American Imperialism Lecture 1
Standard 11.4.1-3 List the purpose and effects of the open door policy Describe the Spanish-American War and U.S. expansion in the South Pacific Discuss America’s role in the Panama Revolution and the building of the Panama Canal Essential Question: What were the reasons for U.S. Imperialism at the turn of the century?
Imperialism Domination by one country for the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region Raw Materials Africa, Asia, South Pacific Replaced the local culture with their own “The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire”
American Imperialism (1880s – 1900) the US didn’t want to get left out the US sought more markets for US goods and raw materials US wanted to expand into China, Hawaii, South Pacific and Latin America Social Darwinism
American Imperialism
China Open Door Policy, 1899 Boxer Rebellion, 1900 8 nations teamed up to beat China and force it to let them trade in China China had to pay reparations Boxer Rebellion, 1900 anti-foreigner uprising
The Annexation of Hawaii (1898) United States wanted Hawaii… Natural resources (sugar cane, pineapple…) strategic location for defense in the Pacific concerned that Hawaii might become part of Europe Queen Liliuokalani (1893): Tried to reduce foreign influence overthrown by Sanford Dole "yielded to the superior forces of the United States." (Britain or France) 8
The Spanish-American War Spain seized control over the Philippines (1500s) Spanish-American War (1898) over Cuba Filipino rebels declared their independence from Spain U.S gave Spain $20 million for control of the Philippines U.S also got Puerto Rico and Guam
The Maine 1898 Remember the Maine! U.S.S. Maine was stationed at a Havana protect American citizens Ship exploded mysteriously 266 of 350 US sailors died Yellow Journalism The Journal headline read “The Warship Maine was Split in Two by an Enemy’s Secret Infernal Machine” America declared war but promised that it didn’t want to add Cuba to the US
How is this picture an example of yellow journalism?
San Juan Hill US defeat the Spanish at San Juan Hill Roosevelt = leader of the Rough Riders
Treaty of Paris, 1898 the US got Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines ($20 million) the US had told Filipino rebel leader, Emilio Aguinaldo, that we would help them become a nation the US decided to keep the Philippines until 1947 Platt Amendment, 1901 Cuba became its own nation but US troops stayed in Cuba Cuba couldn’t sign treaties with other nations without US approval the US could intervene in Cuba when it wanted
Panama Canal, 1914 Panamanian Revolution, 1903 Panama Canal, 1914 Roosevelt tried to buy Panama from Colombia for a canal Colombia said no Roosevelt helped Panama become a separate nation Panama Canal, 1914 connected the Pacific and Atlantic shortened the trip by 8000 miles