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IMPERIALISM

IMPERIALISM. USII.4A-B. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR WORLD WAR I. USII.4A. REASONS FOR SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. Protection of American business interests in Cuba American support for Cuban rebels’ independence from Spain Rising tensions as a result of “The Maine” in Havana Harbor

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IMPERIALISM

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  1. IMPERIALISM USII.4A-B SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR WORLD WAR I

  2. USII.4A REASONS FOR SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR • Protection of American business interests in Cuba • American support for Cuban rebels’ independence from Spain • Rising tensions as a result of “The Maine” in Havana Harbor • Exaggerated news reports of events (Yellow Journalism)

  3. USII.4A RESULTS OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR • United States emerged as a world power • Cuba gained independence from Spain • U.S. got possession of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico

  4. World War I (1914-1918) • AUSTRIA-HUNGARY • FRANZ JOSEPH • ARCHDUKE FRANCES FERDINAND • SARAJEVO (June 28, 1914) • SERBIA • “BLACK HAND” • PRINCIP • THE GREAT WAR • “THE WAR TO END ALL WARS” • “THE WAR”

  5. USII.4B US INVOLVEMENT IN WWI(1917-1918) • Inability to remain neutral • German “unrestricted submarine warfare” – the sinking of the Lusitania • U.S. economic and political ties to Great Britain

  6. NEW WEAPONS OF WWI • TANKS – BRITISH • FLAME THROWER – GERMANS • U-BOATS (UNTERSEEBOOTEN) • AIRPLANES • GAS • POISON • MUSTARD • MACHINE GUNS • TANK TRAPS • NEW WAY TO FIGHT – TRENCH WARFARE • MINES

  7. Great Britain France Russia Serbia Belgium U.S. (later) Germany Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Turkey USII.4B TWO SIDES OF WWI ALLIES CENTRAL POWERS

  8. USII.4B U.S. LEADERSHIP AT WAR’S END • Wilson proposed a peace plan including his “14 Points” which became the basis for the Versailles Treaty. It called for a League of Nations to keep the peace. The Central Powers were not represented at Versailles. • The U.S. (Senate) refused to join the League

  9. NEW NATIONS • FINLAND • POLAND • ESTONIA • LATVIA • LITHUANIA • AUSTRIA • HUNGARY • SOVIET UNION (RUSSIA) • CZECHOSLOVAKIA • YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA) • TURKEY

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