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Group TasksSpirit 186187 & 188189
> Explain which arguments on imperialism are most persuasive – the pros or the cons.
Spirit 178179, 179180, & 180182
> How did the yellow journalists play a key role in leading the US into war with Spain? Compare President McKinley’s reasons with those of the journalists.
Spirit 183184 & 184185
> Explain the reality of the SpanishAmerican War.
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"You furnish the pictures...I'll furnish the war!" William Randolph Hearst
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Teller Amendment (1898)• promised complete independence to Cuba with:• right send troops "whenever necessary" • 2 American bases, Guantanamo Bay "leased in perpetuity" to protect trade routes
Platt Amendment (1901) • Cuba was taken as a protectorate & a military base for the United States
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Battle of San Juan Hill
Rough Riders
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1866 50,000 troops sent to Rio Grande border with Mexico to remove French 1867 Alaska purchased from Czarist Russia established "most favored nation" status with China annexed Midway Isles
1875 Treaty with Hawaii cannot trade sugar with anyone else
1891 Queen Liliuokolani removed by American marines in support of American business interest (1959 became a state)
1890's International corporations pursue foreign interests (Standard Oil, AT&T, Singer Sewing Machine, Kodak, etc.)
1913 United Fruit Co.
How did America enter the road to expansion?
Securing an American Continent
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1895 Rebellion in Cuba against Spanish Rule 200,000 Cubans die in prison camps Jose Marti urges US to intervene Presidents Cleveland and McKinley opposed intervention
Turn of Events
1. The DeLome Letter letter from Spanish Ambassador intercepted by Hearst's newspaper "McKinley...weak and a bidder for the affections of the people...2. The Sinking of the Maine 2/15/1898 US sends reinforcements to protect American busines interests (American owned sugar plantations burned and riots in Havana)3. Yellow Journalism: New York Journal "You furnish the pictures. I'll furnish the war". 4. 4/24/1898 Pres. McKinley asks for a declaration of war. 5. War spreads throughout the Spanish colonies: Philippine Islands and Cuba (Battle of San Juan Hill The Rough Riders led by TR)