HY 204 1st Edition Lecture 7 Current Lecture1890I. America’s Isolationist PastA. International Contexta. Berlin Conference, 1884-1885B. Seward’s Icebox (1867)a. Acquisition of Alaska C. The Monroe Doctrine (1823)a. No eastern hemisphere country could come into the western hemisphere and try to take over, specifically in the Caribbean II. Impetus for ExpansionA. Gilded Age Economic Expansion and Panic of 1893a. Unemployment rises to 10 %b. The US was producing so much that the market could not keep up; there was no demand B. Closure of the American Frontiera. Frederick Jackson Turnerb. “Significance of the Frontier of American History” (1893)c. American Historical Association (AHA) Speech C. Manifest Destiny and the “White Man’s Burden”a. John Gast, American Progress (1872)D. Alfred Thayer Mahan and Sea Power a. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890)***US began to expand due to Christian missionary movement, military, flooded, market, and running out of territory to claim***III. Spanish-American War, 1898These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.A. William McKinley, 25th President B. A “Splendid Little War”C. Secretary of State John HayD. Admiral Dewey, UA NavyE. Invades Manila Bay, Philippines, where Spain has control a. First time US engages in large scale foreign conflict F. US lands in Cuba, defeat Spanish within days a. Fast and easy victoryG. Teddy Roosevelt a. Rough Riders b. San Juan Hill, Cuba (July 1, 1898)H. Treaty of Paris of 1898 and the Platt Amendment US gets Puerto Rice and Guam and military control over