1. Unit 6 HW grades- Preview of your work habits grade Agenda Warm up: White man’s burden Causes of US imperialism Guiding Questions How did the White Man’s burden propel US imperialism? How did Americans react to Imperialism?

2. Warm up

3. Example 2: Life, 1899

4. Racial Theories http://video.pbs.org/video/2365053190/ 3:09 How did racial theories propel US Imperialism?

5. American Imperialism: Economic motivations Crisis of 1893-97: Railroad overbuilding and stock market collapse. 17% unemployment US and European markets limited, so the US looked for new markets to expand into

6. Ideological motivations Missionary work: spread the faith Nationalism and desire for empire: pride and power! White Man’s Burden  white man’s duty to provide for more backward races

7. Philippine-American War After the Spanish American war, Spain gave its colony of the Philippines to the United States Philippine-American war last three years (1899-1902) and resulted in the death of over 4,200 Americans and over 20,00 Filipino combatants. 200,000 Filipinos civilians died.

8. Brutal war. The US burned villages, tortured suspected guerilla warriors, and forced Filipinos into concentration camps which one camp commander called “the suburbs of Hell.” Filipino fighters also tortured soldiers and terrorized civilians who cooperated with American forces

9. US Imperialism was incredibly controversial!

10. Concluding discussion How is America depicted differently by advocates and critics of American expansion? What do these cartoons tell you about America in the 1890s? Do you see images like this today? Why or why not?