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1898-???American Imperialism
Why Does America become an Imperialist Nation
Imperialism?
Everybody else is
Resources
Strategic reasons
Bravado/Jingoism
No more safety valve
Alfred T. Mahan
• The Influence of Sea Power upon History
• Argued that control of the sea was key to world dominance
Cubans in Revolt
Cuban Insurrection- burned Sugar Fields and MillsSpanish send in General Weyler "The Butcher"
Causes of Spanish American War
Jingoism-is extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Yellow Press-Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to
create sensations and attract readers.
De Lome Letter-"...weak and catering to the rabble and, besides, a low politician
who desires to leave a door open to himself and to stand well with the jingos of his party."
Sinking of USS Maine-An explosion aboard the Maine took the lives of 258 sailors. Yellow
Journalists immediately blamed Spain.
"Remember The Spain, The Hell With Spain"
Yellow Journalism
McKinley's Reluctantly Declares War on Spain
• Pressure from the American Public and Congress
• Feared he would not win re-election in 1900
Spanish American War, 1898 (3 month war)
• Begins in the Spanish Philippines and ends in Cuba
Spoils Guam Puerto Rico Philippines
War gives birth to American Imperialism
Spanish American WarPhilippines Cuba
Superior Navy Rough Riders
Emilio Aquinaldo 2,061 die of disease385 die in combat
Annexation Dilemma Teller Amendment
Jingoism / Confidence
What do we do with the Philippines?
When I next realized that the Philippines had dropped into our laps I confess I did not know what to do with them. . . And one
night late it came to me this way. . .
1) That we could not give them back to Spain- that would be cowardly and dishonorable
2) That we could not turn them over to France and Germany-our commercial rivals in the Orient-that would be bad business and
discreditable
3) That we not leave them to themselves-they are unfit for self-government-and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over
there worse than Spain's wars
4) That 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,
and by God's grace do the very best we could by them, as our fellow-men for whom Christ also died.
White Man's Burden
White Man's Burden1. Who might the figures
here represent?
2. Where are they heading?
3. Why might the artist have drawn a person being carried uphill?
4. In what ways do you think the artist is trying to describe the "White
Man's Burden"?
Significance of Spanish-American War• The United States is NOW an imperial
power
• Annexiation- Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines
• Cuba gains independence
Platt Amendment • Never sign treaty that impaired its
independence
• Never build up excessive public debt
• Permit the US to intervene to preserve Cuban independence
• Allow US naval bases- Guantanamo Bay
Insular Cases
• Did the Constitution follow the flag?
Open Door Policy, 1899
"Big Stick Diplomacy"
Teddy Roosevelt1901-1908
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Corollary
Platt Amendment
Gentlemen's Agreement
"Speak softly but carry a big stick"
Panama Canal, 1903• Columbia refused to accept
U.S. offer to purchase rights to build canal
• Roosevelt assisted Panamians in revolution
• Roosevelt positioned gun boats off coast of Columbis to intimidate
• 1903 construction on canal begins
Critics called Roosevelt's tactics"Gunboat Diplomacy"
Roosevelt Corollary
Monroe Doctrine-Non-Colonization, Non-Intervention Policy
(Directed at Europe)
Roosevelt Corollary-U.S. would intervene in European/Latin
American conflicts. Latino American could not be indebted to Europe
(Directed at Latin America)r
Roosevelt Corollary • It is not true that the United States feels any land hunger or
entertains any projects as regards the other nations of the Western Hemisphere save such as are for their welfare. All that this country desires is to see the neighboring countries stable, orderly and prosperous....Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention...[and] force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an internal police power.
• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904