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1 AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
2 When? 1. between Civil War and WWI What? 1. reflected nation of expansionists and imperialists a. cultural, economic, etc. Who? 1. Germany, England, Japan, US Why? 1. Economic a. Foreign trade 1) increase agricultural and manufacturing exports increase = reversed unfavorable balance of trade (first time since 1874) 2) protect our trading interests b. New markets 1) government should help American entrepreneurs by using US power c. Safety Valve 1) need foreign commerce when US market is poor (overproduction) 2. Ideologically and Culturally a. American Exceptionalism/Manifest Destiny 1) American possess special qualities should be spread throughout the world
3 b. Racism 1) other races are not capable of self-government we need to help them out c. Social Darwinism 1) best race will win d. Obsession with Masculinity e. Missionary/Civilizing Impulse 1) benefiting the people that are subjugated giving them liberty and prosperity US Ambitions Abroad: American empire grew slowly over time a. William H. Seward and his vision of empire 1) come together naturally 2) Areas: Virgin Islands 1867 attempted to buy them from Denmark Samana Bay Naval Base to procure a base in Dominican Republic (fails) Intervention with Mexico got Napoleon III to abandon puppet regime in Mexico using Monroe Doctrine 1866 Alaska bought from Russia in 1867 Worldwide Communication built transatlantic cable to link Europe and American telegraph networks, extended to Latin America Cyrus Field-Financier
4 2. Other Trends under Seward and Fish (successor) a. Anglo-American Rapprochement Great Britain and America grow closer 1) Alabama claims: US demanded reparations for ships GB built during Civil War a) British tribunal decided on amount to be paid b. Open Sea Sealing c. Samoa 1878 US gained rights to a coaling station in Pago Pago. Germany and GB want in and US says stay out Resolution: 1889 three-part protectorate American Samoa West Samoa(Germany) GB gets islands d. Sino-American Problems China upset with US missionaries and business leaders, riots against Chinese in US, suspension of Chinese immigration e. Increasing influence in Latin America Pan American Conferences held to develop better relations with Latin American countries; but viewed at promoting US corporation 3. New Navy Deal a. The Influence of Seal Power upon History 1890, Captain Alfred T. Mahan b. Premise: Get a huge navy and lots of bases to protect our foreign trade
5 Crises in the 1890 s 1. Expansionism expanded (lol) due to economic depression and the belief the western frontier was closed a. Hawaii Late 1880 s 1) owned by American elite economy subordinated to US through duty-free sugar exports 2) 1887 foreigners given right to vote 3) 1890 McKinley Tariff got rid of duty-free sugar = press for annexation 4) Queen Lili-uokalani reisisted and Annexation Club took over by force 1893 (Dole) 5) President Cleveland stopped annexation process, but McKinley gets through under Newlands Resolution in Hawaiians given citizenship in 1900; statehood in 1959 b. Venezuela ) V asks US for help with border dispute with GB 2) US, using Monroe Doctrine, tells GB to stay out of Latin America 3) 1898 Anglo-American board divided territory without consulting Venezuela c. Cuba 1) Cuba battles for independence from Spain 2) 1895 US sides with Cuba mainly because of US economic interests, not based on how Cubans were treated by Spain
6 3) yellow journalists feed on war fever and sinking of US Maine blamed on the Spanish as well as the stolen DeLome Letter that criticized McKinley a) McKinley sent Spain ultimatum and Spaid mad concessions, but US used force anyway b) April 19, 1897 Congress declared free and could use force to remove Spain c) Teller Amendment claimed US not interested in annexation, but US did not recognize the rebel government The Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War (SACFW) and its Aftermath 1. Cubans wanted independence US did not want Spanish to reduce our interests a. Teddy Roosevelt and Rough Riders support Cuban independence 1. US Interests a. humanitarian concerns (not our priority) b. US business and commerce concerns c. imperialistic drives d. Social Gospel saving others e. Sensationalism 3. Timeline of events a. Spanish fleet destroyed in Dewey in Philippines b. US blockade of Cuban ports hurt Spain c. US attacked Puerto Rico d. Armistice signed August 12, 1898
7 e. Peace terms worked out in Paris 1) Cuba independent, cession of Philippines, PR and Guam to US 2) US make payment ($20 million) little opposition f. Anti-imperialists 1) Mark Twain, Bryan, Jane Addams, Carnegie 2) self-determination, peaceful acquisition of markets 3) potential costs of maintaining an empire 4) unions worry about influx of new immigrants g. Anti-Imperialist League 1898 a) unsuccessful domestic policy divisions between parties, US already annexed the islands b) Insular Cases (1898) Constitutional rights do not extend to territories 4) Imperialist Response a) patriotic and economic arguments Henry Cabot Lodge b) US would appear cowardly if Filipinos resisted and we did not respond h. Philippine Rebellion 1899 Emilio Aguinaldo 1) declared Philippines a republic 2) end 1906 coast clear for Americanization of the area a) US subjugated the Philippine economy b) US passed a sedition act c) US vaguely promised independence once a stable government was established (Jones Act, 1916) d) rule ended following WWII.
8 American Involvement in Asia : Sino-Japanese War a. Japanese won b. increased obsession with carving up China into spheres of influences c. US does not agree and wants to protest US commerce and missionaries 2. Open Door Policy a. supported by US equal trade opportunity b. most powers do not like, even after Boxer Rebellion (US helps put down) c. became major part of US foreign policy as instrument for opening, then dominating markets 3. New Power Japan a. Particularly after Russo-Japanese War b. Taft-Katsura Agreement Japanese hegemony over Korea in return for US Philippines c. Root-Takahira Agreement (Japan Manchuria for US Open Door) d. Taft used Dollar Diplomacy to stop Japanese 1) used private funds for investment to further diplomatic goals a) built railroad in China ineffective due to poor treatment of Japanese citizens in the US (segregation, discrimination, restrictions on immigration) 2) Japan insisted on taking over China 3) WWI starts US could not do anything
9 Latin America Redux 1. US continued to assert itself throughout Latin American after SACFW 2. Pacification section of Teller Amendment used to justify US control-us stays until US imposed Platt Amendment ( ) on Cuba all treaties go through US first US granted right to intervene to preserve independence and domestic order a) troops returned intermittently which gave Cuba no independence at all 4. Puerto Rico a) taken under the Treaty of Paris (SACFW) b) disillusioned with new rulers US obnoxious and condescending 5. Panama a) Suez Canal inspired building of Panama Canal US businessmen, politicians, diplomats, and navy all want b) Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850) provided joint control with GB c) GB pulled out Hay-Pauncefote Treaty (1901) d) Canal built when TR incited a rebellion with Columbia to form Panama in 1903 e) Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (1903) Panama gave US a canal zone to be completed in 1914 f) Columbia gets money because US screwed it over 6. Roosevelt Corollary added to Monroe Doctrine 1904 a) warned Latin America to stablize politics and finances b) US became the international police power in the western hemisphere c) US frequently intervene up to 1917
10 7. US-Mexico Relations a. up to 1910, dictator Diaz recruited US investors b. end of Diaz s rule = revolutionaires want to end Mexico s economic dependence on US 8. Last point a. US stayed out of European entanglements b. Europe stayed out of Latin America
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