1. Spanish American War & Philippines
Imperialism II
Spanish American War & Philippines

2. How does this idea connect to social Darwinism?
Significance:
Proposes that the white man has a moral obligation and duty to civilize, educate and convert the non-white inhabitants of their colonies.
Kipling offered the poem to Theodore Roosevelt when he was governor of New York to help persuade anti-imperialist Americans to accept the annexation of the Philippines.
WHITE MAN’S BURDEN
By Rudyard Kipling
Take up the White Man’s burden—
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go send your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need
To wait in heavy harness
On fluttered folk and wild—
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child
How does this idea connect to social Darwinism?

3. AIM: Should the United States have pursued a policy of expansionism?
Key Terms:
Yellow Press Nationalism Rough Riders
De Lome Letter Treaty of Paris Jingoism
USS Maine Explosion Platt Amendment
The White Man’s Burden
Essential Questions:
How did the Yellow Press influence the country and our political leaders?
Why would the U.S. participate in a War with Spain?
Did the U.S. interfere with the Philippines out of principle or power?

5. Terms and Definitions:
Yellow Press/Journalism= Sensationalized media used specifically to instigate pro-American feelings and stir up support for war. Ex. Joseph Pulitzer & William Hearst Imperialism= strong country takes over a weaker country for the purpose of acquiring raw materials, new markets, power, prestige. Jingoism = intense nationalism with desire for adventure Monroe Doctrine=Principle of US policy originated by James Monroe in Keep European influences out of our hemisphere!!

7. Causes & Effects of Spanish American War
Humanitarian Concerns
Yellow Journalism
Protect U.S. economic interest in Cuba
De Lome Letter called McKinley “weak”
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
Cubans rebel against Spanish
Effects
U.S. defeats Spain in 3 months
Spain recognizes Cuba’s independence
U.S. gets control of Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam
Cuba became a virtual U.S. protectorate
U.S. is recognized as world power

8. "I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one" – TR, Rough Riders
Improved the U.S. Navy
4 months of fighting
Success at the Battle of San Juan
Many deaths – malaria, yellow fever, bad/ contaminated food
“A splendid little War” – Sec of State, John Hays

9. Teller Amendment/Treaty of Paris/Platt Amendment
McKinley did not want to go to war – was afraid it would hurt the Wall Street Economy. Passed the Teller Amendment that said we wouldn’t interfere in Cuba after we won. (Liar!)
Lasted only four months
U.S. won—turned America into an imperial power
Treaty of Paris 1900
Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines belonged to US
Cuba gained its independence
Cuba signed the Platt Amendment 1902
If Cuba wanted to have any treaties with other countries, it would have to ask America first.
Allowed America to intervene into Cuban affairs even during times of peace.
Allowed America to keep navy ships in its bay (Guantanamo Bay).

10. Describe the message in this cartoon.
How does this cartoon support our policy of expansionism?

12. The Philippine Islands
7,000 Islands!!!!! (more than!)
Land Area- 114,830 square miles
Distance from China- 688 miles
Chief products: rice; corn; coconut; sugar cane; tobacco; timber; copper; gold; silver; iron; lead

18. “Save me from My Friends!”
Editorial cartoon from Puck, September 7, The caption reads: “Taking Cuba from Spain was easy. Preserving it from overzealous Cuban patriots is another matter.”

20. The Philippine Islands and Proximity to China

21. WHITE MAN’S BURDEN
In February 1899, British novelist and poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands.” In this poem, Kipling urged the U.S. to take up the “burden” of empire, as had Britain and other European nations. The poem coincided with the beginning of the Philippine-American War and U.S. Senate ratification of the treaty that placed Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines under American control. Theodore Roosevelt, soon to become vice-president and then president, copied the poem and sent it to his friend, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, commenting that it was “rather poor poetry, but good sense from the expansion point of view.” Not everyone was as favorably impressed as Roosevelt. The racialized notion of the “White Man’s burden” became a euphemism for imperialism, and many anti-imperialists couched their opposition in reaction to the phrase.

22. The War and the Media

23. Casualties American Casualties during the American-Philippine War
5,000 Deaths
Filipinos during the American- Philippine War
20,000 Filipino soldiers killed
200,000 Filipino civilians killed

25. Relationship with the Philippines
Treaty of Paris made the Philippines ours after the Spanish American War in 1898.
Treaty of Manila: Philippines became independent (the US thought they were finally ready) in 1946.
Other islands we own now: Samoan Islands; Wake Island, Guam; and Puerto Rico is a common wealth of the U.S.