Question

the american south pacific empire, 1900 except for puerto rico, all of the colonial acquisitions of the united states in the wake of the spanish - american war occurred in the pacific. the new attraction of imperialism persuaded the united states to annex hawaii in 1898. the war itself gave america control of the philippines, guam, and other, smaller spanish possessions in the pacific. when added to the small, scattered islands that the united states had acquired as naval bases earlier in the nineteenth century, these new possessions gave the nation a far - flung pacific empire, even if one whose total territory and population remained small by the standards of the other great empires of the age.
what was the reaction in the united states to the acquisition of this new empire?
own spheres. together, these principles would allow the united states to trade freely with china without fear of interference and without having to become militarily involved in the region. they would also retain the illusion of chinese sovereignty and thus prevent formal colonial dismemberment of china, which might also create obstacles to american trade.
europe and japan received the open door proposals coolly. russia openly rejected them; the other powers claimed to accept them in principle but to be unable to act unless all the other powers agreed. but hay refused to consider this a rebuff. he boldly announced that all the powers had accepted the principles of the open door in \final and definitive\ form and that the united states expected them to observe those principles.
no sooner had the diplomatic maneuvering over the open door ended than the boxers, a secret chinese martial - arts society with highly nationalist convictions and a somewhat mystical vision of their invulnerability to bullets, launched a revolt against foreigners in china. the boxer rebellion spread widely across eastern china, attacking westerners wherever they could find them - including many christian missionaries. but the climax of the revolt was a siege of the entire western foreign diplomatic corps, which took refuge in the british embassy in beijing. the imperial powers (including the united states) sent an international expeditionary force into china to rescue the diplomats. in august 1900, it fought its way into peking and broke the siege.
the boxer rebellion became an important event for the role of the united states in china. mckinley and hay had agreed to american participation in quelling the boxer rebellion so as to secure a voice in the settlement of the uprising and to prevent the partition of china by the european powers. hay now won support for his open door approach from england and germany and induced the other participating powers to accept compensation from china for the damages the boxer rebellion had caused. chinese territorial integrity survived at least in name, and the united states retained access to its lucrative trade.
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Explanation:

The problem involves historical analysis of the United States' acquisition of territories in the Pacific and related events like the Boxer Rebellion, which falls under the subfield of History in Social Science.

Answer:

Social Science - History