HIST 106 Exam 1 Study Guide Examples of expansionism Hawaii 1 2 of Hawaii was Hawaiians o Dole Owned largest plantation political figure o The queen declared a new constitution gave the power back to Hawaiians o Within one week dole went to pearl harbor borrowed a cannon and aimed it at her house until she surrendered o They then rose the American flag o They had no authority to do this o President Cleveland was not interested in expansion fired the Hawaiian embassador hired a new one who tried to reconcile with the queen o The queen said that if she was back in power she would cut off American heads o Dole claimed an independent country of Hawaii on july 4th o Texas was not the only independent country before it became a state o The US passed a resolution apologizing for the American behavior in the Hawaiian Islands The Spanish American war o Monroe doctrine united states is supreme in the western hemisphere o weyler came in with his forces and built concentration camps in Cuba o rise of yellow journalism o joseph Pulitzer William R Hearst o o o o o P sent red badge of courage author W sent Winston church hill You furnish the pictures ill furnish the war P Cisneros the Spanish captured her Pullitzer sent down a journalist and rescued Cisneros brought her out on madison square garden o Newspaper unable to tell truth from fiction To war o McKinley not interested in intervening in Cuba o deLome Letter Spanish ambassador wrote a letter to the Spanish king saying how mckinley was a week man The letter was stolen and ended up on the front page of the Pullitzer newspaper o Americans were outraged and then the USS Maine exploded in Pearl Harbor o the papers went ballistic claiming that someone betrayed them and that enemies blew it up o scuba gear was not available to investigate o it was an internal explosion we later found out which means it wasn t the Spanish o 6 weeks of pressure mounting o McKinley sends an ultimatum on april fools day o Said Spain stop concentration camp sign an armistice give Cuba independence The war reasons o Spain accepted all of them within a few days we won o But McKinley asked congress for war and they declared it because the people demanded it April 20 o This war unified America ended the country division o Bryan and Roosevelt were both Generals o Democracy v Spanish Monarchy o Sank the Spanish fleet in one afternoon o Smoked Yankees of those invading Cuba were African Americans Race riots in Tampa due to black soldiers being on the trains They ended up winning 5 congressional medals of honor o US lost 386 men many died from disease o Sent Walter Reed yellow fever vaccination o Peace of Paris and terms Spain had to give Cuba money to rebuild gave independence to all their possessions in the Caribbean Pro v Anti Imperialists to take or not to take the Philippines o Will America accept colonies Will they be covered by the constitution Idea of the republic Race expense Education Labor Will they be able to take our jobs and immigrate o Anti Carnegie Mark Twain Jane Adams o Pro captain mohan teddy Roosevelt the press o If the US doesn t take them who will o Churches were eager to spread the gospel McKinley also wanted to spread Christianity o Tradesmen were interested o Chocolate clair settled it take them o We annexed Hawaii took Puerto Rico took Cuba took Guam America s first Guerilla war o Went on for three years o US sent 70000 troops o General discharged for saying he didn t want to take prisoners just kill and burn o US set up concentration camps in the Philippines o US caused the death of 250000 phillipinos o They were our colony until the 1930s New York Times Hillary Clinton Origins 1892 Populist Platform facts about the 1900s Lifespan 47 8000 cars 144 miles of paved road max speed 10mph tallest structure Eiffel tower 200 400 dollars year avg wage 90 of doctors had no college degree total us pop 76000000 john William Florence bertha Problems 1892 populist platform o Child labor 2 million children no federal laws avg amount of schooling kids had in 1900 was 5 years o No juvenile courts everyone tried as an adult put in jail with adults o Awful working conditions 60 hour weeks o Rise of trusts and monopolies o 5000 companies 300 trusts o in equal distribution of wealth the robber barons 1 of rich held 50 of Americas wealth wanted rich to pay a federal income tax o urbanization water supply power housing sewage crowding flush toilet was invented Thomas crapper Rise of crime New york murders increased 4 times The rise of prostitution 5000 women in philly stockade in salt lake city had 150 prostitutes texas A M had one Brothels were shut down and women moved to the streets o 500 000 workers maimed or killed every year o Theater not enough fire escapes 602 died o Triangle Factory on the 7th floor fire escape equipment only reached the 5th floor 60 women trapped on the roof and had to jump from the roof not one survived 150 ended up dying National call on the fed government to pass regulations on buildings Progressives o Muckrakers looking for the trouble Steffens from cali went to berkeley asked for a year to travel the world travelled all over Europe wrote articles about the shame of America compared to Europe He wrote about corruption prostitution Cosmopolitan started as a progressive journal La Follette Wisconsin gov then senator asked how he could improve gov merged proffesorate with gov Adams Hull House Jane established hull house for immigrants to Chicago so they could learn English locate apartmetns get work She won the nobel prize Most were native born protestants College graduates Individual middle calss Major Reform period beginning with teddy Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt Ran for straight legislature at 23 Outdoorsman bought an enormous piece of land and later gave it to the American people Wife and mother died the same day Became police commissioner in new york city Assistant sec of Navy Asked to be commissioned became lieutenant colonel Brooks bro uniform Picked as second in command of the rough riders o Took athletes national tennis champion farmers cowboys o They trained down in San Antonio o Rough riders went to daiquiri o His men were outgunned 15 1 o He lost 200 men in that battle but he still won o He later wrote that san juan was the greatest day of his life o He was immediately nominated for gov of new york Mckinley asked Roosevelt to be his vp candidate In 1901 bill mckinley was shot in the belly They couldn t find the bullet and he died