February 13, 2018 U.S. History Agenda: DO NOW: United States Expansion Map NOTES #38: How did the foreign policy of the U.S. change during the 1890s? CLASS ASSIGNMENT: “The Spanish-American War”

How did the foreign policy of the U. S. change during the 1890s How did the foreign policy of the U.S. change during the 1890s? Notes #38

President George Washington President James Monroe Throughout most of the 1800s, the U.S. had a foreign policy that was based on non-involvement. President George Washington President James Monroe

Wake Island; annexed in 1899 American Samoa; acquired in 1899 By the 1890s, the U.S. began to acquire overseas lands through a foreign policy of imperialism. Wake Island; annexed in 1899 American Samoa; acquired in 1899 from Britain

The U.S. adopted imperialism because it wanted to obtain raw materials and new markets.

As a result of imperialism, the U.S. annexed Hawaii in 1898 . . .

. . . and won overseas lands from Spain in 1898 after defeating Spain in the Spanish-American War. Won from Spain: exclusive rights to Cuba (Guantanamo Bay) Guam Philippine Islands Puerto Rico X X X X X = Won from Spain in 1898

Cuban War of Independence The Spanish-American War occurred between the U.S. and Spain because the U.S. supported the Cuban War of Independence (from Spain). President William McKinley (1897–1901) Col. Theodore Roosevelt of the Rough Riders Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898)

U.S. journalists used yellow journalism to generate public support for the involvement of the U.S. in the Spanish-American War. Joseph Pulitzer William Randolph Hearst

As a result of winning the Spanish-American War, the U. S As a result of winning the Spanish-American War, the U.S. was viewed as a world power.