• A. Economic: Industry Desires Resources and Markets
B. Humanitarian: To Civilize and Christianize
C. Racial: “Little Brown Brothers”
D. National Pride & Global Competition
E. Politics & Yellow Journalism
II. The Spanish American-WarA. 4 Causes of the War:– Sugar (Economic) – Spanish Cruelties (Humanitarian)
-- The Sinking of the USS Maine (Self-Defense/National Pride)
-- Spanish “Brutalities” and Yellow Journalism (Political Pressure)
B. A Short War: Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and Victory in 15 Weeks
C. An American Puppet: Cuba & the Platt Amendment
“The government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty….”
III. The Philippine-American War
A. Spain Sells the Philippines
B. Filipino Resistance & Guerilla Warfare
C. “The Wolf by the Ears”: 50 Years Until Independence
The U.S. in Latin America: Good Neighbor or Imperialist?