1. American Imperialism
Lecture 1

2. Standard 11.4.1-3 List the purpose and effects of the open door policy
Describe the Spanish-American War and U.S. expansion in the South Pacific
Discuss America’s role in the Panama Revolution and the building of the Panama Canal
Essential Question: What were the reasons for U.S. Imperialism at the turn of the century?

3. Imperialism
Domination by one country for the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
Raw Materials
Africa, Asia, South Pacific
Replaced the local culture with their own
“The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire”

4. American Imperialism (1880s – 1900)
the US didn’t want to get left out
the US sought more markets for US goods and raw materials
US wanted to expand into China, Hawaii, South Pacific and Latin America
Social Darwinism

5. American Imperialism

6. China Open Door Policy, 1899 Boxer Rebellion, 1900
8 nations teamed up to beat China and force it to let them trade in China
China had to pay reparations
Boxer Rebellion, 1900
anti-foreigner uprising

8. The Annexation of Hawaii (1898)
United States wanted Hawaii…
Natural resources (sugar cane, pineapple…)
strategic location for defense in the Pacific
concerned that Hawaii might become part of Europe
Queen Liliuokalani (1893): Tried to reduce foreign influence
overthrown by Sanford Dole
"yielded to the superior forces of the United States."
(Britain or France) 8

9. The Spanish-American War
Spain seized control over the Philippines (1500s)
Spanish-American War (1898) over Cuba
Filipino rebels declared their independence from Spain
U.S gave Spain $20 million for control of the Philippines
U.S also got Puerto Rico and Guam

10. The Maine 1898 Remember the Maine!
U.S.S. Maine was stationed at a Havana
protect American citizens
Ship exploded mysteriously 266 of 350 US sailors died
Yellow Journalism
The Journal headline read “The Warship Maine was Split in Two by an Enemy’s Secret Infernal Machine”
America declared war but promised that it didn’t want to add Cuba to the US

11. How is this picture an example of yellow journalism?

12. San Juan Hill US defeat the Spanish at San Juan Hill
Roosevelt = leader of the Rough Riders

13. Treaty of Paris, 1898
the US got Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines ($20 million)
the US had told Filipino rebel leader, Emilio Aguinaldo, that we would help them become a nation
the US decided to keep the Philippines until 1947
Platt Amendment, 1901
Cuba became its own nation but US troops stayed in Cuba
Cuba couldn’t sign treaties with other nations without US approval
the US could intervene in Cuba when it wanted

14. Panama Canal, 1914 Panamanian Revolution, 1903 Panama Canal, 1914
Roosevelt tried to buy Panama from Colombia for a canal
Colombia said no
Roosevelt helped Panama become a separate nation
Panama Canal, 1914
connected the Pacific and Atlantic
shortened the trip by 8000 miles