the most economically and militarily strong countries in the world 1
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Stronger nations create empires by dominating
nations that are economically, politically,
culturally or militarily weaker.
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•Industrialized nations needed new sources of natural resources, such as rubber and petroleum
•They also wanted new markets in which to sell their manufactured goods
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•Devotion to one’s own nation•A belief that one’s own people
and culture is superior to others
•Causes nations to compete with others for new territory as a matter of pride and power6
•European and American military technology was much more advanced than Asia and Africa
•We needed naval bases around the world for fuel and supplies
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•Western doctors and missionaries believed they had a duty to bring medicine and Christianity to “heathen” Africans and Asians.
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“The White Man’s Burden”
•Belief in the racial superiority of Germanic and Anglo-Saxon peoples
•The “white man” has the responsibility of improving the lives of less advanced cultures
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Excerpt from “The White Man’s Burden”
Take up the White Man’s burden— Send forth the best ye breed— Go send your sons to exile To serve your captives' need To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half devil and half child.
Alfred T. Mahan• Navy Captain (eventually
Admiral)• 1890 - Wrote The Influence of
Sea Power Upon History • Argued that the greatest nation
was the one with strongest navy• Pushed for expansion of the U.S.
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William Randolph Hearst
• Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist• Newspaper publisher• Changed American journalism by
reporting sensational stories (crimes, murders, scandals, etc.)
• Stories not always totally factual• “Yellow Journalism”
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William McKinley
• 1896 – 1901• Annexed Hawaii• Annexed Samoa• Took Cuba, Puerto Rico, and
the Philippines from Spain• Refused to grant
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JingoismAn intense burst of national
pride and the desire for an aggressive expansionist foreign policy in the 1890’s
Supporters of expansion were sometimes called “jingoes” by those who did not agree with them.
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Hawaii• 1887
– Trade treaty allowed Hawaii to export sugar to U.S. duty (tariff) free
– Pearl Harbor leased to the U.S. as a fueling station
• 1891 – King Kalakaua dies– Queen Liliuokalani takes throne
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Hawaii• 1893
– U.S. Marines help pineapple planter Sanford B. Dole to remove Queen Liliuokalani from power
– Dole proclaims Hawaii to be a republic, and himself President
• 1898– Congress approves the annexation
of Hawaii against the protest of Liliuokalani
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Hawaii“We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny.”
President William McKinley, 1898
Samoa• Pacific Island• Pago Pago Harbor• 1889 - Became a protectorate of
Germany, Britain, & U.S.• 1899 – annexed by the U.S. as a base
for trade with Asian countries
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The Spanish-American War
1898A “splendid little war”
fought between Spain and America for territorial
control in the Caribbean and Pacific
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Cuban Rebellion 1895• Small island 90 miles from Florida –
colony of Spain• Cubans rebelled against Spain• General Valeriano Weyler and 150,000
troops were sent to stop revolt• Weyler forced 100’s of thousands of
Cubans into “re-concentration” camps• Over 200,000 died of disease and
starvation
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The de Lôme Letter, Feb.
1898• Written by the Spanish Written by the Spanish
ambassador, de Lômeambassador, de Lôme• De Lôme insulted President De Lôme insulted President
McKinleyMcKinley• Intercepted by Cuban rebelsIntercepted by Cuban rebels• Published by W. R. HearstPublished by W. R. Hearst• Intensified anti-Spanish feelings Intensified anti-Spanish feelings
in U.S.in U.S.
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The Ambassador had said
that McKinley was . . .
““weak and a bidder for the weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd, besides admiration of the crowd, besides being a would-be politician who being a would-be politician who tries to leave a door open behind tries to leave a door open behind himself while keeping on good himself while keeping on good terms with the jingoes of his terms with the jingoes of his party”party”
U.S.S. Maine• U.S. battleship• Jan. 1898 - President McKinley
sends it to Havana, the capital of Cuba, to protect American citizens and property during rioting
• Mysteriously explodes on Feb. 15• 260 American sailors killed
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McKinley’s War Message• March 1898 – McKinley sends Spain a
list of 4 demands (including Cuban independence)
• Spain refuses to grant Cubans freedom• April 11 – McKinley asks Congress to
declare war against Spain• Americans demand war –
“Remember the Maine!” “To hell with Spain!”
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Battle of Manila Bay• In February, 1898 TR, Asst. Sec. of the
Navy, had ordered the navy to attack Manila Bay if war were declared.
• May 1, 1898• Admiral Dewey launches a surprise
attack on Spanish ships anchored in Manila Bay
• Destroys Spain’s entire Pacific fleet• Battle takes 7 hours • Philippines were a prime location for
a naval base and for trading with Asia
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• TR resigns as Asst. Sec. of the Navy• Begins a volunteer regiment - the
First Volunteer Cavalry • A diverse group of firemen,
policemen, miners, cowboys and athletes recruited by TR
Battle of San Juan Hill
• July 1, 1898• The Rough Riders led an
invasion of Cuba by charging up San Juan Hill and capturing it within minutes
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Treaty of Paris• Signed in December 1898 • U.S. paid Spain $20 million• Spain recognized Cuban independence• Spain gave the U.S. the Philippines,
Puerto Rico, and Guam• These islands became “unincorporated”
territories of U.S. – not to become states• Acquisition of new territory was hotly
debated by anti-imperialists in the Senate
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Cuba• Cuba became independent nation• McKinley installed a military
government for 3 years• Set up school system and
restored economic stability• 1900 – Cubans allowed to draft
their own constitution – modeled on U.S.
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Cuba• U.S. required Cuba to include
provisions of the Platt Amendment– Cuban govt could not enter any
foreign agreements – U.S. was allowed to establish
naval bases in Cuba as needed– U.S. had right to intervene
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Puerto Rico• Did not become independent• U.S. Military government until 1900• 1917 – Puerto Ricans were granted
U.S. citizenship• They could elect their local
legislators, but could not send reps to U.S. Congress
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The Philippines• January 1899 –
Rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo declared the Philippines to be a republic
• America ignores this• February 1899 – War
erupts between rebel forces and American soldiers
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President McKinley justifies his policy toward the Philippines:
“We could not leave them to themselves – they were unfit for self-government, and they would soon have anarchy and misrule worse than Spain’s was . . . There was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them. . .”
Why do you shed all this blood; why do you spend all this energy, all these millions of dollars? Is it for our good or for your own? Sixto Lopez, Filipino leader, in letter to U.S. General Wheeler
A Filipino viewpoint of the war:
Filipino-American War
• Lasted 3 years• 4,000 Americans killed• 3,000 Americans wounded• Cost U.S. $160 million• 16,000 Filipino soldiers killed• 200,000 Filipino civilians killed
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Caption reads:
The American Artillery did wonderful execution in the battles with the Insurgents. In a trench at Santa Ana the Tagal dead lay in piles. The group shown in the picture consisted of thirty-eight bodies.
Panama Canal• Panama – a province of Colombia• 1879 – a French company buys a 25
year land concession from Colombia to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama
• 1889 - Project fails
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Panama Canal• French company offers to sell its
rights to U.S. $100 million• 1902 – price lowered to $40 million• U.S. tries to work out a treaty with
Colombia• Colombia stalls, hoping for a higher
offer on the land 114cont32
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Panama Canal• 1902 – TR secretly promises American
support of a Panamanian revolt against Colombia
• 1903 – TR sends U.S. warships to wait offshore
• Revolution lasts ONE day• U.S. immediately recognizes Panama’s
independence
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Panama Canal• U.S. signed a treaty with Panama
giving us a 10-mile wide canal zone• U.S. would have complete
sovereignty over area • U.S. paid Panama $10 million and
Columbia $20 million
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Panama Canal• 100,000 workers worked 7 days a
week for 10 years• Malaria and yellow fever spread by
mosquitoes killed many workers • Canal was completed in 1914 ahead
of schedule and under budget
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Spheres of Influence
• Areas of economic and political control in a region
• The Pacific and Caribbean had become spheres of influence for the U.S.
• European and Asian countries had exclusive control and trading rights in different areas of China
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Open Door Policy
• McKinley wanted an “open door” to China
• All countries, including the U.S., would be allowed to trade freely with China
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Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” Diplomacy
• TR - “Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
• The big stick = U.S. Navy • The threat of American military force
and intervention in other nations’ problems would strengthen our position as a world power
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The Great White Fleet
• December 1907• Roosevelt sends part of the
U.S. Navy fleet on a cruise around the world
• Purpose was to demonstrate our impressive naval power
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Roosevelt Corollary• 1904 - An informal addition to the
Monroe Doctrine• The U.S. would not intervene in
other countries’ affairs, unless they negatively affected U.S. interests
• The U.S. would not allow Europeans to intervene in the western hemisphere
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When Santo Domingo goes bankrupt, Roosevelt Corollary is used to protect the island from European nations
Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy
• Taft wanted to “substitute dollars for bullets”
• U.S. investment in foreign nations would help to maintain orderly societies
• Creates enemies in the Caribbean who hated U.S. influence
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Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy
• The U. S. shouldThe U. S. should– be the consciencebe the conscience
of the worldof the world– spread democracyspread democracy– promote peacepromote peace– condemn condemn
colonialismcolonialism
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