1. February 12, 2019
U.S. History Agenda:
DO NOW: United States Expansion Map
NOTES #38: How did the foreign policy of the U.S. change during the 1890s?
CLASS ASSIGNMENT: “The Spanish-American War”

2. How did the foreign policy of the U. S. change during the 1890s
How did the foreign policy of the U.S. change during the 1890s? Notes #38

3. President George Washington President James Monroe
Throughout most of the 1800s, the U.S. had a foreign policy that was based on non-involvement.
President George Washington
President James Monroe

4. acquired in 1899 from Britain
By the 1890s, the U.S. began to acquire overseas lands through a foreign policy of imperialism.
Wake Island;
annexed in 1899
American Samoa;
acquired in 1899 from Britain

5. The U.S. adopted imperialism because it wanted to obtain raw materials and new markets.

6. As a result of imperialism, the U.S. annexed Hawaii in 1898 . . .

7. . . . and won overseas lands from Spain in 1898 after defeating Spain in the Spanish-American War.
Won from Spain:
exclusive rights to Cuba
(Guantanamo
Bay)
Guam
Philippine
Islands
Puerto Rico X X X X
X = Won from Spain in 1898

8. Cuban War of Independence
The Spanish-American War occurred between the U.S. and Spain because the U.S. supported the Cuban War of Independence (from Spain).
President William
McKinley
(1897–1901)
Col. Theodore
Roosevelt of the
Rough Riders
Cuban War of Independence
(1895–1898)

9. U.S. journalists used yellow journalism (sensational writing) to generate public support for the involvement of the U.S. in the Spanish-American War.
Joseph
Pulitzer
William Randolph
Hearst

10. As a result of winning the Spanish-American War, the U. S
As a result of winning the Spanish-American War, the U.S. was viewed as a world power.