AMH 2020 0001 page 1 February 12 2015 Monroe Doctrine is telling people to stay out of the United States Manifest Destiny Destined to go from east coast to west coast France invades Mexico during American Civil War Worried that France may enter war on Confederate side After the war they tell France to get out and France leaves o Just killed a lot of their own people what are they going to do to foreign people Civil war takes America on path towards Empire Pick up Guam and Mid way island Hawaii Land Challenges Hawaiians had no concept of land ownership just like Native Americans Didn t understand what was happening until it was too late Missionaries came to do good and stayed to do well o Came to spread the gospel but stayed to make fortune o Took the best land in Hawaii o One missionary family took an entire island from the native inhabitants Captain James Cook landed in Hawaii and Hawaiians thought he was a God Stayed a while to get worshiped but when he leaves he encounters a storm and turns around o Hawaiians asked him why he didn t stop the storm if he truly was a God States become states after being a territory by doing things that the government requires New Mexico Hawaii and Alaska meet all of the criteria but had to wait 60 years before becoming a o Ended up killing him state o Had to wait until there were more White people in the country so that the U S senate would remain white and all government officials would be white o Admitted New Mexico but denied Arizona until it could rewrite their constitutions o Arizona and Utah had to rewrite their constitutions because of Mormons and their polygamy AMH 2020 0001 page 2 Florida had to wait 20 years before becoming a state Spanish American War was the War for Cuba Cubans come in 1860s after the revolutions settling in Tampa and Key West o Build own society in those areas 1890s Cuba has similar situation as Hawaii o Florida asks for a tariff on Cuba and it leads to revolution on Spain Spain is now a 4th rate power just barely holding on Cuban revolutionaries plot their revenge in Tampa o Cubans tried to drive out Spanish but attack the holdings of Americans in Cuba Tried to get the U S involved and fight Spanish for them Take Puerto Rico later because it wasn t part of the congressional legislation stating that they couldn t take Cuba Vocabulary Purchase of Alaska Queen Liliuokalai o Bought from Russia for 7 2 million in 1867 o Americans begin building Sugar and Pineapple plantations in Hawaii and exporting to the United States until the 1890s o Florida Sugar industry is hit hard by the depression Go to Washington and lobby for tariff for sugar and pineapple imports from Hawaii Kills the Hawaiian Sugar and Pineapple industry Group of people lobby to overthrow the Queen of Hawaii and petition to become part of the United States Mr Dole and a small group of followers seize the palace from the queen Hawaiians show up and take it back but the U S navy shows up AMH 2020 0001 page 3 o They just happened to pass by and they made it clear that they were not there to help them overthrow the Queen but they were there to protect the People trying to over throw the Queen o They did end up helping them over throw the Queen Hawaii became an independent Nation until Grover Cleveland comes into presidency Grover Cleveland o Send someone to investigate what happened in Hawaii and he wants to undo what happened and put the Queen back into power but the Queen denied Told her that she could have her thrown back if she promised not to harm the Americans Queen didn t feel she would be in power if she couldn t harm the Americans and so Cleveland has to let the Revolution stand o Allows Hawaii to be independent and then joins at the 50th state 60 years later Admiral Dewey o U S Navy just happened to be in the area o Dewey begins firing cannon balls at the Spanish fortifications None of the Cannon balls make it to the fortiifications Guy in bleached white uniform approaches ships and salutes Dewey I bring you greetings from the Spanish Commandant at Manila 21 gun salute to the Commandant The commandant wishes he could return the favor but we have no ammunition Took it really fast because they had no ammunition AMH 2020 0001 page 4 o McKinley believed that god told him to send troops into the Filipinens God also told him to leave troops to convert Filipinos from Catholicism o Filipinos want the U S to leave because they didn t see a difference between being occupied by Spanish and being occupied by U S o Like Dewey took Manila do it fast o Fired cannons at Spanish fortifications but none made it Spanish thought it was a salute and told them they had no ammunition Dewey then took it because they couldn t fight back Remember the Maine o The USS Maine Battleship blows up sitting in the harbor o 260 Sailors die o The boiler on the ship blew up o Everyone wanted to blame the Spanish for the destruction of the ship Spain didn t want it to blow up because it gave the U S another reason to go to war o Remember the Maine to Hell with Spain Decided to go to war War only lasts 123 days Floridians do not want to go to war with Cuba Afraid because they don t know how weak Cuba is o Afraid of bombings More worried that if we win the war that we will take Cuba and their economy o Economy is very similar to Florida s and Cuba can do it cheaper Congress puts military along the coast and pass a law says that U S cannot acquire Cuba Headquarters for the War is established in Tampa AMH 2020 0001 page 5 Only a few hundred people die in the fighting 5500 die in the war Most die from disease not war injuries Teddy Roosevelt is the only hero that comes out of the war He ran up San Juan hill Infantry was black and gave them credit after the battle but once back in the United States he didn t give them any credit U S Filipino War o Lasts for 4 years and kills nearly 20 000 as they fight for their independence o Water torture comes out of this war o Remain in Filipines for half a century 1940s Monroe Doctrine Told people to stay out of the United states o No one took seriously because America was weak o After they killed their own in the Civil War foreign countries stayed out Manifest Destiny Americans destined to go from the east coast to the West coast Dollar Diplomacy o We do things that are in our financial interests o Rowanda and Iraq killing 10s of …