ALL YOU WILL NEED ARE 2 COLORED PENCILS NO SYMBOLS TODAY! American Imperialism ALL YOU WILL NEED ARE 2 COLORED PENCILS NO SYMBOLS TODAY!
What led to America’s status as world super power? Prior to WWI, America wanted to keep to practice isolationism Isolationism is the idea that we wanted to leave everyone alone and only worry about America This idea of was shattered whenever we went to war with Spain in the Spanish- American War The US fought the Spanish because of their colonization and treatment of Cuban citizens Cuba is 90 miles from Florida so we felt we needed to protect them President William McKinley allowed the US to go to war
The US decimated Spain because: Not everyone agreed with going to war, but most agreed as a larger country we needed to protect those around us The Spanish-American War was the 1st international conflict we fought in The US decimated Spain because: We used steam engine ships made out of steel and more modern guns Spain was still using wooden ships and sails
US Adds Territory People already had a bad taste in their mouths because of imperialism The Spanish-American War was in 1898 Americans saw what was happening to India, Africa, and East Asia and did not want to do that to other nations Because of the Treaty of Paris America gained the territories of: Guam Puerto Rico The Philippines Cuba The United States tried helping Cuba establish a democracy They ended up falling to Communism
Location On the next slide you will locate where the United States of America are Draw the USA’s political border and shade it the color of your choice In the slides to come you will locate: Guam Puerto Rico The Philippines Cuba (you will need to use a separate color for Cuba) Once these countries have been located, draw their political borders and shade them the same color as the United States
Guam
Puerto Rico
The Philippines
Cuba (shade this a diff-erent color)
Why the US was happy to gain these territories The USA had just defeated the world’s most powerful navy in Spain America gladly accepted these territories because: We controlled the western hemisphere No more colonial rule around us We were able to put military bases in the Pacific The US briefly lost its foot-hold in the Pacific with the onset of WWII, but was eventually able to gain it back