THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SEMINAR 8 THE AMERICAN EMPIRE

REVIEW QUESTIONS How did the American Industrial revolution contribute to the Progressive Movement? What was the event which directed attention to safety at the work place in 1911? Unions were welcomed by factory owners T or F Which literary work created awareness about food safety?

EVALUATING HISTORICAL EVENTS The Progressive Movement can be considered a positive element in American history Elimination of child labor Improvement of work safety Conservation, protection of natural resources The Progressive Movement can be considered a negative element in American history.

ANAGRAMS GIAN ERCE LEO TEVROS DON LIS WOR WDW TONI CARLSUPIN

WHO AM I? I wrote The Jungle We wrote books, articles criticizing society We believe that government should help people I gave Americans a Square Deal I gave Americans New Freedom

THE AMERICAN EMPIRE From colony to colonial nation Efforts similar to colonial nations 1805: Defeat of Barbary Pirates 1823: Monroe Doctrine : Mexican-American War

EXAMPLES OF COLONIAL RELATIONSHIP Thirteen colonies to Britain Relationship is guided by mercantilism: colonies are raw material sources, market for finished goods, semi-independent countries Colonists described as children by British travelers, Capt, Frederick Marryatt: Americans behave as schoolboys approaching the lunch counter

FOUNDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE American Industrial Revolution Political unity Application of Social Darwinism to nations Development of sea power Insistence on Anglo-Saxon superiority New Manifest Destiny

DIGRESSIONS FROM THE MONROE DOCTRINE Originally isolationist policy 1867: Seward’s Folly, U.S. purchase of Alaska Senator Platt in 1893: It is to the ocean our children must look as they once looked to the boundless west Development of a colonial appetite, annexation of Hawaii in 1893

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR OF 1898 Causes: Rebellion in Cuba, 1895 Americans sympathize with Cubans Anti-Spanish sentiment Explosion of the USS Maine Yellow journalism, William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Pulitzer c Remember the Maine!

A SPLENDID LITTLE WAR Two frontal war Cuba: Rough Riders charge at San Juan Hill Philippines: American soldiers occupy Manila Treaty of Paris: Spain loses Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines Basic dilemma: how could colonizing aspirations be reconciled with colonial past, the American Ideal?

CHARGE AT SAN JUAN HILL

ROOSEVELT COROLLARY Extension to Monroe Doctrine 1904: U.S. can interfere in Western Hemisphere if it believes it is necessary for the safety of the given country Panama Canal Ferdinand de Lesseps I took Panama Speak softly and carry a big stick oA

THE AMERICAN EMPIRE U.S. Policeman of the Western Hemisphere Example: Cuba turns over Guantanamo in 1902 Platt Amendment U.S. can intervene in Cuba when it sees fit Dollar Diplomacy: President Taft: urging American investment at strategically important areas Open Door policy in China, freedom of trade for western nations

REVIEW OF CONCEPTS Monroe Doctrine New Manifest Destiny Roosevelt Corollary Treaty of Paris, 1898 Open Door Policy Dollar Diplomacy