Catching the Spirit of Empire American Imperialism at the Turn of the Century I America during the Age of Imperialism From Colony to Colonizer a US becomes a colonial power Imperialism The practice policy or advocacy of extending the power of one s own country outward by either gaining indirect power through a country s economy or government or by gaining direct power via military etc II Europe s Imperial Heyday 19th Century a 1880 1950 big years for European imperialism Almost the entire world was imperialized i III America traditionally anti imperialist but a Anti imperialist because we used to be a colony b Were isolationists avoiding foreign entanglements IV Why American Imperialism Opportunity to find new markets a Profit i b Power and Prestige c Cultural Ideas Social Darwinism Race and Christianity Spreading Democracy i ii iii iv Masculinity Hoganson s Fighting for American Manhood 1 Social changes plus the death of civil war veterans made for a lack of manhood because men in the early 20th century weren t fulfilling their role as men Alfred Thayer Mahan 1 Said we needs to extend the power of our v military 1 2 Wanted US to imperialize V The Spanish American War 1898 Two key events i De Lome Letter a 1 Given to US by a Cuban spy 2 Spanish official calls McKinley gutless ii The Maine explosion 1 Feb 15 Remember the Maine b Newspapers yellow journalism strongly anti Spanish Anti imperialist Feelings a Teller Amendment if we go to war with Cuba we will VI give Cuba freedom immediately b Anti Imperial League industry gold standard friendly finds imperialism hypocritical c Anti imperials angered by Platt Amendment i 1901 Cuba can t engage in foreign policy without US s okay d Philippines bought for 20 million VII Philippines America as the new Spain a US kicks Spanish out b 1898 1902 US Philippino War i Began because we didn t give them freedom right away VIII American imperialism continues through the 20th century Nicaragua Guatemala Vietnam El Salvador etc 2
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