1. The Rise of American Imperialism

2. An American Imperialist
Alfred Thayer Mahan

3. United States Imperial Holdings

4. Spanish American War The Spanish American War, 1898
113 Day war against Spain “Splendid Little War”
Began in Cuba
Resulted in USA gaining Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines
Cuba independent, but under American supervision

5. Spanish American War
Cuban Revolt and American public sympathy for Cuban rebels
De Lome Letter
Explosion of the USS Maine
Yellow Journalism

6. Yellow Journalism
Negative term used to describe the sensationalistic, exaggerated, scandal mongering papers and headlines
Hearst New York Journal
Pulitzer New York World

7. Rough Riders
Teddy Roosevelt (before he became president) was a “Rough Rider”
Voluntary Calvary in the Spanish-American War

8. US – Cuban Relations
Teller Amendment 1898 – USA will not annex Cuba (make Cuba a state)–leaves Cuba in 1902
Platt Amendment – US has the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and impinges Cuban sovereignty

9. Open Door Notes
China had been controlled by the “spheres of influence” (European countries controlled different areas of China).
President McKinley wanted an “Open Door Policy” in China
Meant that the US and other European countries could trade freely and equally within the country

10. “Seward’s Folly” Purchase of Alaska from Russia
signed by Secretary of State William Seward 
Critics of the deal to purchase Alaska called it "Seward's Folly” or “Seward's Icebox.“
Folly=mistake
It actually was NOT a mistake—gold and oil were both discovered in Alaska ($$$$)

11. Hawaii In 1893 the United States TOOK Hawaii from their queen
Group of men who did this were sugar and pineapple-growing businessmen, backed by the U.S. military
Hawaii became a “protectorate” in 1898.
Hawaii became a state in 1959.