1. Wars of the United States
1775 – 1783
1812 – 1814/15
1846 – 1848
1861 – 1865
1898
1917 – 1918
1941 – 1945
1950 – 1953
1964 – 1973
1991
now
American Revolution
War of 1812
Mexican War
Civil War
Spanish-American War
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Gulf War
Iraq/Afghanistan War

3. Commercial/Business Interests U. S. Foreign Investments: 1869-1908

4. Commercial/Business Interests American Foreign Trade: 1870-1914

5. Closing the American Frontier

6. Military/Strategic Interests
Alfred T. Mahan  The Influence of Sea Power on History:

7. “Yellow Journalism” & Jingoism William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
Hearst to Frederick Remington: You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war!
William Randolph Hearst

8. Spanish Misrule in Cuba

9. De Lôme Letter Dupuy de Lôme, Spanish Ambassador to the U.S.
Criticized President McKinley as weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd, besides being a would-be politician who tries to leave a door open behind himself while keeping on good terms with the jingoes of his party.

10. USS Maine

11. Havana, Cuba – February 15, 1898

13. Remember the Maine and to Hell with Spain!
Funeral for Maine victims in Havana

14. Theodore Roosevelt
Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the McKinley administration.
Criticized the President: “McKinley has no more backbone than a chocolate éclair!”
Sent message to Commodore Dewey, leader of Fast East Fleet – “In the event of war with Spain, proceed at once to Manila Bay, Philippines, and attack the Spanish squadron there.”
Imperialist and American nationalist.
Resigns his position to fight in Cuba.

16. Battle of Manila Bay

17. Dewey Captures Manila!

18. May 1, 1898

19. USS Olympia – Commodore Dewey’s flagship

20. In the Philippines

21. Emilio Aguinaldo July 4, 1946: Philippine independence
Leader of the Filipino Uprising.
July 4, 1946: Philippine independence

22. The Spanish-American War (1898): “That Splendid Little War”
How prepared was the US for war?

23. Unloading horses in Cuba

24. Troop K of the Roughriders

25. The Roughriders in action

26. Map of Santiago campaign

27. Charge up “San Juan” Hill – July 1, 1898

28. The “Rough Riders”

29. Kettle Hill from San Juan Hill

30. View of San Juan Hill and blockhouse, showing the camp of the United States forces

31. USS Oregon

32. Crew of the USS Oregon at Battle of Santiago Bay – July 3, 1898

33. Battle of Santiago Bay – July 3, 1898

34. Spanish-American War veterans

35. The Treaty of Paris: 1898 Cuba was freed from Spanish rule.
Spain gave up Puerto Rico and the island of Guam to the USA.
The U. S. paid Spain $20 mil. for the Philippines.
The U. S. becomes an imperial power!
(this means the US has an Empire)

36. America as a Pacific Power

37. TR in Panama (Construction begins in 1904)
Panama Canal
TR in Panama (Construction begins in 1904)

40. Constable of the World

41. Speak Softly, But Carry a Big Stick!

42. U. S. Interventions in Latin America: 1898-1920s

43. The Great White Fleet: 1907

44. Uncle Sam: One of the “Boys?”