“The Path of the Empire” (Ch. 27)

DO NOW

What roles do colonies play to their “motherland?”

I. Expand or Explode• Causes:

• The need for markets

• The need for raw materials

• The desire for power

• The desire for prestige

• Monroe Doctrine

• The Great Rapprochement- bond between US and Great Britan.

American involvement in:

• Hawaii

• Cuba

II. Hawaii• MCKINLEY TARIFF, which raised import rates on foreign sugar

• In 1893, supporters of annexation overthrew the

Hawaiian monarchy and proclaimed Hawaii a US protectorate

• Sugar planters overthrew Queen Liliuokalani with the help of the U.S. marines.

• US annexed Hawaii in 1898

III. Cuba

Unrest in Cuba

• Big sister policy

• Cubans launched a series of revolts against Spain beginning in 1868.

• Spanish response to the Cuban revolt• Exiled many leaders of the independence movement

• Sent soldiers to fight rebels

• Sent General Valeriano Weyler to put down the revolt

Causes of the Spanish-American War

• Imperialist ambition

• Humanitarian sympathy for the rebels

• Yellow journalism

• De Lome letter

• The destruction of the USS Maine

• U.S. War Department was unprepared for war in Cuba.• Teller Amendment

• Promised Cuban independence once Spain was defeated

• American strategy was to control the port city of Santiago.

• Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders helped gain control of the city at the Battle of San Juan Hill.

• The U.S. Navy sank the entire Spanish fleet off the coast of Cuba.

End of the War• Guam and Puerto Rico ceded to the U.S.

• Foraker Act of 1900• Popular government • US citizenship in 1917

• Insular Cases• Constitution did not extend to Philippines and Puerto Rico

• Left Cuba in 1902• Cubans promised to lease land to the U.S. for bases• Platt amendment---changes Teller amendment- US

involvement

America on the World Stage (Ch. 28)

• I. Philippines

Do now-How did the Spanish-American War impact the U.S.?

• Working in pairs, each student will chose a side. Either "for" or "against" imperialism and colonization. Use facts to back up your argument

• Led by Emilio Aguinaldo• "benevolent assimilation" of the Filipinos was very slow

and involved improving roads, sanitation, and public health

Filipinos Revolt

Open Door Policy - China• Secretary of State – John Hay• Stated all nations would allow trade and Chinese

independence• Italy accepted, Russia did not

Boxer Rebellion• Patriotic Chinese rebellion against foreigners in 1900• Many nations came together to put rebellion down

Election of 1900• William McKinley

• Republican• Established gold standard• Imperialism

• William Jennings Bryan• Democrat• Silver standard

• Cross of gold speech

• Anti – imperialism

Teddy Roosevelt• Takes over when McKinley assassinated (1901)

“Big Stick” Diplomacy

President as the supreme decision maker“Speak softly and carry a big stick”

Panama Canal• Panama Revolution against Columbia

• Led by Bunau-Varilla• Signed Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

• US 10 mile around Panama region

• 1904-1914: $400 million

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine• “Preventive Intervention”• Fear of European intervention in Latin America• U.S. would pay off debts to European countries to keep

them out• Negative relations with Latin America

Japanese in America• Discrimination in California (mainly schools)• “Gentleman’s Agreement”

• No discrimination against Japanese in U.S.• No emigration of Japanese to U.S.

Review• The battleship Maine-

• Reasons for Queen Lili’s removal from power-

• Results of the Pan-American Conference-

• The US’s late 19th century power was generated by:

• Arguments of Alfred Thayer Mahan

• Views on imperialism by the following: Teddy Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Affred Thayer Mahan, William Randolph Hurst.

• Feeling about the annexation of Hawaii:

• Treaty of Paris (United States):

• The Rough Riders:

• The Teller Amendment:

• Philippine resistance to Spain & US:

• Platt Amendment:

• Spanish-American War:

Open Ended

• How was U.S. imperialism in the early 1900s similar to the concept of “manifest destiny” that was popular during the 1800s? How was it different?

• What happened as a result of U.S. imperialism in Cuba, the Philippines, and Hawaii?

Imperialism? • Hawaii

• Cuba

• Guam

• Philippines

• Panama

• China

• Japan

• Alaska?