Imperialism

Destined to expand across North America

• Imperialism

• Annexation

• Monroe Doctrine

• Manifest Destiny

Stronger nations extending their control over weaker countries and territories is

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

Cause of U.S. Imperialism

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Spanish Treachery

• Desire to gain more land and natural resources

Three factors fueling U.S. Imperialism

• land, food, and shelter

• corruption, military, and economic

• political, economic, and social

• cultural, economic, and isolationism

Annexed because of the economic value of sugarcane

• Alaska

• Midway

• Hawaii

• Samoa

"White Man's Burden"?

• A belief in "cultural superiority"

• A philosophy related to Manifest Destiny

• Taft's foreign policy approach

• A belief in white privilege

Ignited the Spanish-American War

• Explosion of the USS Arizona

• Sinking of the USS Maine

• Sinking of the Lusitania

• Russia

Conflict between Cuba and Spain

• Cuba wanted to enslave Spain

• Spain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communism

• Spain wanted to turn Cuba into vacation destination

• Cuba wanted independence from Spain

Sensational, Exaggerated reporting

• muckraking

• yellow journalism

• journalism

• reporting

Major turning point in US History

• It revealed the US as an imperial power in the world.

• It marked the first American victory over a European country.

• It demonstrated the need for better communications in wartime.

• It showed American support for European economic interests in East Asia.