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Imperialism
Spanish-American War
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Imperialism
►Definition: policy by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories.
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Causes of Imperialism
►1. Economic Benefits:
Raw materials
Natural resources
New markets
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Causes of Imperialism
►2. Military Strength
Alfred Mahan – said a country has to have a powerful navy
New colonies could be bases for the navy
Mahan
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Causes of Imperialism
►3. Nationalism
Social Darwinism
Felt duty to spread “superior” culture to people they considered inferior
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Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan (1853)
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U.S. buys Alaska 1867
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Hawaiian Islands
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Spanish-American War
Cuba
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William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer YELLOW PRESS
►de Lome letter – “Worst Insult to the United States in Its History”
► Jingoism – aggressive nationalism
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U.S.S. Maine explodes!
Hearst: “WAR? SURE!”
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“ REMEMBER THE MAINE ”
►U.S. declares war on Spain in April, 1898.
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Dewey takes the Philippines
►Commodore Dewey destroys Spanish fleet in Philippines
►Aguinaldo defeats Spanish army in Philippines
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Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
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Treaty of Paris (1898)
►Ends the Spanish-American War
Spain gave up control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam
Philippines sold to U.S. for $20 million
►Imperialist/Anti-Imperialist debate