Where in the World can we go??

MWH Review Many European nations had established colonies in Africa The major competitors were Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany and Portugal Britain had invested in Asia as well “The sun never sets on the British empire”

2. Commercial/Business Interests U. S. Foreign Investments: Thirst for new markets Overabundance of goods in the U.S. Albert Beveridge (Indiana Senator) stated: “Fate has written our policy for us; The trade of the world must and shall be ours.” Exports totaled $1.5 billion by 1900

American Foreign Trade: Commercial/Business Interests Commercial/Business Interests

3. Military/Strategic Interests Alfred T. Mahan  The Influence of Sea Power on History:

4. Social Darwinist Thinking The White Man’s Burden The Hierarchy of Race

4. Religious/Missionary Interests American Missionaries in China, 1905

The Imperialist Tailor American interest in Expansion Interest in Cuba went as far back as 1854 In the 1880’s American investors began creating large sugar plantations even though Cuba was still under Spanish rule There was no tax on sugar from Cuba so investment grew

Spanish Misrule in Cuba Cuba Libre! Jose Marti (poet) started a revolution in 1895 He began to attack property esp. American plantations Marti wanted to provoke the US into action to assist the Cubans (Cuban Freedom) Americans were split over protecting its business interests or helping the Cuban people Several events led to a change in American opinion

Weyler He wanted to get rid of the people responsible for the guerilla attacksHe wanted to get rid of the people responsible for the guerilla attacks Began a policy of moving Cuban civilians to central locations where they would be under the control of the Spanish armyBegan a policy of moving Cuban civilians to central locations where they would be under the control of the Spanish army

Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy

“Yellow Journalism” Joseph Pulitzer William Randolph Hearst One sided reporting William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer wanted to sell more papers so they made up stories to sound more exciting They printed drawings done in NY NOT Cuba!!

Hearst to Frederick Remington: You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war !

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

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

Remember the Maine and to Hell with Spain! FuneralFuneral for Maine victims in Havana FuneralFuneral for Maine victims in Havana

The Spanish-American War (1898): “That Splendid Little War” How prepared was the US for warHow prepared was the US for war? How prepared was the US for warHow prepared was the US for war?

The “Rough Riders” The “Rough Riders” The “Rough Riders” The “Rough Riders” A face on a mountain is born

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

Dewey Captures Manila!

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