IMPERIALISM: America Forges an Empire Key Figures
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: SS.912.A.4.1 Analyze the major factors that drove United States imperialism. SS.912.A.4.2 Explain the motives of the United States acquisition of the territories. SS.912.A.4.3 Examine causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish American War. SS.912.A.4.4 Analyze the economic, military, and security motivations of the United States to complete the Panama Canal as well as major obstacles involved in its construction.
The Presidents Grover Cleveland: 22nd and 24th President of the United States Opposed the annexation of Hawaii
The Presidents Benjamin Harrison: 23rd President of the United States Grandson of President William Henry Harrison Submitted the treaty to annex the Hawaiian islands to the U.S. Senate
The Presidents William McKinley: 25th President of the United States Responsible for Spanish- American War Philippine-American War Annexation of Hawaii Assassinated by an anarchist
The Presidents Theodore Roosevelt: 26th President of the United States Asst. Secretary of Navy Fought in Spanish-American War (Rough Riders) "Great White Fleet" Added Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine. "Big Stick" policy. Panama Canal Received Nobel Peace Prize for mediation of end of Russo-Japanese war
The Presidents William Howard Taft: First American governor of the Philippines who referred to the Filipinos as "my little brown brothers" 27th President of the United States Dollar Diplomacy Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
The Presidents Woodrow Wilson: 28th President of the United States Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) Nineteenth Amendment (Women’s Vote) Moral Diplomacy
The Yellow Journalists William Randolph Hearst: New York Morning Journal Helped to created public support for Spanish-American War
The Yellow Journalists Joseph Pulitzer: New York World Created public support for Spanish-American War Pulitzer Prize: Award for outstanding achievement in journalism
The Nationalists Queen Lilioukalani: Successor to King Kalakaua (who gave most control to the businessmen in Hawaii through a new constitution) Opposed control of Hawaii by the U.S. Wanted to keep the islands mainly native, reducing the power of merchants from foreign nations
The Nationalists Maximo Gomez: General who led Cuban insurgents against the Spanish colonial government in the Ten Years' War Key leader of the Cuban Liberation army Fought a difficult three-year war against Spanish forces before the United States intervened in 1898
The Nationalists Emilio Aguinaldo: Filipino leader Fought first against Spain and then against the United States Leader in the fight for Filipino independence