1. Imperialism and The Spanish-American War

2. Imperialism at the turn of the 20th Century
Global Imperialism:
1. European Imperialism (especially Britain and France in Africa & Asia)
2. Asian Imperialism (Japan in East Asia)
3. American Imperialism (Pacific Islands & Central America)

3. The Beginning of the Spanish/American War
Americans have interests in Cuba because:
Neighbor of U.S.
American corporate interest in Cuban economy
Sympathy for war for independence from Spain

4. Pre-War Sympathy
1895: Second war for Cuban independence from Spain begins
1896: A Spanish general puts 300, 000 Cubans in concentration camps

5. The U.S. Declares War
April 1898: The U.S. declares war on Spain after the U.S.S Maine mysteriously explodes and sinks while docked in Havana, Cuba
June- July 1898: The U.S. Invades the Spanish colony of the Philippines and the Spanish surrender

6. The U.S. Wins
July 1898: The U.S. invades Puerto Rico, “liberating” Puerto Ricans from Spanish colonialism
August 1898: The war ends, as Spain and the U.S. call a truce

7. The Treaty of Paris December 10, 1898–
Spanish-American War ends, officially, with signing of the Treaty of Paris. The United States pays Spain $20 million for Philippines. Spain also cedes Puerto Rico and Guam and agrees to renounce sovereignty over Cuba