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7.3 The Awakening of Imperialism - Coggle Diagram
7.3 The Awakening of Imperialism
The Philippine War
On May 1, shortly after war was declared, Commodore Dewey’s fleet fired on Spanish ships in Manila Bay. The Spanish fleet was soon pounded into submission by U.S. naval guns.
tropical diseases. More than 5,000 American soldiers died of malaria, typhoid, and dysentery
Saw the Filipinos as cheap and easy labor source with a large population. Although many businesses joined the Anti imperialism league to protest against the risk of losing their jobs to immigrants.
Teller Amendment to the war resolution of 1898 had guaranteed U.S. respect for Cuba’s sovereignty as an independent nation
The Court ruled that constitutional rights were not automatically extended to territorial possessions and that the power to decide whether or not to grant such rights belonged to Congress.
The Economics of Expansion
Since the 1790s, U.S. foreign policy had centered on expanding westward, protecting U.S. interests abroad, and limiting foreign influences in the Americas. The period after the Civil War saw the development of a booming industrial economy, which created the basis for a major shift in U.S. relations with the rest of the world.
Belief in finding foreign markets was the only way to save US goods. The social unrest with the depression created worry about the country's stability and the domestic market was shrinking which created a need to expand.
The Hawaiian islands became a territory of the United States in 1900 and the fiftieth state in the Union in August 1959.
A Naval Base Known as Pearl Harbor was built
Cultural Justifications for Imperialism
Newspaper and magazine editors found that they could increase circulation by printing adventure stories about distant and exotic places. Stories in the popular press increased public interest and stimulated demands for a larger U.S. role in world affairs.
Many missionaries who traveled to Africa, Asia, and the Pacific islands believed in the racial superiority and natural supremacy of whites. Mission activities of their churches encouraged many Americans to support active U.S. government involvement in foreign affairs.
Many in the Republican party were closely allied with business leaders. Republican politicians therefore generally endorsed the use of foreign affairs to search for new markets.
Beginning with the Monroe Doctrine in the 1820s, the United States had taken a special interest in problems of the Western Hemisphere and had assumed the role of protector of Latin America from European ambitions.
As with Cuba, McKinley and most U.S. citizens believed that nonwhite Filipinos were not yet capable of self-government. Thus, McKinley set out “to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and Christianize them
The War with Spain
One story that caused a storm of outrage was a Spanish diplomat’s letter that was leaked to the press and printed on the front page of Hearst’s Journal.
Causes of the conflict: Cuban Revolt, Yellow Press, De Lome Letter, Sinking of the Maine
actively promoting war fever in the United States was yellow journalism, sensationalistic reporting that featured bold and lurid headlines of crime, disaster, and scandal. A
On February 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine was at anchor in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, when it suddenly exploded, killing 260 Americans on board.