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Imperialism Day 3. What did the US gain/lose from adopting imperialism?. Homework Debates. Plat Amendment-Were the Cuban people free? Treaty-The gains from the Spanish American War were worth fighting for?. USS Maine. Cuba. 3 years to create government Include Plat Amendment
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Imperialism Day 3 What did the US gain/lose from adopting imperialism?
Homework Debates Plat Amendment-Were the Cuban people free? Treaty-The gains from the Spanish American War were worth fighting for?
Cuba 3 years to create government Include Plat Amendment US lease a naval base Guantanamo Bay
1887 Hawaii • King “signs” Bayonet Constitution (king’s power limited) • Queen Liliuokalani rejects • Enter US Marines • Hawaii annexed
I Kalakaua, King of the Hawaiian Islands, in my capacity as Sovereign of this Kingdom, and as the representative of the people hereunto by them duly authorized and empowered, do annul and abrogate the Constitution promulgated by Kamehameha the Fifth, on the 20th day of August, A.D. 1864, and do proclaim and promulgate this Constitution. God hath endowed all men with certain inalienable rights. All men shall have the right, in an orderly and peaceable manner, to assemble, without arms, to consult upon the common good, and to petition the King or Legislature for redress of grievances. No subsidy, duty, or tax, of any description, shall be established or levied without the consent of the Legislature. The Supreme Power of the Kingdom in its exercise, is divided into the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
After the Spanish American War • Philippine-American War 1899-1902
After Spanish American War The U.S. Army hangs 2 Filipinos American scouting party under fire. Photo taken in 1899 Guerilla War=Vocabulary term
Presidents Clip McKinley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2z1svlX9ZA Teddy Roosevelt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBpfih7w4B8
Document Analysis • 5 Articles • Locate Bias • Locate support for arguments raised by the author
Theodore Roosevelt and Peace Nobel Peace Prize Adds corollary to Monroe Doctrine Panama Canal
The French company is having difficulty building the canal (over budget and 22,000 lives) The US wants the canal France tries to sell canal building rights to the United States for 40 million BUT
Nobody wants to be a victim of imperialism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4d7Wp9kKjA
Start a revolution in Panama by supporting the Panamanian nationalists that want freedom from Columbia
End Result Panama becomes free US gains canal rights and control for one-hundred years US pays Columbia 25 million