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American Imperialism
Part II
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Yellow Journalism
•Reporting exaggerated stories.
•National Inquirer / Tabloids.
•Hearst and Pulitzer
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Isolationists• People (like
President Cleveland) who thought that the US should not get involved in the affairs of foreign nations.
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Cuba v. Spain•Cuba was a Spanish
colony.
•Cuba’s main crop is sugar.
• 1895 Cuban rebels launch a rebellion against Spain.
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Initial US Reaction to Cuba
•McKinley does not want US to intervene militarily.
•Many in US including T. Roosevelt want US to get involved.
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Sinking of the Maine
• Battleship Maine explodes off the harbor of Havana, Cuba.
• Explosion is blamed on a mine set by the Spanish.
•Weeks earlier - the de Lome letter was leaked.
•McKinley asks Congress for war funding.
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Motives for War•Desire for stability
in Cuba (only 90 miles from US).
•Huge exports of cheap sugar ($1+ billion dollars worth in 1890’s).
• Some saw war as a national unifier.
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Results of War with Spain.
• Treaty of Paris 1898
•Cuban independence (kind of)
• Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines ($20 million)
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Panama Canal• Roosevelt encourages,
and backs with the Navy, Panamanian rebels to break away from Columbia. 1901
• 1903 Panama declared independent, canal construction begins.
•Canal opens in 1914.