. Very brutal guerilla war: result of war, we became a colonial power. "open door" policy: america had a fascination with china. Religious- thought they could convert them to christians. Economic: american businessmen saw china as the biggest unexploited market in the world and they wanted ways to tap into the chinese market, european countries were are already there. Hong kong was a british port: us thinks these nations will colonize china, this would diminish potential for us goods to be sold there, us and china were not happy about situation.
