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Hmwk: due next class Will receive TWO quiz grades Read pp. 679 - 689 Pageant Re-read pp 673 678 Write a thesis statement AND 3 paragraphs that address: Which President better represented the values of Progressivism: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson
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From LEGACION DE ESPAA.,WASHINGTON, D.C. To His Excellency, Don Jos Canalejas (Spanish Foreign Minister) The situation here remains the same. Everything depends on the political
and military outcome in Cuba... Until then, nothing can be clearly seen, and I regard it as a waste of time and progress, by a wrong road, to be sending emissaries to the rebel camp, or to negotiate with the autonomists who have as yet no legal standing, or to try to ascertain the intentions and plans of [the US] government... Besides the ingrained and inevitable bluntness with which is repeated all that the press and public opinion in Spain have said about Weyler, it once more shows what McKinley is, weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd besides being a would-be politician who tries to leave a door open behind himself while keeping on good terms with the jingoes of his party....
Stirrings of Imperialism
The New Manifest Destiny
Attention to foreign lands, closing of the frontier Social Darwinism Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan (1890) Influence of Sea Power Foreign commerce, navy & colonies, Pacific bases Josiah Strongs Our Country; Its Possible Future & Present Crisis WASP values of liberty & Christianity duty to spread them Controlling the Hemisphere Secretary of State James Blaine sought Latin American markets for excess goods Organized Pan American Congress Leads to border dispute w/Venezuela in 1895
Control of the Pacific: Hawaii US wants naval base at Hawaii After 1840, Americans & Europeans dominated political & economic life Disease decimates 50% of native pop. SUGAR (major export); rise of plantations 1890, US eliminates sugar tariff US annexes Hawaii in Dec. 1898
Control of the Pacific: Samoa US presence since 1878, share w/ Germany & GB 1899 buys out GB & splits island w/Germany
Seizing of Philippines Comm. George Dewey ordered by Sec. of Navy, T. Roosevelt Captured Manila Bay after war declared
in July
US takes Puerto Rico & Guam Rising anti-imperialist sentiment by Twain, Carnegie,
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Open Door Policy
Gain concession/sphere of influence in China like other Europeans had since the 1850s
markets Sec. Hay proposed open door notes in 1898 to European nations to allow free trade w/Chinese w/o no colonies or military Development of modern professional military; officer training schools, role of Joint Chiefs of Staff 1899 Boxer Rebellion against foreigners
US military rescue
Republic as Empire
Panama Canal
1903 Panamanian Revolution TR sends forces to maintain order Panama becomes independent & signs favorable treaty w/ US
Speak softly and carry a big stick -TR Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904)
US will oppose European intervention in our hemisphere US had a right to intervene in the western hemisphere to preserve order & stability
US investment in lesser developed nations Criticized by some who felt the US should intervene, especially with troops
Now, Will You Be Good? Uncle Sam (to Filipino) "See what I do for a good little boy?"
Something Lacking. Uncle Sam: "Well, Sonny, What Is It?" Philippines: "Where Do I Come In On This?"