1. The Spanish-American War Viva Cuba Libre!

2. The Imperialist Taylor

3. Cuba Libre! In 1895, Jose Marti launched a revolution in Cuba against Spanish rule Rebels destroyed property to evoke U.S. interest. U.S. had its eye on Cuba and its resources in the 1800s. –They tried to buy it in 1854 for expanded plantations –1886 - slavery was abolished in Cuba. U.S. invests in Cuban plantations.

4. Concentration Camps Under harsh rule of Valeriano Weyler “The Butcher” Spain responded by rounding up rebels in concentration camps. 300,000 people suffered starvation and abuse.

5. Spanish Misrule in Cuba

6. De Lôme Letter Dupuy de Lôme, Spanish Ambassador to the U.S. Criticized President McKinley as weak Result?

7. Theodore Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the Navy Criticized President McKinley as having the backbone of a chocolate éclair! Resigns his position to fight in Cuba.

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

9. THE U.S.S. MAINE EXPLODES The Maine was sent to Cuba to retrieve U.S. citizens. The Maine exploded, killing over 260.

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

12. It’s On Now! Congress approved McKinley’s request for declaration of war.

13. The Spanish-American War (1898): “That Splendid Little War” We attacked where?

14. Surprise! The U.S. attacked the Spanish Navy in the Philippines on May 1 st. The Philippines were “liberated” by August.

15. Dewey Captures Manila!

16. The Spanish-American War (1898): “That Splendid Little War”

17. The “Rough Riders” Charge up San Juan Hill

18. Treaty of Paris 1898 Guam Puerto Rico Philippines

19. Is He To Be a Despot?

20. Emilio Aguinaldo L eader of the Filipino Uprising. July 4, 1946: Philippine independence

21. In the Philippine-American War (1899-1902) 70,000 U.S. soldiers fought - 4,000 died, and as many as 600,000 Filipinos were killed.

22. William H. Taft, 1st Gov.-General of the Philippines Great administrator.

23. The American Anti-Imperialist League Founded in 1899. Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, and William Jennings Bryan among the leaders. Campaigned against the annexation of the Philippines and other acts of imperialism.

24. Teller Amendment (1898) Platt Amendment (1903) 1.Cuba could not make treaties without US approval 2.The U.S. could intervene in Cuban affairs if necessary to maintain an efficient, independent govt. 3.Cuba must lease Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. for naval and coaling station. 4.Cuba must not go into significant debt. Cuban Independence? Senator Orville Platt

27. Puerto Rico: 1898 Foraker Act. 1900 - Foraker Act.  PR became an “unincorporated territory.”  Citizens of PR, not of the US.  Import duties on PR goods 1901-1903  the Insular Cases.  Constitutional rights were not automatically extended to territorial possessions.

29. Stereotypes of the Chinese Immigrant Oriental [Chinese] Exclusion Act, 1882

30. The Boxer Rebellion: 1900 The Peaceful Harmonious Fists. “55 Days at Peking.”

31. The Open Door Policy Secretary John Hay. Give all nations equal access to trade in China. Guaranteed that China would NOT be taken over by any one foreign power.

32. The Open Door Policy

33. America as a Pacific Power

34. Our “Sphere of Influence”