1. Chapter 18: America Claims an Empire
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2. Chapter 18.1 Imperialism and America
Imperialism  policy of extending control over weaker nations
Global Competition
- Euro involvement in Africa and China
Desire for Military Strength
- Adm. Alfred T. Mahan urges US naval build up  modernizes (3rd largest navy)
New Markets  foreign trade
- farms, factories overproduction
- needs raw materials
Cultural Superiority

3. Alaska
1867, purchased from Russia for $7.2 million by William Seward (Sec’y of State under Lincoln and Johnson)
- trouble gaining House approval
- considered a mistake at first (“Seward’s Icebox,” “Seward’s Folly”) …
- rich in timber, minerals, oil

4. C. Hawaii Annexation
American owned sugar plantations
naval base at Pearl Harbor
business groups overthrow Queen Liliuokalani w/ help of marines
- gov’t headed by Sanford Dole
1893: Republic of Hawaii – US territory

5. Chapter 18.2 Spanish-American War
War Fever
US sympathizes w/ Cuban independence movement
Sp. Gen. Weyler sent to Cuba to restore order
- 300,000 Cubans in concentration camps
Yellow journalism—Am. newspapers use sensational writing to increase readership  sympathy for Cubans
de Lôme Letter
- Pres. McKinley tries diplomacy to avoid war
- letter by Sp. minister published  calls McKinley weak  public angry
USS Maine Explodes
- sent to pick up citizens, protect property
- blows up in Havana harbor; newspapers blame Spain

8. War Erupts in Philippines(1898)
Comm George Dewey destroys Spanish fleet in Manila harbor
Filipinos, led by Emilio Aguinaldo, support Dewey
August 1898, Sp surrender
C. War in Caribbean
US blockade Spanish fleet in Cuba
TR leads Rough Riders—volunteer cavalry unit
- national hero for victory at San Juan Hill
Sp fleet destroyed in escape attempt

10. D. Treaty of Paris (ends “Splendid Little War”)
Spain frees Cuba
Guam, Puerto Rico given to US
sells Philippines
touches off great debate over imperialism
- political, moral, economic arguments

11. Guam Puerto Rico Philippines To the Victor Go the Spoils:
The U.S. gets Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico in the
Treaty of Paris
Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippines

12. Spanish-American War: