ImperialismAPUSH Unit 12 - Chapter 27
Era 7
Early Expansion• Focused on Westward Expansion and Territorial
acquisition
Frontier 1890s• Frontier Closed according to the US Census Bureau
and Frederick Jackson Turner
• No continuous
line of frontier
Motivations• Economic
• Political
Motivations• Military
• Ideological
Hawaii• Missionaries
• Sugar Planters
• Queen Liliuokalani
Hawaii• Revolt in 1893
Cuba• Butcher Weyler
• Reconcentration Camps
Cuba – Yellow Journalism• Hearst and Pulitzer
USS Maine• Sent to “observe”
• Ready to evacuate or
act as needed
• Exploded in Havana
Harbor on Feb 15, 1898
• Two theories
War Declared• McKinley
reluctant but
eventually
relented
• April 25, 1898
War with Spain• Manila
• Cuba
Concluding the War• Over August 12, 1898
• New territory added
• Beginning of the
Philippine Insurrection
Debate over Imperialism• What should the
US do with its new
territories?
• Anti-Imperialist
League
Debate over Imperialism• Insular Cases –
the Constitution
does not follow
the flag
Cuba• Protectorate
after 1902
Philippine Insurrection• Emilio Aguinaldo
• Guerilla Warfare
China• Open Door Policy
• Boxer Rebellion
Election 1900• McKinley vs.
Bryan
Panama• Old Treaties
• Revolt, 1903
Panama Canal• 1904-1914
• $400 million
Roosevelt Corollary• Policeman of the Caribbean
Russo-Japanese War• Portsmouth Treaty
• Nobel Peace Prize
San Francisco• Earthquake & Fire
• Japanese discrimination
Great White Fleet• Gentleman’s Agreement
• Great White Fleet – a show of friendship and
naval might