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Monday. Imperialism. Policy where stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories. Examples: Great Britain  13 Colonies; India; Australia United States  Manifest Destiny. American Imperialism. Desire for military strength

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  1. Monday

  2. Imperialism • Policy where stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories. • Examples: • Great Britain  13 Colonies; India; Australia • United States  Manifest Destiny

  3. American Imperialism • Desire for military strength • Thirst for new markets • Belief in cultural superiority

  4. Desire for Military Strength • Build up the Navy • 9 Steel-hulled cruisers • U.S.S. Maine and U.S.S. Oregon

  5. Thirst for New Markets • Overproduction: • Needed new raw materials • Created jobs • Needed more people to sell goods to

  6. Belief in Cultural Superiority • Social Darwinism: • Christianity • “Civilization” • “Inferior Peoples” • “White man’s burden”

  7. Alaska! • 1867 • William Seward • U.S. paid Russia $7.2 mil. • 2 cents per acre • “Seward’s folly” • Timber • Minerals • Oil • 1959 – 49th state

  8. Hawaii! • Trade route • Queen Liliuokalani  power to Hawaiians • White plantation owners  revolted • Wanted power • Sanford B. Dole  headed new government • Supported by U.S. Marines • 1898 – Territory • Pearl Harbor • Sugar • 1959 – 50th state

  9. Tuesday

  10. The Spanish-American War • Issues with Spain: • Human Rights • Slavery • Concentration Camps • 300,000 people • Hunger and Disease • Called the U.S. “weak”

  11. Why Cuba? • 90 miles from Florida • Sugar plantations • Under Spanish rule • Cuba Libre! “Free Cuba”

  12. Yellow Journalism • Sensational style of writing • Exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers • Newspapers and Journalists want to sell more papers • Joseph Pulitzer • New York World • William Randolph Hearst • New York Journal

  13. Use of Yellow Journalism with Cuba • Poisoned wells • Children being thrown to sharks • Starvation

  14. Act of War? • U.S.S. Maine  Stationed in Havana Harbor • Bring home American citizens • Protect American property • Feb. 15, 1898  Blew up in the harbor • 260 killed • What happened?!?!?!

  15. “Remember the Maine” • April 20, 1898 • U.S. declared war on Spain

  16. War in the Philippines • April 30, 1898 • George Dewey • Destroyed the Spanish Naval Fleet

  17. War in the Caribbean • Naval Blockade of Cuba • Spanish Navy was trapped • Kept out needed supplies • Cuba • June 1898 • 17,000 men • Rough Riders • Buffalo Soldiers

  18. Rough Riders • Theodore Roosevelt • Calvary (horses) July 1, 1898 • San Juan Hill • Led to: • Destruction of the Spanish Naval Fleet • Invasion of Puerto Rico

  19. Armistice • Truce • Cease Fire • Aug. 12, 1898

  20. Treaty of Paris Dec. 10, 1898 • Spain freed Cuba • U.S. annexed: • Guam • Puerto Rico • U.S. bought the Philippines • $20 mil.

  21. Treaty Debate • Should the U.S. be allowed to annex the Philippines? • Self-Government? • Domestic v. Foreign Affairs? • Jobs?

  22. Wednesday

  23. Pres. Roosevelt Russian and Japanese Relations • Won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize • Negotiated a peace between Russia and Japan • Open Door Notes – U.S., Japan, Russia, and other imperialist nations agreed to mutual economic/trade interest in China.

  24. Pres. Roosevelt Panama Canal • Shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific • Through Colombian controlled Panama • Colombia refused • U.S. supported Panama in it’s independence • U.S. bought route for $10 mil. w/ $250,000 annual rent for “Canal Zone”

  25. Pres. Roosevelt “Big Stick Diplomacy” • Monroe Doctrine (1823) • Roosevelt Corollary – the U.S. would use force to protect its economic interests in Latin America

  26. Pres. Taft “Dollar Diplomacy” • American businessmen loaned money to Latin countries • Guaranteed by the U.S. government • Justified keeping European powers out of the Caribbean

  27. Pres. Wilson “Missionary Diplomacy” • U.S. moral responsibility • Denied recognition of any Latin American government it viewed as: • Oppressive • Undemocratic • Hostile to U.S. interests

  28. Pres. Wilson Civil War in Mexico • Peasants v. Landowners • Pancho Villa (Anti-U.S. revolutionary) • Killed 19 people in New Mexico • Wilson sent 15,000 troops • Distracted by start of WWI

  29. Thursday

  30. World War I M.A.N.I.A. • Militarism • Alliances • Nationalism • Imperialism • Assassination

  31. Militarism • Aggressive building of an army • Prepare for war • Extensive planning • Conscription- forced to serve in the military • Mobilization- getting troops ready for war All made war more likely

  32. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WRITE THIS!!!!! After 1900 • Huge increase in size of European armies • Russia- 1.3 million • France- 900,000 • Germany- 900,000 • 250,000-500,000 • Great Britain • Italy • Austrian-Hungary

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