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American Imperialism
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What is Imperialism?
Imperialism- policy by which strong nations
extend their political, economic and military
control over weaker territories
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To seek an over-seas empire
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Alfred T. Mahan’s Theory on Naval Supremacy
He urged construction of
a fleet of steel ships,
acquisition of overseas
bases, and construction
of a canal across Central
America.
The United States
eventually followed all of
his recommendations.
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Alaska and Hawaii
• Alaska is purchased by William Seward
from Russia (“Seward’s Icebox”)
• Main purpose is for expansion of territory
and for natural resources (timber and oil)
• Hawaii was owned by many American
sugar cane planters.
• To protect their investments, Hawaii was
annexed to the United States.
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The Spanish-American War
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Causes of Spanish American
War
• Imperialism
• Yellow Press- newspaper writers exaggerate
stories to provoke the public
toward a cause
• Battleship Maine explosion
• De Lôme Letter- Enrique de Lôme ambassador
to the U.S. from Spain insults President
McKinley
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The Yellow Press demanded war.
Headlines screamed, “Remember the
Maine!”
William Randolph Hearst
(N.Y. Journal)
Joe Pulitzer
(N.Y. World)
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The Spanish-American War Begins. The war
began with U.S. victories in the Philippines.
Commodore George Dewey
surprised and easily defeated a
Spanish fleet at Manila Bay.
Rather than surrender to the
Filipino independence fighters led
by Emilio Aguinaldo, Spanish
troops surrendered to U.S. forces.
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•Guantánamo Bay was
captured.
U.S. troops
easily
defeated the
Spanish in
Cuba.
•Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough
Riders, stormed San Juan
Hill.
•A Spanish fleet was
destroyed at Santiago.
•Spanish troops surrendered
in Cuba and on the island of
Puerto Rico.
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In the Treaty
of Paris, Spain
gave up
control of
Cuba, Puerto
Rico, and
Guam.
•Spain sold the Philippines to
the United States for $20
million.
•Guam and Puerto Rico
became American territories.
•Under the Teller Amendment,
Cuba could not be annexed by
the United States.