The United States Overseas
Chapter 17
Soma and Hawaii
Samoa
– Possession was negotiated through treaty
– Competition w/European powers
Hawaii
– Strategically important
– American planters organized a coup – Queen
Liliuokalani
– Asked to be annexed – no – Republic of Hawaii
– Should economic expansion lead to territorial
expansion?
Spanish-American War
Cubans struggled against Spanish rule
American sense of outrage at another country’s
imperialism
US trade w/Cuba
US identified w/Cuba’s struggle
Spanish atrocities/guerrilla warfare
Yellow Journalism
Calls to protect Americans/American interests in
Cuba
Spanish-American War
- USS Maine
arrives in
Havana harbor
Feb 15, 1898
Maine explodes
– “Remember
the Maine”
Spanish American War
March 9 1898 – McKinley gets $50 million
for defense
April 10 – US should indicate nature and
duration of armistice
April 11- McKinley’s war message to
Congress
April 24 – Spain declares war
April 25 – US declares war retroactive to
April 21
Acquiring New Lands
1.
Puerto Rico Cuba
The
China
Philippines
Relationship to the
United States
Very similar to a colony or
Trading
protectorate
partner
US involved in internal/external
affairs
Economic and political control
Acquiring New Lands
2.
Why did the US try to
control its affairs
Puerto Rico
Cuba
The
Philippines
China
Of strategic
importance
Panama
Canal
Protect
American
Business
interests
Provide
US w/ raw
materials
and new
markets
Honor
To
establish
and
protect
new
markets
Acquiring New Lands
3.
Puerto Rico
Cuba
The
Philippines
China
What laws and policies
affected its relationship
with the US?
Treaty of
Platt
Treaty of
Open
Paris
Amendment Paris
Door
Foraker Act Treaty of
Removal Policy
Paris
Policy
Imperialist Policies
Stronger nations extended control over
weaker nations – economic, political, military
Acquiring New Lands
4.
Puerto Rico
Cuba
The
Philippines
What violent events
affected its relationship
with the US
•Spanish-American-Cuban War -1989
Three
uprising that
led to US
Occupation
Philippine
-American
War 1899-1902
China
Boxer
Rebellion
- 1899