Effects of Spanish American War Now whattawedo?

You should be done with Chapter 10. Reading? You should be done with Chapter 10. You should be done with Chapter 11 by the end of this week.

Recap. America won the Spanish American War and now we have a bunch of new territories. How, exactly, those territories will be governed, however, is an open question. This led to conflict.

Cuba Cuba formed its own government under the watchful eye of America after the war. When they finished, America insisted they add the “Platt Amendment” to their constitution. It said Cuba could not make treaties The US has the right to intervene in Cuba Cuba was not to go into debt The US could buy or lease lands for its own naval stations.

Cuba’s response. Well, they were a bit miffed. There was even talk of starting another revolution, this time against the Americans! But in the end, they acquiesced, and they allowed the Platt Amendment to become the law of the land.

Cuba as a “protectorate.” A protectorate is a country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power. The reason we want Cuba as a protectorate is that we have strong business interests in Cuba Sugar Tobacco Mining

Problems in the Philippines America annexed the Philippines, like they had Hawaii. The Filipinos were a bit miffed. Emilio Aguinaldo, the Filipino rebel who helped us kick the Spanish out of the Philippines said he had been promised an independent Philippines if they won. But nope.

The Philippine-American War In February 1899 the Filipinos rebelled. America forced the people to live in designated zones (cough, concentration camps, cough). These “zones” were full of disease and starvation. Basically we became the Spanish. The people that we said were horrible. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss……

The Rebellion ends It took three years, 4,000 American lives, and 400 million bucks, but we put the rebellion down. Filipinos lost 20,000 people. America appointed a governor to the Philippines, and that governor then appointed the upper house of the legislatures.

Open Door Policy in China By the late 1800’s, China was in disarray and had been negatively effected by European involvement in their country for decades. America was afraid that we would lose out on an opportunity to get some good trade situations with China, because other European countries had been expanding their influence in the region John Hay, our Secretary of State, proposes an “Open Door” policy, in which no Imperial power would interfere with what other powers were doing in China. Other imperial powers accept this, and China becomes open for business.