1. Warm Up 3/6 Look at the picture Write down
Three words that come to mind
Two events/ideas that the picture makes you think of (specific or not) ie. 4th of July, War, current events, etc.
One feeling that the picture creates

2. Imperialism Simulation
What did you choose to get and why?
Did you get everything you wanted/planned on getting?
How successful do you feel after this simulation?
Do you think this simulation reflects the way society/politics work today?

3. Introduction to Imperialism
Focus Question: How and why did the United States take a more active role in world affairs in the late 1800s/early 1900s?

4. The idea that a stronger nation should control weaker nations
What is imperialism?
The idea that a stronger nation should control weaker nations
How do you think Imperialism is going to affect the United States? How will it affect other countries?

5. Making Money Causes of Imperialism
Imperialists wanted the U.S. to get raw materials and natural resources from other countries.

6. Making our military stronger
Causes of Imperialism
Making our military stronger
Alfred T. Mahan: wrote The Influence of Sea Power on History
If we wanted the U.S. to be a world power then we needed a strong Navy to do this!

7. Belief that we are “better”
Causes of Imperialism
Belief that we are “better”
Imperialists used ideas of racial, national and cultural superiority to justify imperialism.
Rudyard Kipling’s The White Man’s Burden: white men have a responsibility to rule other people for their own benefit
Social Darwinists: survival of the fittest

8. You Tell Me: Why does
the United States
become an
imperialist country?

9. Theodore Roosevelt (Big Stick Diplomacy)
The idea that America will control the world by policing it.
“Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick”
Roosevelt added the “Roosevelt Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine.
Now the U.S. will intervene with the military when necessary in Latin America to protect US interests

10. William Howard Taft (Dollar Diplomacy)
The idea of increasing investments in Latin America and the Caribbean
“substitute dollars for bullets”
Designed to protect economic ($$) interests and increase U.S. power in the World

11. Woodrow Wilson (Moral Diplomacy)
Idea that U.S. must be a “friend to the world” and stop trying to take over places with conquest.
Designed to promote human rights and democracy in other countries without using force.
This doesn’t always happen… Sometimes even Wilson uses force!

12. Foreign Policy Foldable
Fold your paper hotdog style, then fold into thirds
Write the Presidents’ name and dates in office on the front
On the inside (left side), write the name of their foreign policy and a description
On the inside (right side), write a slogan associated with their foreign policy and a picture to help you remember their policy.

13. IMPERIALISM: The Spanish-American War

14. Cuba American Interest in Cuba (colony of Spain)
US invests in sugar cane plantations in Cuba - $$
The Second War for Independence
1895 Cuba, led by Jose Marti, fights Spain for independence; wants US to join their cause
Mixed U.S. opinion – support Spain and keep investments safe or help Cuba win freedom?

15. Jingoism - a super patriotism and demand for aggressive actions-that created a warlike mood.

16. YELLOW JOURNALISM
In the late 1890s, two of the most famous American publishers
William Randolph Hearst of the New York Morning Journal
Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World
Sensationalized headlines concerning Cuba

17. Both newspapers printed the most sensational stories and pictures they could find about the horrors of the Cuban revolution.
The stories often exaggerated and distorted events for emotional effect.
This kind of sensationalism, is called “yellow journalism”.

18. What happens to New York Journal Sales
What happens to New York Journal Sales? Why do you think this is the case?

19. Causes of the Spanish American War Continued. . .
The De Lome Letter
Publication of a letter criticizing US President McKinley, written by Spanish diplomat (De Lome)
Americans are furious about this insult

20. Causes of the War Continued
The U.S.S. Maine Explodes
President McKinley ordered USS Maine to Cuba to bring home American citizens
February 1898, ship blew up; 260 killed
Nobody knew why the ship exploded, but American newspapers claim Spain did it

22. Watch This!
Video Clip- “The Spanish-American War Begins”

23. In April 1898, despite Spain’s agreement to an armistice with Cuba, President McKinley asked Congress to declare war.
The war lasted for 4 months, with fighting in both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

24. Fighting the War Rough Riders (cavalry unit led by Theodore Roosevelt)
Help win the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba
Paves way for US victory; Spain surrenders (fighting only lasted 16 weeks!)

25. Of the 2,446 Americans who lost their lives, fewer than 400 were killed in combat; the rest died from infection and disease.

26. Adopted in 1898. Renounced any American intention to annex Cuba But…
The Teller Amendment
Adopted in Renounced any American intention to annex Cuba
But…

27. Treaty of Paris – Ends the War
Grants Cuba independence from Spain
Spain gives Puerto Rico and Guam to US
US pays Spain $20 million for annexation of the Philippine Islands
Significance: The US becomes an imperial power with colonies!!

28. The Treaty of Paris of 1898 led to the acquisition of many former Spanish territories
formed the basis of an American empire.
This set off a national debate among imperialists and anti-imperialists.
It also lead to increased American involvement in Latin America and Asia

29. 2 Things you are a little unsure of, or confused on.
3-2-1
3 Things you learned (These must be complete sentences)
2 Things you are a little unsure of, or confused on.
1 Thing you have a question about.