1. Nativism and Imperialism
USH14: The student will explain America’s evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the 20th Century.

2. Anti-Asian Sentiment
Once the railroads were complete Chinese laborers were forced to live in “Chinatowns”
What is it called where a group of similar people live in New York?

3. Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress wants to limit more Chinese from entering the US
Taft signs the Chinese Exclusion Act
limits Chinese miners from entering the country
residents were denied citizenship and immigrants could not bring wives or children
Japanese were treated a little better

4. Foreign Expansion
Business of the US expanded into other nations for trading, natural resources or investment
US needed to be more like Europe, expanding
US buys Alaska in 1867 for $7.2 million less than $.02 an acre
also looked closer to home

5. Spanish - American War (1898)
US wanted Cuba for a long time
Revolution breaks out
Spanish treatment of Cubans was harsh
reconcentrados
US fearful of losing investments
US battleship Maine sent to safeguard investments
Maine sunk
US blames Spain

6. Spanish American War Causes
1. Humanitarian Aid
2. Sinking of Maine
Yellow Journalism
3. De Lome Letter
a letter talking bad about McKinley

7. War US had modern ships “Great White Fleet”
US defeats Spanish Armada at the Philippines
However, in Cuba the US was not prepared militarily
Theodore Roosevelt led the “Rough Riders” to victory

8. Outcomes of the Spanish - American War
US gains Puerto Rico and Guam
bought Philippines for $20 million
Cuba wins independence and is a US protectorate

9. War with the Philippines
US takes the Philippines as a territory
the Filipinos fought the US for freedom
Freedom happened in 1946

10. Hawaii
Investors wanted the US to annex Hawaii for business reasons (tariff)
US did not want to until Pearl Harbor proved to valuable

11. Social Darwinism only the strongest survive US stronger
US should take over weaker nations to help them be less “barbaric”

12. Anti-Imperialism
People that did not want to annex area outside the US borders
against our founding principles
However, remember White Man’s Burden
US annexes Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska, but not the Philippines

13. Latin America US was taking advantage of markets in Latin America
Trans-oceanic canal
shortens time, cheaper and faster movement of Navy
Panama Canal

14. Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Europeans are not welcome in Latin America
the US would oversee all debt repayment to Europe, not Europe
Big Stick Diplomacy - Negotiations were speaking softly and military action was the stick

15. Anti-American sentiment
US intervened in
Dominican Republic in 1904
Nicaragua in 1912
Haiti in 1915
policy pleases businessmen and Europe but not countries in debt

16. Which of the following helps to explain the reason for American expansionism in the mid-1800s and early 1900s?
A. The United States sought new markets for agricultural and industrial products.
B. The United States wanted to establish colonies in Asia, Africa, and Australia.
C. United States foreign policy rejected the theory of "Social Darwinism."
D. The United States military wanted to establish overseas bases and recruit from those locations.

17. The Spanish-American War was the first war fought by the United States in which it
A. acquired overseas possessions
B. tested tanks in battle
C. used the Panama Canal
D. allied with a foreign power

18. Why did Congress pass the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882?
A. The United States was at war with China.
B. China was supporting Japanese expansion in the Pacific.
C. Many Americans resented Chinese immigrants who worked for lower wages than Americans.
D. It was passed in retaliation for the Boxer Rebellion which caused the deaths of many Americans.

19. As a result of the Spanish−American War,
A. the U.S. gained exclusive rights in Spanish ports.
B. the anti−imperialist movement in the U.S. died down.
C. the U.S. gained Puerto Rico and Guam as new possessions.
D. for the first time, the U.S. government had a budget surplus.