1. Isolationism -stay out of foreign affairs -Washington’s advice -had been policy of government

2. Imperialism -Policy of taking colonies for economic interests -other world powers were building empires -U.S. also needed new markets for our products

3. Imperialism -Policy of taking colonies for economic interests -other world powers were building empires -U.S. also needed new markets for our products

4. Imperialism -Policy of taking colonies for economic interests -other world powers were building empires p.557, 560 -U.S. also needed new markets for our products

5. Building an Empire -Alaska, 1867 Seward’s Folly Purchased from Russia -Hawaii, 1898 overthrew the Queen of Hawaii http://youtu.be/XpsmUCts d2o -Alfred Mahan “Influence of Sea Power upon History” discussed need for strong Navy

6. Spanish-American -Spanish rule of Cuba -Spanish ruled harshly -yellow journalism Hearst and Pulitzer: Pro- Expansion…. Wrote articles in favor of US Imperialism -De Lome letter -U.S. sends ship to observe -USS Maine explodes in Havana -”Remember the Maine”

7. Spanish-American -Spanish rule of Cuba -Spanish ruled harshly -yellow journalism -De Lome letter Criticizes the US President …DeLome is the Spanish Ambassador to the US -U.S. sends ship to observe -USS Maine explodes in Havana -”Remember the Maine”

8. Spanish-American -Spanish rule of Cuba -Spanish ruled harshly -yellow journalism -De Lome letter -U.S. sends ship to observe -USS Maine explodes in Havana -”Remember the Maine”

9. Spanish-American -Spanish rule of Cuba -Spanish ruled harshly -yellow journalism -De Lome letter -U.S. sends ship to observe -USS Maine explodes in Havana -”Remember the Maine”

10. Spanish-American -Spanish rule of Cuba -Spanish ruled harshly -yellow journalism -De Lome letter -U.S. sends ship to observe -USS Maine explodes in Havana -”Remember the Maine”

11. Philippines -U.S. attacks Spanish colony when war starts -George Dewey captures the islands -Why did we capture the Philippines??? -Imperialistic Foreign Policy -Anti-Imperialistic Feelings -Anti-Imperialist League -Andrew Carnegie 1898 US Political Cartoon. the Philippines, depicted as a savage child, as the world looks on. The implied options for McKinley are to keep the Philippines, or give it back to Spain, which the cartoon compares to throwing a child off a cliff.

12. Fighting in Cuba -Cuba will be independent -Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt San Juan Hill -”Splendid Little War” Cuba is free Puerto Rico is part of U.S. U.S. buys Philippines

13. Fighting in Cuba -Cuba will be independent -Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt San Juan Hill -”Splendid Little War” Cuba is free Puerto Rico is part of U.S. U.S. buys Philippines