Imperialism US History II

imperialism

the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories

economic ways to extend control

thirst for new markets while going through Industrial Revolution -- access to natural resources/raw materials; crop limitations of the US that other areas could grow for them -- sugar; factories made a lot of product, supply went up, while demand went down, making prices go down. they wanted new markets to sell off over production

military ways to extend control

desire for military strength -- territories/bases all over the world would give the optics of being strong/powerful --> military threat and take over; military bases all over -- territories by opponents to become threat; easy attack of threats

political ways to extend control

belief in cultural superiority -- spread democracy to "weaker, inferior" territories to lift them up, making us more powerful; spread Christianity to inferior religions

American businessmen, Protestant missionaries, and imperialists

biggest proponents of Imperialism

to make $$ in new markets and from selling off overproduction

why businessmen supported imperialism

to spread Christianity

why protestant missionaries supported imperialism

imperialist

government officials interested in building up military strength

Alfred Mahan

imperialist focused on American becoming a naval powerhouse, who called for the construction of a canal going from the Atlantic to the Pacific (aka the Panama Canal)

frontier thesis

in order to sell imperialism to the American public, it was said that the US had fulfilled Manifest Destiny, and without expansion, their economy would become stagnant and they can only grow by taking over outside territories across the world.

jingoism

belief in an aggressive foreign policy-- willing to go to war. basically imperialists X 1000 = jingoists (Teddy Roosevelt is example)

why was Russia looking to sell Alaska?

they believed there were no resources, it was difficult to defend with no safe way of getting there over treacherous waters

Henry Seward

secretary of state, purchases Alaska on half of the United States for a few million dollars

Seward's Folly/ Seward's Icebox

Seward was blasted in the press, who thought Alaska was useless like the Russians

timber, minerals, and later oil

explorers found that Alaska was a great source of these natural resources, proving the press wrong

America's business relationship with Hawaii

in 1867, Hawaii had sugar crop and the king agreed to export sugar tax free to the US, making tons of businessmen move to Hawaii to grow sugar and be in change to export to US

puppet

the king was the businessmen's ___________; he did whatever they wanted

the Hawaiian constitution

the king amended this to give American businessmen rights and powers that even the Native Hawaiians did not have

1892

king dies, leaving the fate of the businessmen up to the successor, his sister

Queen Lil

"Hawaii for Hawaiians" -- not here to cater to businessmen, she upended the advantages put in place and gave businessmen nothing

annexed

the businessmen reached out to president McKinley to request that Hawaii be _________, but he refused

under house arrest

the businessmen storm Queen Lil's house and trap her, putting her __________________________________

Sanford Dole

"president" of Hawaii, he was the businessman in charge now

1898

Hawaii becomes a US territory after President McKinley steps in to annex Hawaii to tamp down any rebels

Guam, Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, outposts in Africa

Spain is falling apart, only having four territories left out of their previously huge empire and losing power quickly

Cubans' first revolt

failed, but successfully forced Spain to abolish slavery because they were weak/running out of power and wanted to make the Cubans happy. However, it only caused them more money problems because now they had to fund their laborers.

Cuban plantations

US invested $$ in these

Jose Marti

led the second Cuban revolution from NY in exile, and he utilized guerilla warfare that Spain couldn't handle, deliberately destroying property because they wanted to lure the US into this conflict to side with Cuba

heavy American invests

destroyed property and plantations with what to get their attention, but it was not enough

US Newspapers

see an opportunity to get the US to go to war, plus the war drama sells paper to make them money

Hearst & Pulitzer

do the most to get America into the war and are the biggest instigators; told photographers to take "shady" pictures in Cuba so they can spin a story

yellow journalism

exaggerated style of writing meant to lure in the reader or just enrage them -- lying to make them mad or but the newspaper

"You'll furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war"

Hearth and Pulitzer told this to the photographers to get them to give them "incriminating" pictures to tell a story of horror in Cuba

Valeriano "Butcher" Weyler

sent by Spain to Cuba to restore order, he put Cubans into concentrations camps, where innocent civilians were held so they couldn't attack

De Lome Letter and the USS Maine

two major headlines that lead the US to War -- all that were necessary for the American public to demand war and McKinley to declare it

De Lome Letter

a telegraph that had been intercepted from a Spanish foreign minister to a friend, H&P took unrelated pieces into one excerpt out of context; mocked McKinley for being weak and the Spanish could do whatever they wanted--> enrages Americans

USS Maine

naval ship sent to Cuba to bring back American citizens so they weren't caught in the crossfires of war; as it's docked in the Havana harbor, it mysteriously explodes-- front page says the Spanish did it

Teller Amendment

added to the US' declaration of war and state that the US was not fighting to win Cuba as a territory, but for their independence

Philippines

the first battle of the Spanish-American war was fought here to split Spain's troop between here and Cuba, weakening both armies; George Dewey led the attack

Filipinos

supported Dewey and America, so their leader says if the Philippines fight with America, they will grant their independence/freedom-- this was the only reason they agreed to fight

naval superiority

America won because of this in the 3 month war, while their land forces were not adequately trained

Rough Riders

volunteer cavalry that fought in Cuba led by Teddy Roosevelt

San Juan Hill

US victory here led to the end of the war

armistice

US and Spain signed this on August 12th

Terms of the Treaty of Paris

Spain freed Cuba, and turned over Guam and Puerto Rico to the US; Spain also sold the Philippines to the US for $20 million (breaking promise)

USS Maine cw

American ship that mysteriously exploded in the Havana Harbor

George Dewey

American leader in charge of forces in the Philippines

Panama

Alfred Mahan argued for a canal to be built here in order to strengthen the US navy

Seward's Folly

the press nicknamed the purchase of Alaska this because they believed it was a terrible decision to purchase

yellow journalism cw

an exaggerated style of writing that is intended to lure or enrage the reader

Alfred Mahan

a prominent supporter of American imperialism who said it was necessary in order for the US Navy to become a world power

Emilio Aguinaldo

leader of the Filipinos; was promised independence by the Americans

De Lome Letter cw

an intercepted telegram written by a Spanish foreign minister that called McKinley a weak president

naval superiority cw

the main reason why America easily won the war against the Spanish was because of our....

the Philippines

the Treaty of Paris sold the US...

imperialism cw

stronger nations taking over weaker territories economically, politically, or militarily

timber and minerals

after purchasing Alaska, America discovered it was rich in these natural materials

Treaty of Paris

this peace agreement ended the Spanish-American war

Sandford Dole

US businessman who was declared the president of Hawaii

Teller Amendment cw

this declared that the US was fighting for Cuban independence and they would have their independence after the war was over

Valeriano Weyler

Spanish general sent to Cuba to restore order

Russia

they sought to sell Alaska because they viewed it as worthless

Hearst and Pulitzer

two American journalists infamous for fanning the flames of war through their publication

Jose Marti cw

Cuban revolutionary that led the second revolution from exile

Queen Lil cw

declared a "Hawaii for Hawaiians" agenda

Guam and Puerto Rico

the Treaty of Paris gave the US these two territories

Russo-Japanese War

1904 - Japan declared war on Russia for imperial reasons -- fighting over two territories

Korea and Manchuria

what 2 territories were Japan and Russia fighting over?

massive surprise attack

Japan staged a _____________________________________________ on Russia's Pacific fleet -- take out huge chunk of the fleet

lose; running out of money

Russia feels they will ____; Japan is what?

Japan's huge advantage

winning, so they would get a lot of things out of the war if they end it now

Theodore Roosevelt

peacemaker -- to mediate peace negotiations between Japan (who has many demands) and Russia

end result of TR's peace talks

half of Sakhalin Island, Korea, Port Arthur & South Manchurian Rail Road (trade benefits, plus it protects our Chinese interest), and Russia keeps Siberia

Nobel Peace Prize

TR was awarded this in 1906-- first US president to receive this, giving the US a high stature on the world stage

Japanese treatment in Western US

Japanese immigrants faced increased hostility/discrimination in the west, California specifically. Tensions were high. Communities were segregated between Japanese and Americans, who felts immigrants were "stealing" American jobs -- justified shoving them out of "white America"

Gentleman's Agreement

TR and Japanese government in response to terrible treatment in California. Teddy agreed to intervene and end discrimination and segregation going on in California. Japanese government agreed to cut back significantly on immigrants to the US, specifically men only -- Teddy thought he looked weak for doing this

Great White Fleet

fleet of huge and new naval ships sent on worldwide tour to dock in various ports in foreign nations so the citizens can look up in awe -- huge flex on Teddy's behalf -- criticism/waste of resources; most impressive aspect of TR's foreign policy that intimidated the world w/o a single shot

French Failure with the Panama Canal

Teddy chose Panama out of convience-- a private French company had started building the canal but went bankrupt, and they were looking to sell to the US, who had agreed to build partner canal with Great Britain

Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

Britain cedes any control of canal, allowing the US to build it by itself

Colombia

Panama was controlled by this nation that had to agree to build the canal

Hay-Herran Treaty

the Colombian government sends representative to negotiate -- Panama grants the US control of canal, but the Colombian gov rejects, making Teddy unhappy

Colombia Problems

Panama revolts and becomes independent after Teddy instigates revolution

Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

US can purchase canal and rent annually

malaria

laborers kept falling ill with unknown disease, affecting the construction

volcanic, loose, dry

the soil in panama were these things and kept avalanching back in on itself

10 years

the Panama Canal was finished in approx this long (even with French progress)

enhanced US status

great accomplishment, navy can pass from the Atlantic to the Pacific, foreign nations pay to use canal --> $$

financially tied

US was __________________ to Latin America, and feared that they would become in debt to Europe, thereby pushing the US out

Monroe Doctrine

TR reminds European nations of this document, which says that European nations should stay out of the affairs of the western hemisphere, but this lacks a consequence

Roosevelt Corollary

added in 1904 to the Monroe Doctrine, this says that if a European nation violates MD, the US will use force to remove them -- "Speak Softly. Carry a Big Stick"

Dollar Diplomacy

Taft's one policy that affects imperialism -- failure that undoes TR's work; slogan: Dollars for Bullets; Encouraged Wall Street investors to send their dollars to Latin America

European bonds; US

Taft hoped to weaken _______________________ and strengthen ties to _____ with the Dollar Diplomacy

troops

real or imagined, anytime business was threatened, they were sent in, and this only ruined relations with Latin America

overall weak president

Taft was...

arguments for imperialism

the “inferior” Filipinos lacked the ability to self-govern, therefore requiring the US to step in and “civilize” the Filipinos and get them ready for independence. Good for American economy, and they could have naval bases.

arguments for anti-imperialism

racial prejudice – too much effort, fear of competition with Filipino laborers, felt going in their and forcing the Filipinos violated the principles of what America was about

weakness of anti-imperialist argument

imperialists had a more united front, the face of anti-imperialists was William Jennings Bryan and when he ran for office, in order to appeal to large group of people, he flip-flopped and was not anti-imperialist anymore – ruining movement

What impact did General Arthur MacArthur & Taft have on the Philippines?

General Arthur MacArthur offered amnesty to Filipino guerillas who agreed to surrender because he knew the war wouldn’t be won by fighting alone, and he formed close relations with the islands’ economic elites. Taft was sent to the Philippines to establish a civilian government, and he became the first “governor-general” of the Philippines and declared he would prepare the Filipinos for their independence. Taft helped improve economic development and political independence, and he helped the US gain secure control of the Philippines through his efforts.

What were the Insular Cases? (PR)What was their impact on imperialism?

The Insular Cases were when the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the mechanism of the Foraker Act. Their impact on imperialism was that they upheld the Foraker Act’s mechanism for ensuring sovereignty over lands deemed vital to the US economic and military security, allowing for the United States to rule over Puerto Rico’s politics until they were granted US citizenship.

Why did the annexation of Puerto Rico and subjugation of Cuba not bother Americans as much as the Philippines?

The annexation of Puerto Rico and the subjugation of Cuba did not bother Americans as much as the Philippines because with the Monroe Doctrine, the US had claimed the Western Hemisphere as its sphere of influence; the Philippines were outside this area. Many Americans believed the US had a right to protect its interests of Puerto Rico and Cuba, but the Philippines was outside its control, plus anti-imperialists opposed the takeover heavily.