Chapter 17 Section 2

1. Chapter 17 Section 2 USA- world power Americans- bigger and stronger

2. Chapter 17 Section 2 continued • Displays of USA Power • Chilean mob- attack US sailors • Forced to pay $75,000 to the families • Rebellion- Brazil • President Cleveland- naval units- Rio de Janeiro • Arbitration- settlement-dispute-person-listens- makes a decision

3. Chapter 17 Section 2 continued • Cuba- rebelled-Spain-1868 • Cubans- guarded camps • Cuba- destroyed American sugar plantations • Yellow journalism- sensational headlines and stories • Jingoism- aggressive foreign policy

4. Chapter 17 Section 2 continued • Steps to war • De Lome letter- McKinley- weak • Explosion of the USS Maine • Preparing in the Philippines- key base- USA- protect its Asian trade • McKinley’s war message- “Remember the Maine!”

5. Chapter 17 Section 2 continued • War’s first action- Philippines • Troops gather in Florida- First Volunteer Cavalry- “Rough Riders” • Led by Theodore Roosevelt • July 1, 1898- “Rough Riders” up San Juan Hill- most famous incident of the war • Treaty of Paris- Spain- 1898- Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam to US • Unincorporated territories

6. Chapter 17 Section 2 continued • Cuban independence- Teller Amendment- McKinley- military government in Cuba • Platt Amendment- Cuba- no foreign agreements- US- naval bases- US could intervene • 1887- Hawaii and US- sugar- duty-free • Spheres of influence- areas-economic and political control • Open Door Policy- US and China- equal access to China’s customers