1. At the end of the 19th century, America joined the imperialist club due to growing commercial and business interests in foreign markets, as well as strategic military motivations to protect economic interests abroad. 2. The U.S. acquired Alaska from Russia in 1867, annexed Hawaii in 1898 to gain control over Pacific trade routes, and went to war with Spain in 1898 after the sinking of the USS Maine to gain Spanish colonies like Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. 3. The U.S. established itself as a Pacific power through victories in the Spanish-American war and pursued an imperial agenda of expanding its economic and political influence in China, Latin America, and around the globe at the turn

1. America Becomes an Imperial Power

2. I. Why did America join the imperialist club at the end of the 19th Century?

4. 1. Commercial/Business Interests U. S. Foreign Investments: 1869-1908

5. American Foreign Trade: 1870-1914 1. Commercial/Business Interests

7. 2. Military/Strategic Interests Alfred T. Mahan - The Influence of Sea Power on History: 1660-1783

9. 3. Social Darwinist Thinking The White Man’s Burden The Hierarchy of Race

10. II. Alaska

11. “ Seward’s Folly”: 1867 Secretary of State William Seward negotiates the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million

12. “ Seward’s Icebox”: 1867

13. III. Hawaii: "Crossroads of the Pacific"

14. Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani Hawaii for the Hawaiians!

16. U. S. View of Hawaiians Hawaii becomes a U. S. Protectorate in 1849 by virtue of economic treaties.

17. III. Cuba

18. The Imperialist Taylor

20. Spanish Misrule in Cuba

21. Valeriano Weyler’s “Reconcentration” Policy

22. “ Yellow Journalism” & Jingoism Joseph Pulitzer William Randolph Hearst Hearst to Frederick Remington: You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war!

25. USS Maine

26. USS Maine Post-Explosion

27. Maine Post-Explosion

28. Artist’s Rendering of Maine Explosion

30. Remember the Maine and to Hell with Spain! Funeral for Maine victims in Havana

36. The “Rough Riders”

39. F. Should Cuba be Independent? Senator Orville Platt Platt Amendment (1903) 1. Cuba was not to enter into any agreements with foreign powers that would endanger its independence. 2. The U.S. could intervene in Cuban affairs if necessary to maintain an efficient, independent govt. 3. Cuba must lease Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. for naval and coaling station. 4. Cuba must not build up an excessive public debt.

40. The Philippines

41. The Spanish-American War (1898): “That Splendid Little War”

42. Dewey Captures Manila!

43. Is He To Be a Despot?

48. William H. Taft, 1st Gov.-General of the Philippines

49. Our “Sphere of Influence”

51. Panama

53. Panama Canal TR in Panama (Construction begins in 1904)

55. The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: 1905 Chronic wrongdoing… may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power .

56. Speak Softly, But Carry a Big Stick!

57. China

58. Stereotypes of the Chinese Immigrant Oriental [Chinese] Exclusion Act, 1887

61. The Open Door Policy

62. America as a Pacific Power

63. America's New Role

64. The Cares of a Growing Family

65. Constable of the World

66. Treaty of Portsmouth: 1905 Nobel Peace Prize for TR

67. The Great White Fleet: 1907

70. U. S. Global Investments & Investments in Latin America, 1914

71. U. S. Interventions in Latin America: 1898-1920s

72. Uncle Sam: One of the “Boys?”

73. What the U. S. Has Fought For