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EMPIRES

EMPIRES. Mark Hanna elects McKinley. Populism dies out Economy grows rapidly due to: gold strikes in Canada and Alaska war in Europe Pro-business government Every 20 years. The Great Land Rush (Grab). 1889: US Vs.. Germany over Samoa 1891: 11 Italians lynched in N.O.

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EMPIRES

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  1. EMPIRES

  2. Mark Hanna elects McKinley • Populism dies out • Economy grows rapidly due to: • gold strikes in Canada and Alaska • war in Europe • Pro-business government • Every 20 years The Great Land Rush (Grab)

  3. 1889: US Vs.. Germany over Samoa 1891: 11 Italians lynched in N.O. 1892: two US sailors killed in Chile 1893: US Vs. Canada over border islands 1894: GB Vs. Venez. Over Br. Guinea--threatens Monroe Doctrine Nationalism in Action

  4. Road to Expansion/Imperialism • Commercial/Business Interests • Social Darwinist Thinking: White Man’s Burden • Military/Strategic Interests

  5. Reason 1. Commercial/Business Interests U. S. Foreign Investments: 1869-1908

  6. 1870 Missionaries: Josiah Strong Coaling Station 1875: Commercial Reciprocity Treaty signed 1887: Pearl Harbor leased as naval station 1888 American fruit plantation owners want the US to annex Hawaii President Cleveland refuses 1st Overseas Expansion: Hawaii

  7. 1890: McKinley Tariff hurts Amer. Plantation owners • 1893: Queen Liliuokalani rejects Planters request for US annexation • Sanford Ballard Doleuses US marines to proclaim the Republic of Hawaii in 1894. • 1896: McKinley elected • 1898: Hawaii annexed

  8. Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani Hawaii for the Hawaiians!

  9. Reason 2: white Man’s Burden American Missionariesin China, 1905

  10. Reason 2: Social Darwinist Thinking/ The White Man’sBurden The Hierarchyof Race

  11. Reason 3: Military/Strategic Interests

  12. Alfred MahanInfluence of Sea Power on History

  13. America WANTS a war,ANDTHE WINNER IS SPAINBUT WHAT EXCUSE CUBA

  14. JINGOISM • Many Americans wanted a fight to: • competition between Hearst & Pulitzer • Weyler The Butcher • A CIVIL WAR for independence • Sell papers (Yellow Press)

  15. Prove to Europe we could • Expand territory • Increase trade • Roosevelt & Dewey (Boys and their Toys)

  16. 1895 Revolt by peasants as the McKinley Tariff increases price of foreign sugar US sympathizes w/ rebels and worries about $50,000,000 capital and $100,000,000 in trade Spain sends in “Butcher Weyler” McKinley Pres.. Delome Letter Feb 9th, 1898: The Maine CUBA

  17. Pulitzer; No “prize” as a journalist

  18. Hearst’s “Yellow Kid”

  19. “Yellow Journalism” & Jingoism Joseph Pulitzer Hearst to Frederick Remington:You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war! William Randolph Hearst

  20. Spanish Misrule

  21. Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy

  22. De Lôme Letter Dupuy de Lôme, SpanishAmbassador to the U.S. Criticized PresidentMcKinley as weak and abidder for the admirationof the crowd, besidesbeing a would-be politicianwho tries to leave a dooropen behind himself whilekeeping on good termswith the jingoes of hisparty.

  23. “Remember The Maine To Hell With Spain”

  24. Remember the Maineand to Hell with Spain!

  25. The PEOPLE were generally jingoistic, but labor was leery of more immigrants Business was mostly pro war The South wanted Cuba McKinley was a politician The Dogs of War

  26. Teddy as ASSISTANTSecretary of the Navy • Feb. 25, 1898 TR orders Navy to the Philippines without permission.

  27. The “Rough Riders” “That Splendid Little War”

  28. What are the two theaters of war?

  29. CUBA & Puerto Rico • TEDDY RESIGNS TO FORM Rough Riders • July 1st1898 San Juan and Kettle Hill taken. 17,000 US “soldiers” Vs. 200,000 Spanish--but only 2,000 show up to fight. • July 3rd Spanish navy defeated. 500 dead Spaniards, one dead American. • Puerto Rico--no Resistance at all • August 12th 1898 Spain sues for peace.

  30. San Juan Hill????

  31. What are the two theaters of war?

  32. Dewey Captures Manila!

  33. Philippines • Aug. 13th 1898 The Filipino rebels defeat Spanish troops on land. • Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the independence of the Philippines on June 12, 1898. • America said – Not so fast…

  34. Emilio Aguinaldo Captured Leader of the FilipinoUprising. July 4, 1946:Philippine independence

  35. Is He To Be a Despot?

  36. What does she represent, and is it the same for all groups? Filipino’s Too??

  37. Peace of Paris 1898 • US Gets: • Guam • Puerto Rico • Cuba (temp) • US gives Spain $20,000,000 for Philippines

  38. What to do with Cuba?

  39. Cuban Independence? Senator Orville Platt Platt Amendment (1903) 1. Cuba was not to enter into any agreements with foreign powers that would endanger its independence. 2. The U.S. could intervene in Cuban affairs if necessary to maintain an efficient, independent govt. 3. Cuba must lease Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. for naval and coaling station. 4. Cuba must not build up an excessive public debt.

  40. New Colonial Laws: 1898 1900 - Foraker Act.Limited Independence.The new government had a governor and an executive council appointed by the President of the United States, 1901-1903  the Insular Cases. 1917 – Jones Act. Gives Philippines territorial status, & promises future independence.

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