1. SSUSH14

2. Overview  United states entered the world stage equal traditional powers like Britain and France.  Due to the Spanish-American war the U.S. will emerge as a great world power.  America becomes increasingly anti-cultural due to immigrant groups looking for opportunity.  Not only did European immigrants face discrimination on the east coast, Asian Americans encountered racial discrimination and segregation.

3. Anti-Asian Sentiment on the West Coast  Melting pot: a mixture of people from different cultures blending together and abandoning native tongue and customs.  In response to the growth of immigration, nativism emerged.  Nativism: favoritism towards native born.  Nativist feared their jobs would go to Chinese immigrants.  Chinese workers would work for lower wages  Work was scarce due to depression

4. Chinese Exclusion Act  Signed by President Taft  This act banned Chinese entry into the U.S. for ten years under penalty of imprisonment and deportation.  Reentry into the united states required certification papers(students, government officials, merchants).  Lead to smuggling operations from China to the United States.  Japanese laborers quickly took up the demand for cheap labor.

5. American Expansion  Imperialism: stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.  Global Competition:  Europeans colonize Africa and Asia.  Factors of American Imperialism:  Military strength – Build up of American Army to compete with strength of Europe- Became 3 rd strongest Naval Power between 1883-1890.  New markets- Needed raw materials for mass production caused from industrial revolution. Americans believed solution was foreign trade.  Cultural superiority- Belief that Americans were superior and should spread “civilization” and Christianity.

6. American Expansion  U.S. Acquires Alaska  In 1867, William Seward arranged for the U.S. to buy Alaska from Russia for 7.2 Million.  U.S. Takes Hawaii  United states allows sugar to be imported into the U.S. duty free. Due to the high population of American owned plantations.  McKinley Tariff of 1890 eliminated the duty free tax. American planters lost business. Planters ask U.S. to Annex Hawaii.  1898- congress declared Hawaii an American territory without a vote from Hawaiian residence.

7. Spanish American War 1898  Causes  Cubans Rebel Against Spain  Americans sympathize with Cubans (Interested in Cuba)  Slavery is Abolished in Cuba giving American capitalist the opportunity to invest money in sugar cane plantations.  War Fever Escalates  Yellow Journalism – exaggerates the news to lure the enrage readers  Th De Lome letter –From the Spanish minister to the U.S.- Published in news papers belittling the president.  Explosion of U.S.S. Maine- President McKinley sent the U.S.S Maine to Cuba to bring home Americans in danger. It exploded in the Havana Harbor.

8. Spanish American War 1898  “Remember the Maine” – American Rally cry for U.S. intervention in Cuba  The United States declares war on Spain April 20 th - After Spain agrees to almost all of Americas terms.  First Battle took place on the Philippines Islands.  Commodore George Dewey led America to victory over the Spanish Fleet. Forcing Spain to surrender the Philippines to the United States.  The war in the Caribbean  Naval success- creating a blockade stopping the Cuban navy.  U.S. ground forces were weak with only volunteers.  Rough Riders  Theodore Roosevelt ordered for the volunteers to be trained.  They were able land in Cuba and defeat the Spanish.

9. Spanish American War- 1898  Effects  Spain and America signed an armistice(cease fire) in August.  Created a debate for the American Annexation of the Philippines.  Treaty of Paris 1898-  Spain grants Cuba independence  Puerto Rico and Guam were ceded to the U.S.  U.S. acquired by the U.S. for $20 million

10. Annexation of the Philippines  President McKinley  “that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and up life and Christianize them”.  Justification for imperialism  Americans Argument  Violation of the Declaration of Independence- self government in new territories.  Booker T. Washington believed America should settle their own race problems  Samuel Gompers feared Filipino immigrants would compete for American jobs

11. U.S. Involvement in Latin America  Panama Canal- 1903  Purposes  Shorten sailing time between east and west  Faster movement of U.S navy  Protect U.S. holdings in the Pacific

12. Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine  Issued by Theodore Roosevelt to protect the canal.  In 1904, Roosevelts declared that the U.S. would intervene in Latin American countries to prevent their takeover by any other nation.  Key component in Roosevelts “Big Stick” policy.  U.S. will negotiate however they would use military to enforce order if needed.  After invoking the Corollary, the United States intervened in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Haiti.  The policy pleased U.S. and European businessmen and angered Latin American natives.