1. Do now
“The bankers followed us out west;/And did in mortgages invest;/They looked ahead and shrewdly planned,/And soon they’ll have our Kansas land.”
-Farm Protest Song, late 1890s
Summarize the main idea of this song.
What political party was formed in the late 1800s to address these concerns.
Using your answer for #2, summarize at least two goals of this political party.

2. Imperialism
The American Empire

3. imperialism
“the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.”

4. Motives New markets for goods/natural resources. Naval power
Alfred Mahan – establish naval bases & control the world.
Cultural superiority/racism

5. Alaska Desire for natural resources – gold, timber, oil.
Purchased from Russia for 7.2 million.

6. Hawaii Natural resources – sugar Naval power – Pearl Harbor
Refueling for ships

7. Taking hawaii
American planters rebelled against the Hawaiian government
US Marines invaded to assist planters
Hawaii annexed as a territory in 1898
Sanford B. Dole

8. Background Cuba had long been a colony of Spain.
U.S. is only 90 miles from Cuba
Business interests

9. Causes of war
Cuban Revolution of 1895 – many Americans sympathized with the Cubans.
Yellow Journalism – exaggerated stories of Spanish brutality.

10. Remember the maine!
The battleship USS Maine was sent to Havana Harbor to protect US property.
Feb. 15, 1898 – the Maine exploded; Spanish blamed.
266 Americans killed

11. War!
Battle of Manila Bay – US Navy quickly defeated the Spanish fleet in the Philippines.
Spanish soldiers on the Philippines surrendered.

12. Rough riders Calvary organized by Teddy Roosevelt.
Battle of San Juan Hill – Spanish soldiers in Cuba were defeated.

13. Outcomes Treaty of Paris US gets: US becomes a world power
Guam, Puerto Rico, & the Philippines
US becomes a world power

15. Which of the following was NOT a motive for American imperialism at the end of the 1800s?
Desire for new markets.
Desire for natural resources.
Increase naval power.
Create a global system of public schools.

17. This event marked the most immediate cause of the Spanish-American War:
Sinking of the USS Maine
The election of Francisco Franco
Yellow Journalism
The Cuban Revolution