HIST 151 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I. Chapter 20: “Dissent, Depression, and War 1890-1900”Outline of Current Lecture II. Chapter 20: “Dissent, Depression, and War 1890-1900”- Milltowns: Pullman Palace Car Co. & Pullman, Illinois- Manifest Destiny- Alfred T. Mahan’s famous & influential book- Secretary of State John Hay & Open Door Notes- Spheres of Influence and the Boxer Rebellion Current LectureMilltowns: Pullman Palace Car Co. & Pullman, Illinois- Investors want to buy land in which to invest in Milltownso Often named after the founders who invested in the lando Deliberately made to be off of the beaten path so as the settlers are not able to leave once they arriveo Milltowns often used their own form of currency (Scripts) so settlers aren’t able to save up and leave – the money won’t be usable outside of the Milltowno No opportunity in Milltowns- Pullman, Illinois – home to the Pullman Car Company, near lake Calumet – 9 miles off of Chicagoo Built train cars for the super-rich – sleep carso Workers lived on the company propertyo Will be the site of a deadly strike in the distant futureManifest Destiny- An American ideal – God wanted the whites to move Westwardo Belief that Americans – (Anglo-Saxon, monotheistic), are given a swath of land and are solely the ones able to occupy ito Allowed to move West and North (Canadian Border/Rio Grande) – determined fate by Godo Democracy, education, church, and work were brought along with the migrating white Americans- By 1890, Manifest Destiny was a huge successThese 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.Alfred T. Mahan’s famous & influential book- Alfred T. Mahan – wrote a book and published it in 1890 o There is no certain name, it is often still changed to this dayo Novel is about significance in naval power in U.S. History- Each and every powerful and successful civilization dominated the sea- To be a sovereign nation, one needs a Navy and needs to dominate the ocean- Military leaders, presidents, titans of industry have read the book- United States ramps up a militaristic NavySecretary of State John Hay & Open Door Notes- John Hay – appointed by President William McKinley (1896)o Writer, brilliant, well-schooled, acquainted with foreign policy- John Hay wrote Open Door Notes – reflected the President’s agenda o Suggested to “prop the door open” to let every nation into China- Notes reflect foreign policy – U.S. gets in on a piece of ChinaSpheres of Influence and the Boxer Rebellion - China – metaphorically carved into spheres of influence – certain countries had a piece of the sphere - Certain members of China had a distaste towards foreigners – developed the name Boxers- Boxer Rebellion turns deadly – each country that had a “piece” of the sphere banned together and sent a collective amount of 50,000 troops into China to eliminate the Boxerso America added a dog to the fight and sent over 5,000 additional troops to accommodatethe 50,000- Boxers were